What is Healing Homosexuality?
Homosexuality is not a disease. You cannot cure a homosexual. Gay people do not find a miracle cure and become straight. No amount of counseling, prayer, or reading the Bible will make a gay person straight. When gay people try to become straight, they often end up wounding their hearts and spiritual souls.
For homosexuals, healing starts when people accept themselves as children of God who are worthy of love. "Healing Homosexuality" is when the pain of rejection and self-hate is reduced by God's love and by learning self-acceptance. "Healing homosexuals" are people who accept who they are, understand God loves and accepts them, are able to forgive those who have hurt them, and reach out to bring healing to hurting people, regardless of sexual orientation. Some gay people are able to become "healing homosexuals" - gay people who enjoy God's love - and are able to find "gay healing" in a short period of time. For other gay people, the healing that comes with self-accepting and helping other people is the work of a life time. Gay people are not able to move toward becoming "healing homosexuals", until they accept themselves. Self-acceptance includes things such as: Churches around the world and society have benefited from the healing touch of homosexuals. For centuries gay and lesbian people have filled roles that has brought healing to the church. Gay artists
have painted and sculpted art that illustrated Biblical themes. Homosexual
musicians and composers have written and performed songs that have brought
hope to weary hearts. Gay pastors, priests, evangelists and religious educators have given inspiration and the assurance of God's love to the masses. No element in the church of Christ has not been touched in a positive way by the ministry of gay men and women. And that continues to this day. Gay people are bringing healing to people, because God is calling gay men and women to serve Him and is giving them the strength and power to serve Him. Gay people wanting to know more
about how to become a healing agent in society and in the church are encouraged
to read and work their way through Rembert Truluck's book Steps to
Recovery from Bible Abuse. The book can be ordered through through
Chi Rho Press.
Gay people bring healing to more than just the churches they serve. And that is why it is so important that gay people heal and become healthy, so they can serve humanity. John McNeill, in the book Taking a Chance on God explains, "Since most lesbians and gay men do not have children of their own, they tend to redirect a vast reservoir of unselfish love into the human community. So great is the reservoir that the world could not bear its loss.
Despite their personal suffering, the loving presence of lesbian women and gay men is the oil that keeps the whole human machine running. If, somehow, gay people were to disappear from the scene, the whole human community would be in danger of being seriously dehumanized."
The Reflection pages on this web site contains some information that might help with the healing process.