I’m gay and god hates me for
Recently I’ve been reading the Bible more, and I came across verses about same-sex relationships, sexual immorality, and “unnatural” desires. Now I feel crushed.
I grew up trying to pray this away. I didn’t choose it. I didn’t wake up one day and decide to like women. I’ve tried to ignore it, suppress it, and hate it out of myself, but all that did was make me miserable.
The hard part is that I don’t love women in a lustful or objectifying way. I love women as whole people. I want tenderness, emotional closeness, safety, and real love. I want to love God too. I don’t want to choose between God and being able to love.
Right now I’m scared that if I ever choose to be with a woman, God will hate me or punish me. I don’t want to live in rebellion against God, but I also don’t want to go back to hating myself. I’ve seen that version of me, and I can’t go back there.
Idk what I’ll do