Love Is a Choice
Yesterday, I read a blog post by Rory Feek-I choose love. In his post he is speaking of his struggle with his daughter coming out as a lesbian. It has caused him to re examine his faith in God and his love for his daughter. What stirred me in his conversation was this statement "Hopie has made me rethink everything I’ve ever thought when it comes to some things. And in other ways I’m still right where I always was. First off, I’m not the judge. That is not my job. I’m Hopie’s father. My job is to love her. She gets to make her decisions in life. All of them. I can approve or disapprove, but it’s her life, and she has a right to live it as she chooses. And as far as the church goes, I am not the judge there either. My faith says that it’s wrong. That it’s wrong for me. And so I will live my life trying to live what I believe. But Hopie’s faith is her faith. It is between her and God and no one else. You and I can try to judge her and condemn her or anyone else, b...