I love gays.

I have a very deep love for gay people. Men and women both. It's coupled with an aching sorrow and pity that sometimes causes me to be overwhelmed by my complete inability to help them. I've spent hours in deep conversations with multiple homosexuals, taking them to the word of God and showing them the source of my love for them; the unending, immeasurable love of Christ Jesus.

Because of this, I find that I often go on tangents against "Christians" who insist that the only way to love a gay individual is to accept them for who they are. Today I had an acquaintance make a big deal out of how she thinks boys are frustrating and annoying, but her gay friends are her best friends because they're the best of both world. She rebukes me anytime I say anything against sodomy because she says it isn't "Christ Like" because Jesus loves them.

People who claim to love the Lord will insist that gays were "born that way," and try to worship with them, try to let them teach them from God's word... why? Is that love? Is it love to hire a prostitute because she needs money to feed her kids? Do we say she was born to be a prostitute, so it's alright? Is that love? Is it love to buy a 12 pack for the drunk who's laying in his own vomit? Can we say he was born to be an alcoholic and invite him to bring his friends into our church for a couple free beers? Do we elect sex offenders as our deacons because God gave them those drives, or pedophiles as our Sunday School teachers because they know how to relate to kids?

Love means showing them the truth. Not letting them believe in lies.

Love means empowering them to get free of their pitfalls. Not feeding their addictions.

Love means showing them Christ. Not our own inability to reconcile the concepts of perfect love and perfect justice.

We need to stop "accepting" and start loving. We need to tell the truth, even when it hurts. We need to let ourselves be hated and ridiculed and go against the culture to stand up for righteousness, for holiness, for morality and for love.

We need to follow the word of God, not our own heads and hearts.