Gender, gender, gender. If there is one thing that most people have opinions on, it is gender roles and sexual orientation. I confess, I am no different; however, most of my life I have always kept my vocalized opinions about controversial subject neutral, keeping my true thoughts to myself or simply wondering without ever really coming to a conclusion. My mind is the most politically correct part of my body, loathe to label the fierce convictions of others as wrong.
Who am I to say how they should live their life? Who am I to say whether or not someone is "born the way that they are?" I am just responsible for myself, and I need to be respectful of others and let them choose what they choose. I have no idea what it is like to be in their shoes, so I can't really say one way or another.
And so it has gone on for most of my life. Taking this family relations class has forced me to re-examine some of my neutral positions and question some things that I have previously accepted as "proof."
I still maintain that I have no right to judge others, and I cannot know the feeling that they feel or the challenges and injustices that they face, but I can bear my testimony that I know that God is our creator. I know that He is the marvelous Creator of all the creatures on the face of this planet, including His sons and His daughters. I know that men and women have divine roles in this life and in the eternities. I testify that each of us has certain traits, tendencies, and natural abilities that suit us to God's purposes and to our potential.
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