I've had *A LOT* of requests for a Brenna Blain sketch

I've had *A LOT* of requests for a Brenna Blain sketch. I had a whole caption for this but I’m going steal Brenna’s entire carousel (originally on IG from @bunonmyhead ) and just post it here. Frankly it’s more elegantly worded than all of the words I’ve been typing and deleting this morning.

There is a gut wrenching argument for Christian’s to throw out the idea of a traditional sexual ethic because it would leave people, like me, who find themselves same sex attracted to a life of loneliness or being left “unfulfilled” with our romantic longing. This argument is important to acknowledge for two reasons.

Reason 1. What does this say about God? The notion that same sex attracted Christ follower will live a life unfulfilled and/or lonely implies that Chris is not sufficient for our emotional and relational needs. It communicates that we are entitle to a life of “God + my elation desires = God’s best.”

“I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself. I know how to make do with little, and I know how to make do with a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. I am able to do all things through him who strengthens me.”

Philippians 4:11-13

The truth is whether you’re married or single, divorced or widowed…Christ is the ONLY person who can fully meet your needs and make you whole. When I look at my relationship with Austin and realize his job is not to complete me…my heart becomes open to the way that God can, wants and will complete me. When I look at the life I’ve surrendered to God through my sexuality…I am reminded again “whatever I think I don’t have…I have in Christ.”

Reason 2. What does this say about the Christian community? It lets us off the hook. When we say that romantic relationships are the only cure for loneliness we are giving a pass to the body to not actually operate as the body.

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