I've been thinking about faith. “Faith,” Paul says, “is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Alma says that those who have faith “hope for things which are not seen, which are true.”
I feel like faith is another kind of sight. It’s like we have two eyes - one that sees what’s in front of us and one that sees beyond that.
Both my eyes were closed when it came to gay marriage.
I had learned at church that gay romantic relationships were not good. I have not seen any evidence for that being true. On the contrary, I have seen a lot of evidence that gay relationships are wonderful. But I kept that eye closed because it didn’t match what I was hearing at church.
My eye of faith was also shut. I never thought to ask God what he thought of gay marriage. I just assumed I knew.
One day a couple of years ago, God entered my heart and told me that I was wrong about this, and that I was wrong about him. I began to have faith that God wants his gay children to find love in this life.
Amazing grace: how sweet the sound. [I] was blind, but now I see.
