Rosaria’s conversion cannot be described using the usual language; it was more like an alien abduction or train wreck; yet, it happened slowly as she lived her life ever day. From her experiences as a Lesbian, social activists, and professor, Christians seemed shallow in their thinking and dependent on general easy answers. Christianity also scared her. Like the Scriptures say, life without Christ is hard and purposeless and Christianity threatened the meaning of her life. The Christians that entered her life, a pastor and his wife, did so without being harsh, threatening, or in her face, but simple kind, friendly, and intellectually challenging. They also did not invite her to church or present the gospel to her as soon as possible.
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Being tossed about, she too wondered this herself. Ken, the Christian pastor, who Rosaria felt she could confide in, encouraged her to examine herself before God. She now is so thankful that he did not jump on the opportunity to quote a Bible verse about salvation. Instead he let the Holy Spirit direct him to instruct her heart in its need. Gradually, Rosaria began to pray and ask God for His help and for a will, a will to do His will. On one Sunday, she got out of her lesbian lover’s bed and started attending church. She painfully came to know that she had to obey before she could understand and had to submit all her loyalties to Him. For her, obeying was like throwing herself off a cliff. She started to obey Him in her heart little by little. The path out of lesbian was long and trying. The sin of identity does not go away overnight because it is complex and composed of countless facets of sin. When it got rough, she considered leaving church. For a time, her lesbian community and her Christian community were in close contact as they both cared for a lesbian who was recovering from attempted suicide. Rosaria realized that lesbians and gays have to learn that not all Christians are bigots and Christians have to learn that they have a lot to learn from gays and lesbians about mercy
Being tossed about, she too wondered this herself. Ken, the Christian pastor, who Rosaria felt she could confide in, encouraged her to examine herself before God. She now is so thankful that he did not jump on the opportunity to quote a Bible verse about salvation. Instead he let the Holy Spirit direct him to instruct her heart in its need. Gradually, Rosaria began to pray and ask God for His help and for a will, a will to do His will. On one Sunday, she got out of her lesbian lover’s bed and started attending church. She painfully came to know that she had to obey before she could understand and had to submit all her loyalties to Him. For her, obeying was like throwing herself off a cliff. She started to obey Him in her heart little by little. The path out of lesbian was long and trying. The sin of identity does not go away overnight because it is complex and composed of countless facets of sin. When it got rough, she considered leaving church. For a time, her lesbian community and her Christian community were in close contact as they both cared for a lesbian who was recovering from attempted suicide. Rosaria realized that lesbians and gays have to learn that not all Christians are bigots and Christians have to learn that they have a lot to learn from gays and lesbians about mercy