W.W.G.S.
(What
Would God Say?)
I really wish that I had
a nickel for every time that I asked that question. The short answer
is that for me and my life, any form of cross-dressing is wrong. As is
drunkeness, fighting, cursing etc. etc etc. Now if I had a huge following on
this blog then certainly I will have a number of comments that will either say
that I am wrong or bigoted, homo-phobic or my favorite, a hater. Isn't it sad
that we can no longer put out there to the world that we feel something is
wrong, something that the world has put it's stamp of approval on. I
myself have been recovery for cross-dressing but I also have other character
defects as well such as co-dependency and fear of failure or success to name
just a few.
I really think that it
has more to do with whose ox is being gored. Personally I struggle with the
transgendered community because I do know what it is like to question whether I
was born the right gender but I don't hate any one of those with that struggle.
I just disagree and would really prefer not to have to be told that I MUST
accept it as a normal and acceptable lifestyle. I just say that it is all about
choice, it is a choice that is made to go in those directions and away from
God. There I said it! You are going against God when you engage in those
activities, whether it is cross-dressing, or any of the above, just place your
sin in the blank________. Many people that I have conversed with have stated
that they don't really think that God gives a rip about whether they
cross-dress and some have even stated that it is "morally neutral" as
after all it is all about expressing oneself in ones true identity. But how
could God not care? How could a loving God that is everywhere, knows everything
and has been there since the beginning, not care what His creatures do with the
life that He has given them?
What if God came down
for to earth for an informal chat with us? What if He gave us His opinion about
whether cross-dressing was a neutral thing. I believe that this question goes
far deeper than Deuteronomy 22:5. I believe that God cares about whether a man
cross-dresses or permits any kind of sin in his life.
This is my attempt to
examine what God might say to all of us about this most perplexing topic.
Time:2013
Place: An office in
Chicago
Recently, I have noticed
an increase in the subject of cross-dressing and the entire spectrum of gender
confusion. It would also seem that there are many in society today that are
embracing this lifestyle as normative and acceptable. There are a few fringe
organizations and groups that are also fighting this acceptance claiming that
God would not approve of this kind of life. So, I made some calls and was lucky
enough to have God come down to speak to us where we might finally get the
answer to this most perplexing of questions. This then is the result of that
meeting for your perusal:
God:
My children,
I am letting you know that I really don't like many of the choices many of you
have made over the years. You want to interpret what I said in the bible? What
isn't clear about what I have written through the men that I hand-picked? Like
my prophet Isaiah
"What sorrow awaits those who argue with
their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with
the one who shapes it, saying, 'Stop, you're doing it wrong!' Does the pot
exclaim, 'How clumsy can you be?'
Do you truly understand
the price that I have paid just to have you with me? Do you understand the deep
love that I have had for all my children since the time of the first one? I am
your father and as your father I guide you and direct you and when you veer
from the path I have laid out for you, that which is the best path, then I must
out of love help you to find the way back by your very choices. Choice is
everything and my choice has always been out of love for you. Why do you feel
that every time you hear or think of the word discipline, the
corresponding word to you is punishment? Discipline is nothing more than
training or correction. Have you forgotten my servant David? Did I withdraw my
love or condemn him? What about my people the Jews? Did I punish them? Forget
them? No, I love them and my love never fails! I correct and train up and teach
all of my children that which will create in them the strength that is needed
to arrive at the perfect place that I have planned. Do I say one thing and yet
do another? How could I be perfect and want perfection and yet change my mind
or be capricious?
When you ask for chapter
and verse from my word to determine whether something is acceptable or not I
weep. I gave you all you need in my book but you must read it with My help and
not try to figure it out on your own. My desire is your perfection and what you
wear is just a covering. The fact that it is termed as male or female will make
no difference to me; but what I will hold you to is your intentions, your
heart. I know that you all have "A Thorn" in your side but that thorn
is there to let you know that you can't do this life on your own.
Perhaps what you need to look at is why you have those desires? Has it
ever dawned on you that I did not create you to live this life alone. I want
you to choose me and the great life that I have planned for your life. I
created a desire in you to perform good works and I wanted it to be a gift that
you would use for my glory, not yours.
Maybe I wanted you to be
an artist or a designer and when you were young those kids you were with didn't
understand the gift that I gave you and they hurt you. Maybe those lines that I
created between boys and girls got really faded because of something
that happened to you as a child and you didn't feel comfortable as a boy so you
went the other way. You all have your stories and they all break my heart.
Remember that for every story I have provided a way out so you don't sin. Can
you ask for me to show you the way out? Remember to choose me and I will make
all things right for you. I want you to need ME, not some inanimate
object!
I really love the song
"You Are My All In All" I want my children to get their relaxation in
me. I want your need to overcome fears to be fulfilled through me. I want all
your struggles and pain and victories and joy to be in me and about me!
If in your heart you
know that there is no "hook" in it when you want to wear the clothes,
in other words, there is absolutely no feeling either mental or physical when
you don an article of clothing, then why would it matter what covers your body?
Perhaps you should also
ask yourself is this thing something that I would tell you is the
"best" I have planned for you?
Paul was one of the
great apostles, take a look at what I said through him in Romans:
Romans 12:1,2
1Therefore, •brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge youa to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,b holy and pleasing to God; this
is your spiritual worship.c 2Do not be conformedd to this age,e but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,f so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect willg of God.
Is this how you might
define what you do with your body? That it is a living sacrifice?
If, you are doing what
you are doing to "get" something out of it, then my child you are
trading that something for what I would gladly give you. You are choosing some
thing other than Me. How could I want that? What if your child found something
to replace you and your love and grace? How would you feel?
I gave you the gift of
choice because I want you to want to be with me, not forced or coerced to do
something just because you think I might be pleased. When I said heart, soul
and mind and strength, these were not empty words. I meant it and if anything
is taking the place of me in your life, then you must look at that through the
whole of the Bible.
Mark 12:30 says:
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Don't depend on one
verse to define or redefine your behavior, just follow Me and keep learning. I
did not make man and woman to be interchangeable beings; I gave you each
specific gifts that are yours and yours alone. Be honest with yourself as you
go through your days here. Does it even make sense that if everything I have
created is perfect that I have now in 2013 changed my mind about the sexes you
were created to be? I am your potter, I am your gardener and I am your God! I
make no mistakes and you cannot "figure" me out. Just live your lives
in my light and in my word and in my love and be with others so that you don't
beat yourself up so much. In your day all will be explained to you on that day.
I want you to trust me
that I know all that you need and all that you require.
Trust Me!
God
Proverbs 3:5&6 says:
