I caught the end of this interview between Oprah and Ted Haggard. I don't know all the details of Teds story. What I do know is Ted was a pastor at a New Life church in Colorado Springs. Ted had a drug fueled homosexual "experience". He later resigned from the church he founded. Ted then went on with his life as a door to door insurance salesmen among other things.
It hurt to see Ted and his family struggle through the consequences of his actions. It was also interesting to see Oprah try to pin Ted down with questions to get him to say either God doesn't accept gays, or God does accept gays the way they are. It was hard for me at first to discern if Ted was either justifying his action or forgiving himself. I think the last thing he said made a lot of sense to me," God loves all the unrighteous. If we would just seek Him, He will make the necessary changes in our lives."
How do we seek God? Well we need to know Him by the Holy Spirit through His Word. As long as we, the unrighteous, will either start or continue to seek God by His Word that would make all the difference. I saw some healing in Teds story. I'm sure some will pull justification for being unrighteous out of his story. And others will throw fire and brimstone at him, but what did Jesus do? I see a picture of forgiveness and healing.
God, I pray that you line the straight and narrow path with several telephone poles so that as soon as I begin to stray, I don't go any further than the thought.
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I think its interesting, He doesn't have to go on all these shows. He could just let it all go away but instead he has chosen to talk about it. Wow, talk about swallowing your pride and showing America how a wife stands behind her husband.
You are right with healing and forgiveness but also a ministry to others who are struggling with the same thing.
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