A kind person--not sure who it was--draped their arm over my shoulder and led me up the stairs to the front door.
As the front door open, a wave of extremely bright light flooded the hallway. As soon as my eyes adjusted to the light, I saw my family. My mother, my father, my younger brothers, my younger sister an
d my older sister. We hugged and we rejoiced.
My mother came up to me, and with tears in her eyes she said, "Andy! They've done it. They've done it!"
I didn't know what was going on.
"Whose done what?"
"The church!" She exclaimed. "The church has allowed gay marriage! We can be an eternal family!"
I began to cry, and she cried. I hugged my father and he cried. My family all got into a circle, and we laughed, and cried, and cried, and cried until...
...I woke up.
I love/hate dreams like that. They are good while they last but they make waking up horrible.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice dream!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was a nice dream, but...a dream that I daresay will be unattainable.
ReplyDeleteSo is that what we're waiting for? The church to approve of our marriages? Everything will be fine once that happens? I personally believe that my family ties are eternal no matter what the "church" decides to do about the matter. I'm sick of the church playing catch up on these important family matters. If it were a true chruch, it would already be on the right side of this an other important human issues.
ReplyDeleteI am not willing to sacrifice my life and chances for the same intimacy and happiness taken for granted by others just because a handful of aged church leaders can't or won't set aside their personal prejudices.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anonymous: a church actually led by revelation would be in the forefront of issues like this, actively seeking to expand light and knowledge, being on the cutting edge of advancement. Not being dragged kicking and screaming toward accommodations of social change that the rest of the "uninspired" world has long since accepted.