Howdy, Readers!
I pray that PAPA Radically Blesses each and everyone of you and your families with an abundance of life transforming Spiritual Truth 2x4s! All in love, of course! 😃😃❤️❤️
And here’s today’s post about that kind of love! Shalom!😊 +++
It was around ’94 or ’95 when I was finally ready to ask my Christian therapist the ‘bigger-than-an-elephant-all-consuming-litmus-test-question’:
“So, Pam, do you believe that homosexuality is a sin?”
She stared intently at me and responded with a question of her own, “Melanee, haven’t you been on ‘both sides of the camp’?”
I knew what she meant, but it was kind of weird hearing it said out loud like that. I nodded ‘yes’ to her question and shrugged my shoulders in an indifferent, ‘so what?’ gesture.
She continued smoothly, “So… what could I possibly say that would be any different than what you’ve already heard from both sides regarding homosexuality?”
I silently shook my head to say ‘nothing.’ That’s when her next question punched me in the stomach, “Melanee, this is between you and GOD. You’re going to have to wrestle this one out with Him and His Word — and no one else.”
Externally I was stunned speechless, but internally I was outraged! Faster than a speeding bullet my thoughts raced, “EVERYONE has an opinion on the topic of sexuality – especially homosexuality!!! Who was she to not tell me her opinion?!!”
I was ready to explode, but she wouldn’t budge.
She refused my repeated offers to share her opinion and finally silenced me with a ‘Spiritual Truth 2×4’ upside my head, “Melanee, neither I nor anyone else can answer this question to your satisfaction. Only GOD can. And it’s only His Opinion that matters, anyway.”
Silence…
That was the day I learned how life-transforming Spiritual Truth 2x4s could be when wielded with strategic accuracy between the eyes! 😃😃 All because someone loved, honored, and respected me enough to **not** give me their opinion, but instead, pointed me to The One Who Loves me — Perfectly, Unashamedly, and with a Purity beyond my imagination!
HalleluYAH!!!!!!!
Thank You, PAPA, for YOU (and Your Spiritual Truth 2x4s!), and for Pamela Vest Valentine — and — for making her a double doctor!!
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Thanks for letting me share!
In KING YESHUA’S Great Love!
Beautiful Brave Beloved Warrior Princess Melanee Lisa
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Coach MelanEE & HIS Great Love! 
Love your story, Melanee Lisa. God surely uses you to inspire and instruct others. Go, girl!!
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— Thank you, Ginger, for reading my blog post – that means a lot to me – thank you!
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And thank you very much for your powerfully encouraging words! Much appreciated!
PAPA’S Blessings on you and all of yours!!
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— Thank you, Ginger, for reading my blog post – that means a lot to me – thank you!
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And thank you very much for your powerfully encouraging words! Much appreciated!
PAPA’S Blessings on you and all of yours!!
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I love the effect of Pam not giving you her personal opinion when it’s God’s will that matters. I want to learn that lesson myself. Melanee, I remember you telling me once that the truth was between myself & God when I questioned the CR advice not to make amends if it would harm that person or hurt others. I sure value that advice to this day!
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— That is SUPER, Faithee!
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Thank you for taking the time to read this post and thank you for the great reminder about wrestling it out with PAPA!
I love you, Precious Lady!
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— That is SUPER, Faithee!
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Thank you for taking the time to read this post and thank you for the great reminder about wrestling it out with PAPA!
I love you, Precious Lady!
😃❤️😘
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