Knowing true love for what it is—spiritual!

Written for the Sentinel

In college, my friends and I would do all sorts of outrageous things. We'd play polo on our bicycles using golf clubs. When the weather was warm, we'd camp out all night in the wheat fields outside of town just for the experience. (Look out for the combines!) We'd stay up half the night talking about everything imaginable. Looking back, I see it was a great opportunity to be exposed to new and different ways of thinking.

One of the issues that came up from time to time was homosexuality. One night my roommate and I were discussing relationships. She had just broken up with her boyfriend and knew I didn't have a boyfriend at the time. Maybe, she suggested, we were looking in the wrong direction for a romantic relationship.

I didn't think much about her suggestion until she made a pass at me when we were out at dinner with some friends a few days later. I shrugged it off as casually as I could. Although I was uncomfortable, it didn't seem appropriate to make an issue of it then and there. When we were alone, I asked my roommate for some time to think this through. You see, I did care for her and wanted our friendship to last. I knew I needed to pray about how to answer her.

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