We were therefore buried with him through Baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Romans 6:4
The simple answer to the question is yes, a Lesbian can be baptized! How do I know? Cause I was just baptized! I know what you are thinking, you have been writing this blog for awhile and you are saying you just now got baptized? Well, I was Baptized as a kid, say about 12. I did it then cause my folks wanted, the rest of the kids were doing it, but I didn't believe then. I believed that others believed, but I didn't. I wanted to make others happy.
So, now as an adult, I started questioning that baptism. Was it for real? I never questioned it before and always called myself a Christian, but now that I was taking God serious and really believing, I wanted things to be right.
So after much meditation, talking with the preacher, and prayer, I did it. I took the plunge. And you know what, I understand the freedom and high that others talk about now. I understand feeling clean from it now. I didn't come out of saying I am straight, no I am still gay. I didn't come out perfect, I will still have faults, I am human after all. Yet, I came out feeling like I have a clean slate, like a new person who now has a fresh start in life.
I came out not feeling guilty for the first time in years. I imagine I was and am the first lesbian that my church has ever baptized. Yet I know I won't be the last. I know, now, that I can be used by God to the full extent He has planned as truly one of His children.
I am found now, no longer lost. I died to self and raised in Him. So yes, if you are gay, you can be baptized and that part of you, will still be there! It is part of you! God just takes away that which is sinful and the past that made you unacceptable in His eyes.
So, now, what will this mean for me? Who knows? All I know, is now that I am God's child through baptism, I will serve Him how He has me. It is no longer me driving!
