Writer's Digestion

"Do the  thing , and you will the power." - Ralph Waldo Emmerson In my first blogpost ,  I talked about my compulsion to write and compared it to a calling from God, in the sense that I felt pulled to do it, so that I could not not do it and feel okay. I believe there are multiple thing like that in people's lives that they feel that just have to do.  I'm not speaking of whimsical, fleeting fancies, or burning perverse obsessions. I'm talking about the things you feel you were meant to do, you just have to do. Maybe it's not your first choice, but it's what was "thrust upon you" (some have that). But in some way you have been prepared to do it, and though feebly, and though resistance and opposition within and without might combine to discourage or dissuade you from your task, there is some power some force, that enables you to believe, to move forward with faith, just enough, to take the next step and move onward. In my church, we talk about cal

  "Let your light so shine..."   - Matthew 5:16 People love lighthouses. I used to think that being a light for Christ, an example of a believer meant being a perfect example of Him. Well that role has already been taken. Today, to me, shining my light means sharing my story. Raw, real, unpleasant at times, imperfect, cracked and flawed. This is me.  What I’m about to share is not what I would call art, though it is poetically expressed. It is my testimony. My experience. Understanding of sexuality and faith and sexuality in faith and vice versa. A perspective developed over 20 plus years. I enjoy a happy family life, and a peaceful personal life (for the most part)—fruits of this fighting voice I read in my own words, written only a few years ago. Thank you for tuning in. Okay By Elias Orrego I notice that I feel attraction to the opposite sex, to the same sex I have curiosity about my own body, my own private parts and the private parts of others  I have the same private pa