As I started my day today with my devotional time I needed to take the people I’ve met with recently to God and just sit before Him to find my next step.  All but two of them are working through their struggle with help from ministries and/or counseling.  The two that weigh most heavily on me were the ones stuck.  I made contact with one of the young men who is fearful of help in that people he trust also know his father.  The second one is a young man whose father met with me.  He has stepped into acting on his homosexuality.  His parents want to support him but are troubled by the spiritual truth regarding this action.

As I was bringing this struggle before God this morning I was reminded of my own story.  God was reminding me that when I was in my early 20’s I had no known man supporting me or no known man even aware that I was struggling so much.  On the other hand, God was fully aware.  He pointed out what I tell in my story of the ones He brought along side me.  These people helped me use the gifts God gave me for right purposes–Right purposes in God’s eyes.  I thought I was doing this to earn my value to God. God, on the other hand, used these as continuous gratifying moments in my life.  I was awakened that this is how I should be praying for these two young men.  Bare with me here–Sexual gratification is truly an exhilarating moment.  However, God has taught me over the years that there are other exhilarating moments from life when we are obedient to His leadership.  God tells us to not step into temptations that scripture has defined.  We think we are being robbed of the “sin’s gratification” because of this.  However, we never know the gratification God has waiting for us when we wait on Him.  I wasn’t conscious of what God was doing at this point in my life, but I can sure be praying for these moments for these young men.

I am not sure I’m making sense of this.  It is what I talked about with the dad I met with yesterday afternoon.  By the way, I did call the person God was laying on my heart to be a prayer warrior for these individuals and me.  She was very willing and said this is something she can do at this stage in her life–God’s timing is always perfect.

The Aslan Ministry needs a site.  Your prayers for this would be most appreciated.