Comments on: Being Good News to LGBTQ Students https://youthministry.com/being-good-news-to-lgbtq-students/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:18:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: JM https://youthministry.com/being-good-news-to-lgbtq-students/#comment-41947 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:37:45 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=48459#comment-41947 In reply to JM.

I’m sorry that I left out a crucial element, but I have also been supporting and helping her find affordable counseling in order to speak to a professional about her gender identity. We can’t shy away from the benefits of professional counseling in order to give our students more people around them to support and encourage them.

]]> By: JM https://youthministry.com/being-good-news-to-lgbtq-students/#comment-41944 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:32:53 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=48459#comment-41944 Shortly after beginning to follow my call as a youth minister, I was told by one of my older students (18) that she was struggling with gender identity (in other words, she felt her whole life that she should have been a boy). Ever since that time, we have had constant, open discussions about it in which I realized that I was one of the only ones who would give her an unconditional ear. She knows what scripture says about homosexuality, so I didn’t feel any need to bombard her with it. Instead, I gave her love and always reminded her of a God who doesn’t make mistakes, created her in His image, and wants us to live for far more than our sexual identity. Our conversations have been a wrestling with how that fits into her situation, and we find ourselves asking each other deep questions rather than providing false hope in fluffy answers. Overall, I believe our LGBTQ students need someone who will listen to them, love them, and constantly remind them how loved they are by Jesus no matter what they are going through.

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