The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

These passages also convicted me that homosexuality—like all sin—is symptomatic and not causal—that is, it tells us where our heart has been, not who we inherently are or what we are destined to become.*

She really pinned our relationship down when she said, “Rosaria, I know this pattern: he gets deeper and deeper in sin and calls you and you talk him off the ledge. Let him go! Let Jesus deal with him!” I marvel to this day at J’s wise and sage advice, advice that I was too proud to receive.

And never again will I confuse other people’s hopes and dreams for me as proof of God’s will.

I remember someone telling me that God doesn’t act quickly, he acts suddenly.