I feel the same, but my grandchild would still be my grandchild even if they chose to transition to the opposite gender and I would still love them. i would hope all Christians would put love before condemnation.
My father and his wife had a son who chose to experiment with the boys up the street at a young age and he grew to enjoy what they did. He became gay. I did not grow up with him so had no influence in his life. My Dad worked two jobs and so did not have an eye on what Tommy was up to until years into his homosexuality. At first he struggled with it, was angry, then after his wife forced him to surrender to what the Gay community was peddling ( that they were born that way and it wasn't their fault), he caved in and accepted it. His wife preasured him too as well. Still, he never had a close relationship with him.
I remember reading a study about homosexuals that stated 95% of gay males did not have a close relationship with their fathers. Absence of fathers leads to all sorts of troubles.
Tommy was irresponsible, never could hold a job for long, drained them financialy and lived at home. They loved him all through his homosexual life until he died of AIDS 20 years later. They thought their son had a heart of gold. God did not. He is the judge who condemns, not us.
I always wondered if when they found out, if they put a stop to it, moved, refused to accept it, sent him to counseling, church, set him up with some girls, or sent him off to military service, he may have changed? He admitted never having sex with a woman, so never gave himself a chance to experience what a normal relationship was supposed to be like. Nobody said what he was doing was wrong, because they got educated by the new norm in society that was beginning to shout that their wasn't anything wrong about it. They were not church goers so weren't familiar with the Bible.
We can be permissive parents and grandparents and allow children to do and think whatever they want or we can teach them what is moral, righteous and godly behavior.
It is like finding out a kid is doing drugs, accepting it and funding his addiction for life - and say, "I had to, he's my son and I love him."
We'll, that is not love. Even if you are not a church goer, a student of the Bible, you see how nature is designed, how it works ... the birds and the bees. Scott Peck M.D., Psychoanalyst, said that love is the extention of oneself towards another's well being and spiritual growth. He came to that conclusion before he became a Christian. Still, although not a complete definition and void of God, not bad for an unbeliever.
We have to love our families while keeping this important consideration in mind, that how we are loving a person is beneficial towards their spiritual growth and well being.
