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“When my Christian friends (and stunningly even my dearest daughters) ostracized me for my “sins” and began to live as if I did not exist, I understood, not just with my consciousness, but with my whole being, that no theory of the wisdom of all established religion, nor of Christianity, could justify such acts; and that if the majority of Christians in my sphere of influence, by whatever justification, believed that this punishment was necessary; then I must judge what is right and just not by what these people said and did, not by religion, but by what I felt to be true and right in my heart.”
Reflecting here on my comment to your previous post also.
I do not know whether others felt they were punishing you, but I was not.
I was perplexed, disappointed, hurt, confused, but did not consider it punishing you.
I remember speaking with one of your girls on the phone after the scandalous news broke. We wept and sobbed. We wondered who is this guy and where is the Randy we knew. She was so broken-hearted and determined to not be hurt again.
I was confused. How could these two people who I knew and had genuinely loved, people with whom I had shared so much, do THIS?! I took a step back, hoping to see repentance and reconciliation. I thought, “surely they will come to their right minds.” So many people who really did care were caught off guard. This just doesn’t happen (although it does and we usually just appease each other eventually). We asked each other about it, many at a loss for what to do with our friend who had seemingly purposefully and selfishly alienated so many. Your apology to those you disappointed was a brave act of contrition was bold, but still rang with the rawness of someone who was trying to figure out his feelings on it all.
It was a long road for me to get to know the new Randy and Gina, though still a kind of facebook familiarity. There still is a kind of longing for the innocent days before all of this. Before the hurt, resentment, infidelity, accolades, the fame. I’ll end on a sincere and heartfelt sentiment at risk of sounding cliche: If there is a truth to the gospel story across time it is in restoration and the power of love.
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