April 18, 2014

The following excepts are from the blog “An Unlikely Love” by Alan and Leslie Chambers on Alan Chambers’ website: … “Leslie and I were called on to represent the Church by the head of the Church, not by all the members of it. From any vantage point, Leslie and I have been marginalized. For years we have been marginalized by society for our belief that God’s creative intent for sexual expression is one man married to one woman for one lifetime. Now in our efforts to simply and wholly love and serve people, we have been marginalized by the mainstream Christian Church who once hailed our story as miraculous. We are now an embarrassment to many and I’m not always exactly sure why. Ironically, it is now the LGBT community who respect our complex story and are increasingly accepting us for who we are: unlikely friends.” …

“Outwardly we have become what we inwardly always longed to be: friends to anyone who wants to be friends with us. We will welcome all who come to us. We will speak only of our Good Father and His Son Jesus and we will do so with all openness, unhindered. (Acts 28:30-31). Our story is more miraculous than ever. Our marriage even stronger. Our legacy to our children will be one of love without condition, the same legacy Christ left.” …