Dear Transgenders, We Love You

This day and age, it is rare to hear the words, “I love you,” from anyone. This is especially true
of a group that the media has shaped into a group that does not accept anyone different than they
are. I am talking about the Christian Church.

If you listened to the media, without ever attending church, you may think Christians are self-
righteous judgmental people. The problem with that narrative is it is not true at all. I was a young
person once, hard to believe, and I had serious problems with depression and thoughts of suicide.
Transgender was not heard of during my youth, but I have no idea what I would have done to try
to make myself accept myself more.

I felt like I was disappointing God daily, because of the thoughts I was having. I thought, “If God
loves me so much, why would He want me to be so depressed and want to die?” It wasn’t until
years later and a lot of counseling, that I realized that God does not send us depression and
suicidal thoughts. Those come from the pit of hell. If you ask God to deliver you from these
things, He will listen.

He listened to me. It was not easy. I tried committing suicide many times. I spent years having an
eating disorder. All these mental illnesses are a sickness that the devil wants to use to destroy our
lives.

To get help and start recovering, it is important to admit that we have a problem, then start
writing it down in a journal or start telling a good friend about it, the friends that we thought
would judge us, will end up being the most supportive people we have ever known. No one
judged me, especially God. I developed a strong relationship with God that will never bebroken.

What I worry about today with the transgender ideology happening, is that no one is accepting
that they have a problem. Media tells them that they do not need help. I would ask, if they did
not need help, how come their rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide are high, up to 60%. This
does not sound like a group of people who appear fine to me.

I am not judging anyone, because I know how deathly afraid, I was to be judged as a young
person. I just wanted to hear the words, “God loves you just the way you are.” You may need to
change some things, but that does not mean that God does not love you. God made all of us in
his image. I would ask anyone who wants to change their gender, “Why would you want to
change the gender that God made in his image?” He loves you and makes you perfect for a
reason.

God knows what your entire life will be like. He has a plan for you. I would hope that after you
read this, you would know that Christian’s love you and only want the best God wants for you.
We will sit with you while you cry because you are depressed. We will hold your hand while you
explain that your family does not understand you. You know who understands you? God does.
God loves you and so do we!