Perceived Contradiction of Faith and Gayness: Will This Pain Ever Leave?

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The pain I carry is malicious.

It waits in ambush, until I’m feeling good about my life and my job. Then it springs forth, rending my heart and spirit like an axe splitting wood.

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The pain is not physical. It is emotional, mental, spiritual. It comes from the…