I was born this way (BUT GOD...)

I just read the lyrics to the Lady GaGa song "Born This Way" for the first time.  I would rather not post the lyrics... but you can find them in their entirety here. 

I will post the climax of the song, found in the bridge:

Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Whether you're broke or evergreen
You're black, white, beige, chola descent
You're Lebanese, you're orient
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied, or teased
Rejoice and love yourself today
'cause baby you were born this way

No matter gay, straight, or bi,

Lesbian, transgendered life,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was born to survive.
No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was born to be brave.


Wow.

All I can think about is the way I was born - in sin.  I was stillborn, dead in sin.  A rebel against God.  That's how I was born.  A child of wrath by nature.  I'm so thankful that God sovereignly and lovingly had mercy on me - while I was still his enemy - and took the blunt of the wrath I deserved, giving me his righteousness and forgiving me of my sins.  

Christ can wash your sins away whiter than snow.  It matters not what the sin is; lying, theft, porn addiction, homosexuality, gossip, and self-righteous attitudes included.

Repent and trust in the good news of Christ - that he lived a perfect life and died a perfecting death for the many who trust in Him.  It does not matter how think you were born.  You were born in sin and remain in that sin apart from Christ.  Turn from your sin and trust in him to have peace with God.

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