@steemmatt, I tried so hard to keep all of my comments with you brief; but, no success ;+). Please allow me to chime in a major correction to my original reply...;+)...

It keeps rising in my spirit, so here goes:

Hey! You are who you are…God created you…He loves you…sins and all!!!!!!!!! (That’s a reminder to myself…lol)….

Well, huge CORRECTION:

He hates our sins; but loves us.

As a Christian, I give eternal thanks for His Son, Jesus, who in His obedience to His Father, died a horrific death, so that lost sinners, one and all, could be forgiven by God.

Without Jesus as a conduit, God would have to compromise our sinfulness…smh…not possible; because, then He would have the stain of sin on Himself…smh…not possible.

I live by the precept, I hate the sin; but, love the sinner.

Only God can define who's in sin, thus, those who judge, are actually sinning.

Only God knows the whole story of why people are as they are...And, what we see as a sin in someone else, may read in an entirely different script from God's vantage point.

In fact, he says what's sin to one, might not be sin to another...deep; but, critical to leaving the judging to Him (Romans 14:22); i.e. If a person believes in his heart of hearts that his life is ordained in a way by God, then, it would become sin to him to doubt. To doubt is to doubt God. So, believe what you believe, and if it's not God, ask Him to deliver you from the misguided 'truth'.

So, again, THANK-YOU JESUS for being the purification for us all. Thusly, when we are sincerely repentant of our sins, God is faithful to forgive us...(1John 1:9).

Peace.