Would you have sex?

[bluethunder]

well, as the BIBLE points out, love really does cover a multitude of sin... substitute the word "imperfection" for sin. LOVE sees past a lot of imperfections...and an STD is just that: an imperfection. i am in no way suggesting we all go out and recruit significant others with an STD-- no matter how "non-life threatening" it may be. what i AM suggesting is what love does: love says i am willing to look past your faults and still accept you. think about the person you are currently with: if that person DID NOT KNOW they had an STD and went to the doctor and suddenly became aware of it, would you up and leave them? what if it were completely curable and they were completely honest and just did not know they had it? does your "I LOVE YOU" crumble in the face of chlamydia? but worse still, what if it WASN'T curable-- do you just discard the person you love? there are a ton of people who would argue "self preservation,' but there are tons more still who would stick it out because at the end of the day, that's what love does--that's being a real friend. it's almost like saying you love someone until you find out what their worst imperfections are. to paraphrase t.d. jakes, "isn't that what you really want from a relationship? to know that NO MATTER WHAT, you won't be abandoned--no matter what? To be yourself and hide nothing-- not even your worst imperfection--and know that your friend won't run out on you?" you never know how strong your love is until the relationship is threatened.
i say this because this is a testimony of mine and i learned a lot about what it means to love someone in spite of their flaws. and if someone cares to hear my testimony, PM me. i will most gladly share it with you.
(and no, i don't have anything, but i have been in such a situation and had to re-evaluate what love really means for me.)