Disclaimer: Letter to the Editor does not represent the viewpoints of The Whitworthian, members of the editorial board or Whitworth University.
“The Psalms cried for justice. Jesus fought for justice. Justice is in all of scripture, it is to be understood with the Godhead. However, when I sit with the statement of the Godhead is good to us, I can only think, I don’t think he is good to me because I do not see justice. The issue is that this justice allowed me to see love, and a life worth more than my dead one. So, how much longer can I take wondering if this justice is a real thing and if I will see it again? I am so riddled with doubt about the goodness of justice that I begin to wonder if I know justice, and if it is something God, Christ and the Holy Spirit have. When does that become doubt in Jesus? Christ and the Almighty are supposed to be the center of our faith, but if I am doubting an essential truth of the gospel where does that leave my faith? My faith is mangled and not worth holding on to because it looks like me praying to God to just let me not believe. Will God let me go from the chains of this faith?
Can I find justice somewhere?
My comfort comes from the support I have had. If it wasn’t for other allies/queer people guiding me through Whitworth, I would have not stayed at Whitworth. I did think about transferring to Gonzaga and I only stayed because of having genuine support for who I am and who my family is.”
-Kyleia Rhodes
Theology/23’