23.May.2013 |

The Benefits of Friendship

Of course the journey of our mind regarding sex means that we hang out with those that tend to approve of our journey. There is peace in a unified mindset.

Great friends are there though to challenge us to grow and change, so there will always be times of friction; however, we should recognize that this friction can be good.

Friends who have known us longer than our new-found romantic interest can recognize when a relationship or an event is harmful to us. Friends can warn us when we are about to enter into something dangerous—such as a relationship that could compromise our standards.

Great friends know our hopes and our dreams and will honestly speak their minds in defense of those things.

Surround yourself with others that support your commitment to doing your relationships well. This limits the temptations and opportunities that could lead us to stepping out of bounds.

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22.May.2013 |

Parenting and Sexual Boundaries

The first place where the boundaries of sex should be established is in the home; however, some parents, in their quest to be relevant or simply because they do not want to lose their child, succumb to the same social pressures as their children—pressures that drive them to allow their teenagers to stay the night with a girlfriend or boyfriend or approve the couple’s plans to move in together.

The primary line of defense in the family is the parent, and yet parents are no longer protecting their children. They are doing the opposite.

Most parents are encouraging their children in their independence. They want their children to have freedom of choice even when their children are too young to understand the power of their choices.

Adolescents, particularly young girls, are disappointed in the lack of boundaries enforced by their parents. A young girl was baffled that her parents allowed her to be alone so often with her boyfriend. No parental supervision made it difficult for this young girl to draw the line.

Young adults do not have a reference point for what is right and what is wrong if their parents do not teach it to them; they flow with whatever society says is okay at the time. This means that premarital sex is a good thing; even a rite of passage! The promise of “no consequences” is a lie, though, and the pain of giving oneself sexually outweighs the supposed sense of freedom.

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21.May.2013 |

Sexuality Today

Sexual choices and freedom are highly promoted in this day and age—to the point that new and tempting ideas about sex and sexuality seem to come out all the time, and yet people are in agony due to these misconceptions.

Sexual issues are tearing our churches apart today as never before, and humanity as a whole suffers more and more each day because of these dilemmas.

Years after abortions, women cry secretly, and yet, they have been told that it was a wise choice. Children experiment with sex because they claim it is their right. Their choice to have sex, though, leaves them disappointed. The issue of homosexuality threatens to fracture whole denominations, as the issue of slavery did a hundred and fifty years ago. (Taken from God Sex Introduction).

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20.May.2013 |

Temptation and Change. An Extract from a Story. God Sex book)

Each day, we have a choice to renew our minds. It is a new day with new beginnings and new chances to heal.

Our minds change a little at a time and we find ourselves exercising some form of power in our lives.

God’s power helps us as every new day there are new temptations. Temptations are attractive. As we walk out our journey, we find ourselves in moments where we put ourselves in a place of weakness where we know temptation will meet us. We know the answer, yet, we still must make the choice. The mind may try to counter-argue: “Just one last time. I’ll do it. It’s fine. I’ll start again tomorrow.”

If we fall in this moment, we can blame the circumstances, but it was still our choice.

Good and bad opportunities will come. We can see these moments as tests, and like tests, we need to pass them; otherwise, the same test returns.

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