Sex, sex, sex
Admit it. You clicked on my title because I wrote, “Sex, sex, sex” for my post’s title. I would have, too! Our culture is highly sexualized. I think that Christians are better off accepting that fact and facing it honestly. Dawn Eden has faced it; she has dealt with her past, lives her life with an awareness of sexuality.
God created us to be sexual; He also told us that our strong sex drives are designed to keep husband and wife drawn to each other. Even the strongest Christian will face sexual attraction outside of marriage from time to time, to be sure, so it is best to accept the strong draw of our sexual nature and be prepared to stay chaste.
It isn’t just a battle of your teenager. Those rumors of the activities of the parents of your kids’ friends, your neighbors, your child’s teachers, your lawyer, and maybe even you, are not just rumors; they’re based in fact.
Most Christians deny that they will ever NOT be chaste. I assume that. I am physically chaste, but I shouldn’t just assume it will always be so. Satan loves to pull good people from God through sin. Scripture clearly mentions chastity of the mind as well as the body. You can barely walk through the mall, read a magazine or watch television today without seeing sexual images that might tempt you. It may even happen at the most innocuous moments of life - at work, at church, at community events. It is not just our children’s battle.
Barb, the (not so) evil genius, met Dawn Eden, author of The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On and wrote about it. Barb writes,
I have been reading Dawn’s blog off and on for several years, and her blog is where I first heard about her book. Although Dawn and I are the same age, we are in very different places in our lives, but reading descriptions and excerpts from her book struck a chord with me. Unlike Dawn, I was brought up in the Christian faith by my parents, specifically Lutheranism. However, I had my own struggles living the chaste life. Read on…
I need to move Dawn Eden’s blog to a more prominent place on mine or subscribe to her RSS feed; I don’t want to miss gems like this one…
The Democratic presidential candidates have picked their theme songs, and Hillary grabbed two, neither of them particularly patriotic. One is by a Canadian rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” and the other by a British act, Jesus Jones’ “Right Here, Right Now.”
I wonder how long it’ll take before she learns that “Right Here, Right Now” is one of National Review’s “50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs.” It refers to the fall of the Berlin Wall — one of the greatest achievements of Ronald Reagan’s presidency.
Yup, it’s everywhere. Is that, in and of itself, a bad thing? Well, without putting too much of a think on it, I guess I’d say “yes” - if only because most of it is marketing based, such that it is geared to play off of our sinful impulses.
And you’re right about the “innocuous places” — just ask your pastor about distributing the Sacrament & some of the outfits that the ladies (young and old) wear up to the Communion rail. Even when Christ’s Body & Blood is being distributed, Satan is hard at work trying to lead men astray!
What? Hillary didn’t choose “Stand By Your Man” as one of her songs? Inconceivable! ;^)
LOL!!!!!! GHP, for your info, I always do a quick check before heading up and I do the same to my teenage daughter!
Dawn is indeed a wonderful writer, and it was great meeting her. I think it’s not healthy that sex is everywhere, because everything in our culture ends up being related to sex. I caught a blurb last night (can’t find the story online) about some fifty-something-year-old women who were posing nude to show they were still hip and sexy. Sure, you can try to look attractive no matter what your age, but why is it you have to “turn people on” to be worth anything?