Why not?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:46:21 GMT

I read yesterday how someone had told a young woman that sex wouldn't be a big deal. Taking that at face value, there is truth in that. I mean, 11 and 12 year olds are sexually active. Just watching media shows it's not a big deal. The line between fooling around and actual sex is so fine. How much would it take to go further? What is the big deal anyway? Why not go have sex? Sure it would seem awkward, but how much of that is cultural conditioning from growing up in a conservative background? People around us are doing it all the time. They seem no worse off. It's just a fun activity. A pleasure. A natural act. So what's the big deal?

That is, until I shift my focus from appearances and back to reality. Reality says there should be more. It should mean something. Reality says sex is supposed to be beautiful, not dirty; it's supposed to be love, not lust. Reality says that if sex becomes no big deal we have stripped it of it's power. We have reduced it to nothingness when it was intended to be a climax.

It would be easy to be disillusioned with sex but I refuse to be. Reminds me of Psalm 73 where the psalmist says "When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God..." If I look at sex from a human perspective there is no less reason to not become sexually active than to not become a coffee drinker. But then when I "enter the sanctuary of God" and see a glimpse of God's perspective, suddenly sex becomes something beautiful to be kept until it can serve it's true purpose in the purity of marriage.

I have more thoughts on this topic so this may turn into a mini blog series.

Debbie Janelle: Sex & Purity

Why not?