Sex is a Gift!

How fair and pleasant you are,

   O loved one, delectable maiden! 

You are stately as a palm tree,

   and your breasts are like its clusters. 

I say I will climb the palm tree

   and lay hold of its branches.

O may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,

   and the scent of your breath like apples, 

and your kisses like the best wine

   that goes down smoothly,

   gliding over lips and teeth. 

Song of Songs 7:6-9

Love and sex are gifts from God.  Sex is sacred, and a form of praise when a man takes his wife in his arms, and experiences carnal pleasures.  Desire, lust, yearning, and red hot desire burns within us all.  Butterflies, goose bumps, steamy hot perspiration all prepares us for the ultimate expression of human intimacy. 

Sex was created to be shared within the confines of committed love.  There is nothing dirty, abnormal, or disgraceful about finding joy in sensuality.  Men and women were made to become one flesh.  We are puzzle pieces that fit together perfectly.  A matter of fact, sex is the first commandment that God gave to humanity.  God said, “Be fruitful and multiply” (Gen.1:28), and God wasn’t talking about farming.  The only way to procreate is to have sex.  The first man and woman were naked and unashamed because they were pure and free.  They enjoyed one another in every fleshy sense because everything God created was good.  The writer of Proverbs 5:19 tells husbands, “…May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated by the ways of her love.”  In Song of Songs 1:2 the maiden says of her lover, “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!  For your love is better than wine.”  Sex is meant to be thoroughly enjoyed by men and women alike.

Society has perverted the beauty of sex, and turned it into something naughty and taboo.  Puritanical ideals have made sex a hellish act full of shame and sin.  Hedonistic ideas have turned sex into pornographic smut that destroys intimacy and corrupts the spirit. Both ways are out of balance.  In all things, there must be balance.  God is a God of balance. 

Sex is a smoldering fire that must be contained within the confines of a committed relationship.  If it burns free, it can burn down your whole house.  If it is suffocated, the flame can die, leaving you cold and callous.  Keep it in its proper place and your heart and bed will be warm for a lifetime.  Enjoy each other.  Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day Weekend.

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Humble Yourself or Get Humbled

Humility is something that is very foreign to some of us.  In an individualistic society, we are bombarded with self-promotion.  Everything centers on personal happiness, selfishness, material gain, physical vanity, overweening egos, instant gratification, dog eat dog mindsets,  religious and cultural bigotry, and everything me me me me me. 

Sometimes we are knocked off of our pedestals because we have naively exulted ourselves higher than the God of Heaven.  If we refuse to humble ourselves, God will humble us.

Look at the story of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel chapter 4.  He is the mightiest king on the earth, and his arrogance is astounding.  He gives all the credit to his success to himself.  Nebuchadnezzar does not acknowledge God nor man.  He isn’t at all grateful for the God that created him, the people who helped him stretch his kingdom to the ends of the earth, his mother that bore him or his father that seared him, the army that fought for him, or the architects that built his great city.  He is power drunk with himself, and God humbles him by taking all of his good fortune away.  Nebuchadnezzar went insane for seven years.  He grazed the grass like an animal.  He was made to crawl like a lowly beast because of all the years he made himself higher than all those around him.  When he came to his senses, he humbled himself and gave praise to God, and all of his good fortune was returned to him.  Nebuchadnezzar became a better man than he was before.

Life has a way of humbling us if we refuse to humble ourselves.  Sometimes the horrible circumstances we find ourselves in, are of our own doing. 

Always live an existence of gratitude.  Give glory to God.  Be appreciative of all those who have helped along the way.  Be a help to others.  Let humanity exalt us for our great works so that we don’t have to exalt ourselves.  In humility, love hard and live free.

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