False Intimacy
Dear Champions,The first two paragraphs of the short excerpt is by Greg Speck from his book Sex: It is Worth Waiting For, and the Scripture is Song of Solomon 2:7 Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires, and Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure. . .
When you go out with a person, you get to know him or her spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually, and you begin to develop open communication. If you decide to sleep together, now suddenly you know each other very well physically. You say, I feel we are so close and know each other so well. This is a false feeling because there is a gap between where you feel you are and where you really are. When you become sexually involved, you have fooled yourself and settled for an imitation of intimacy, and you can lose an objective view of the relationship.
Listen to your parents and others around you about your relationship, because they can see the situation more objectively. Also, if you are in a relationship that is corrupting you and causing you to become deceitful and to do things that you would have never dreamed of doing a few months before, then it is a bad relationship. Bad company ruins good character.
God created sex, and He has a perfect design for great sex-with one person in a committed marriage.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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