Blessings In The Battles

As I write this blog, I think about our oldest daughter who recently started middle school and finished her "Human Growth Unit" last year. Although they have covered the physical mechanics of sexual reproduction in school her mom and I, as her parents, want to provide the moral context for the practice of the physical act of sex.  I know many people are passionate about removing "sex ed" from schools  BUT... the answer is not removing educational classes from school or simply saying to your kids "wait until you are married to have sex."  Although great advice, it isn't really going to satify the always questioning ever curious mind of a middle school student charged up on hormones.  Show your kids why sexual relationships should be kept in the context of a giving, sacrificial and binding marriage relationship like we see on the wedding day of Solomon and his bride in the 4th chapter of the book of Song of Solomon in the Bible. The message we get ...

“And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.” -- Frances Hodgson Burnett , The Secret Garden This description of "the secret garden" from Burnett's book could also describe the detailed account of the sexual relationship between Solomon and his wife that began to bloom on their honeymoon.    Solomon shared this account in detail in Song of Solomon Chapter 4 of the Bible.   In fact Solomon tells his bride in vs. 12, " You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.   And in vs. 15 she invites her new husband to, "Come into (his) garden, (and) taste its finest fruits." Before we move on, I want to point out the difference in the adjective used by Solomon to describe this "marriage garden" and the one used by Burnett to describe the actual physical garden:   "private" verse "secret."   A good sexual relationship between a husband and w...