Blessed Beyond Belief

Teaching in the Mileu (In the midst of life) continued: Last year another advertisement that came up was “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”. Yeah, we had the pleasure of ride alongside this baby for weeks as it was pasted to the sides of buses for every kid in the world to see. And it wasn’t long before a sweet little innocent voice from the back said “Mommy, what’s a porno?” My heart sank because of the utter depravity of our society and pride of our utter depravity to wear it on our sleeves. Even so I had just been presented with another opportunity to teach in the mileu. “Sweetheart, pornos are pictures or movies of people being immodest & committing immorality” (The only reason I could explain it this way was because I had already laid the foundation for defining the word immorality at a previous time, if I had not, the moment would have been awkward and fearful for me) “And God hates pornography, and we should too. When we see it, we must turn our eyes away from it. When w

Last year a mom approached me and asked me about how we approached the topic of sex with our girls. From that conversation we planned to have a informal moms night where I would teach how we did it in our home and provide an opportunity for moms to share what has worked for them. Last night, a mom mentioned to me that she noticed how open we are about talking to our kids about the topic of sex, love & relationships. She asked me some questions and it got me to thinking about this topic again. What we are doing in our home is STARKLY different from how I was raised and how this subject was broached by my parents as a young person. Many parents find this topic intimidating and awkward to say the least. And because it is so awkward they postpone bringing it up. Moms, I want to challenge you to rethink waiting and ask yourself if now might be the right time to begin to introduce your children to the topic of God's view on sex. I pulled up the file I had written and wanted