Marital Intimacy, Part 4

coffee, brokenness, or both - the clock reads 1:30 am and penn’s oscar speech, merely 2 hours ago, echoes in my ears. on arguably western society’s largest stage, beauty remains bound by folly:

"I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban
against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support"

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the ignorance of my youth combined with raging hormones?
sean penn = one lucky man [1]
the Wisdom of the Ages combined with four children?
sean penn = lost man dead in sin, bound by the god of this age in whom abides all manner of hate and deceit.

His bride is again reminded of her error;
the fruit of her silence continues to fall fully ripe
where was she as the tide began to turn,
where was the voice of truth
when the gift was being raped in every dark alleyway,
where was the pillar of truth within the sexual revolution,
what were we ever doing?
as the envelope continues to be pushed
as societal mores continue to drift
as the propoganda marches on
shame will be in the grandchildren’s eyes,
only if the church remains entrenched in her silence

in my life time proposition 8 may or may not fall,
yet she must not become so distracted or angered by the masses
that the grassroots should burn before her eyes
she still sees half of her
heterosexual marriages end in divorce
she still loses her men to unrealistic women
engaged in unrealistic fantasy
she still loses her women to vain,
ill-informed notions of beauty
children of God,
herein is but one passage into biblical sexuality:
age with dignity
and be enraptured by that which is truly beautiful

our children are shaped by these homes, homes where there is but a faint whisper of God’s design, homes that embody but shadows of God’s design for intimacy

she must regain the pursuit of truth in all its facets
for in her silence, she condones the carnage
in her refusal to preach, model, and elevate biblical intimacy
she has implicitly opened the door to all manner of perversion:
heterosexual and homosexual alike.

i leave you with a passage of Scripture
we know God hates divorce
but within the scope of Malachi, a higher aim is discovered

“the Lord has been a witness between you
and the wife of your youth,
against whom you have acted treacherously though she is
your companion and your wife by covenant”

your companion and your wife by covenant…
God’s desire is more noble that merely “sticking it out” for these many years,
he desires that we honor our vows
and cultivate our companionship.
to remain in covenant for 30 years without addressing the issue of intimacy simply doesn’t capture the fullness of our calling.

by God's grace may we pursue intimacy within our marriages,
may we leave a legacy in that our family see the contours of marital intimacy,
that they intrinsically sense the counterfeits
that they chose the path of life, life in full abundance.

while there is much more that could be posted regarding spiritual intimacy and its implications for the relational, social, and sexual aspects of marriage I feel that I’ve possibly worn this topic out of late. Certainly, I will pick it up at some time in the future, but for now...

Grace and Peace
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[1] if you need a cultural reference point, mind you it is shameful but we are all ignorant at one point or another... http://estb.msn.com/i/4E/2FBE8FA354CB7996965EE765B65343.jpg