Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Last week God spoke to us through this verse, and now look what happens... it pops up again, in our devotion book. Our Father wants to make His message clear.
Taste Me, and see that I am good, and My ways are good, and My plan for you is good!
Aren't we quick to taste and see... when it comes to what the world has to offer? It's painful to see students in middle school trying on sex for size like a new shirt, to see if they like how they look in it. Many kids are so casual about it, like sexual intimacy is no big deal.
Tonight I plead with our kids to taste God's goodness, and hold onto His good plan for their lives. This includes saving sexual intimacy for marriage.
I rip off a piece of masking tape and attach it to my leg. Holding hands is like masking tape. When you break up it's not too painful. I tear the masking tape from my leg with no problem. But sex is like duct tape. When you put duct tape on something, you shouldn't plan to ever take it off. (I put a long piece of duct tape around my lower leg.) Sex is like duct tape, meant to be a special permanent part of marriage. It helps to bond two people together like super glue. God gives it as a special gift to married people, so that the act of making a child is also one of the most passionate wonderful bonding experiences two people can have. Because that is God's design for a family.
If a dating relationship leads to sex, you eventually break up, and then what happens? (I rip the duct tape from my leg. It makes that sound that only duct tape makes. The crowd cringes and gasps. The hair from my leg now hangs permanently from this piece of tape.) The result is pain. When we bypass Gods good plan, the result is always pain.
But God's plan is good! So for now, until your married, use masking tape in your dating relationships, and save duct tape for that special peson you will some day decide to spend your life with.
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Wed, March 17, 2010
by Chris Spitters