Each Saturday morning I have a small group of men who meet going through the curriculum, Every Man a Warrior. We are just two lessons from finishing the three workbook series. The intent of the curriculum is equipping men to be warriors able to fight any battle man’s selfishness faces and those Satan puts before us. Along with this, one is able to help others do the same taking them through the curriculum. The lesson for this Saturday I did earlier this week and it addresses sexual purity. It has a statement in the reading portion that I haven’t been able to shake. It reads, “Trust is a major building block for any good marriage. At some level, having sex before marriage erodes that sense of trust. Here’s why: Sex always gets stuck in the place where it was first started.”

I have struggled most of my life with that italicized statement. I have always loved my marital intimacy. But only in more recent years have I been free from the tormenting shame that would follow connecting directly to that statement. The roots of where sex first started for me were deeply rooted. Only a Savior and Lord could remove those roots and cleanse the place from its evil. Even then The Holy Spirit stands guard over it so the demons cannot return and re-inhabit it.

I’ve written so many times of my gratitude for just how amazingly loving and kind our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ is. He just never gives up on helping us become more and more like Him. Trusting Him, Believing Him, and keeping Faith alive in HIm. Wow! How fortunate we are!