jaydeltathree

The color blue, something forgotten, and sex

As I was running, I was thinking about my inability to explain some things to my children about the things of God. God reminded me that this isn't because of some shortcoming on my part. At some point words fail in explaining spiritual things. Just like words fail in trying to describe the color blue to a blind man, words fail in describing spiritual things to someone who is not spiritual. If you don't have that sense to provide reference, you just can't understand.

I've forgotten the second thing that came to me as I was cooling down...perhaps it will come back to me.

When I was on the porch, somehow my thoughts drifted onto the fact that when we lose sight of the purpose of a thing, we get in trouble. I forget how I got onto this particular line of thought, but sex is where it led. Oh, now I remember, I was thinking about abortion, and how the controversy boils down to right to life. But the reality is that we want sex without consequences. But reproduction is the purpose of sex. The pleasure is just a bonus. Just like eating. The purpose of eating is to fuel our bodies; the fact that we can enjoy food is just a consolation. But when we put the enjoyment of food over its real purpose, we are setting ourselves up for trouble.

It seems like I am shooting myself in the foot, here, but the truth is the truth. So does that meant that we should not have sex unless we are trying to reproduce? Hmm...