Sex is God’s idea… It is a thing to be celebrated, rejoiced, participated in. But here’s the deal: it’s unbelievably powerful. So God framed it up. But here’s what’s happened… all of us have a skewed view of sexuality that has us - in this culture particularly - chasing a pipe dream.

We have set sex so high on our world view that it’s going to be impossible for sex to live up to its promises. It’s tied to person-hood and identity… it’s tied to fullness of life and all of that’s ridiculous…

Sex, given by God, in the confines of a relationship where a man says to a woman, “I’m not going anywhere and I’ve seen the crazy part of you. This is a covenant before God, it’s not an emotion; this is not a feeling. I’m committing to you, come hell or high water. I’m a mess, you’re a mess. Let’s see what the Lord’s gonna do,” and the woman says, “I will respect and honor you; you and you only; this is not an emotion, not a feeling; this is a covenant before God Almighty…”

…In those confines, you have an opportunity of intimacy, friendship and togetherness that all the promiscuity in the world would never be able to deliver.

Matt Chandler (via set-apartgirl)

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