Turn on your t.v. and it takes about 3 nano-seconds before the subject of sex comes up. There must really be something to this whole sex-thing if it's such a popular topic.
Well, while I was reading through Genesis recently (first book in the Bible), I noticed plenty of references to sex there too. And it wasn't all pretty--incest, rape, prostitution, seduction. Two sisters get their dad drunk so that he'll sleep with them (mom is dead) so that they'll have children so that they'll carry on the family line; a widower (Judah, whose line Jesus came from) hires a prostitute to sleep with him (just because) who happens to be his daughter-in-law who was left hanging without one of her dead husband's brothers to marry (the widowed woman was supposed to be given one of her husband's brothers if the husband died); Leah pays off sister Rachel so that she can sleep with the husband they both share so that she can have more babies; and Potiphar's wife does her best Mae West imitation to seduce the young, handsome Joseph. Potent stuff. Hollywood wasn't the first to notice. And then there's the fall-out: Nations emerging from the incest that would be a thorn in Israel's side for years; revenge; jealousy between half-brothers; an innocent man being framed for rape.
Sex is powerful. Just imagine how powerful it can be for the good when it's contained within a life-long covenant of love between a husband and wife. No messes to clean up; no broken hearts; no attachment disorders. Think about it.
Blessings
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