The Sex Monster

I meant to write about this for awhile now, but I was reminded of it by my own silliness tonight:

I work the late shift at the music library from 8 - 10 pm on wed nights, and tonight, as I was closing up, I saw her.  I don't know who she is, and honestly, I don't quite remember what she looks like, but my breath was taken away by her God-given physical beauty hahahahaha.  Hey, I'm just trying to be real here, and in case you all forgot, I am a male made to think that members of the female gender are attractive.  Anyways, she reminded me of the fact that I intended to write a post about sexuality even though it's awkward talking about it because of the way that I've grown up in a church which has suppressed (mostly) all talk of sexuality, but I'm going to be real about it anyways.

A few weeks ago, my church held a men's group seminar where the men of the church came together to talk about sin and sexuality, something that is unsurprisingly commonplace in a male's life.  I'm not allowed to and would prefer not to share about the details of our discussion, but there were some key points that were brought up that I think are suuper important to think and pray about.

Did you know that...

 - Over 1000 new porn web sites are created every day

 - The average age for first-time contact with internet porn is approx. 11 years of age

 - The largest consumer of internet porn is the 12 - 17 year old age group

 - 80% of married sex addicts thought marriage was the answer to their addiction

 - In 2000, it was estimated that 40 - 60% of Christian men struggled with porn

 - 40% of new cyber-sex addicts are women, who favor chat rooms twice as often as men

Whew, some scary stuff.  When I first read all of these stats, I was dumbfounded and broken inside.  Sex is something that God gave us as a gift, so how and why has it become so perverted as a power of the Devil?  Lust in sex is a super powerful weapon of the Enemy, exploited by the media, avoided by the church, and sex is now never, ever thought of as it was originally intended for.  It's also super frustrating to me why have we as a body of Christ grown so scared to address these issues, in our churches, in our communities, and even in our homes.

The counselor who led the seminar recommended a book titled "Sex is not the Problem (Lust is)" by Joshua Harris, author of the popular "I Kissed Dating Goodbye."  Anyways, as soon as I got home, I ordered it from amazon, but in my hurry, I accidentally ordered the study guide instead of the real book hahaha.  Aish, so typical me :/.  Anyways, once I get the real deal, I'll give a mini review on it :).

Anyways, the seminar really opened my eyes to the need for constant prayer against lust and sexual temptation in this world.  So, please please please lift up a daily prayer for all our brothers and sisters!  The seminar was held specifically to also help bolster a member of my church named Matt.  He was charged with possession of explicit materials and was recommended to serve a prison term of 5 years.  But, by the grace of God and by his restoration through the church, he only has to serve less than a year.  Anyways, please pray for him!  It's been really amazing to see the church rally behind him and to see how both the church and Matt have grown in prayer and in trust in the Lord.

I was super moved by Matt and his testimony of God's restoring love and my heart was broken over the lust and sexual temptation in this world that I decided to write a song.  I was taking a shower (The best times to write songs for me is during a shower), when I came up with this song called the Sex Monster.  It's a silly jazz tune with ridiculous lyrics, but I like it :0).  I'll post a finished product once I finish with these darn finals and have more time to record.

Anyways, what are your ideas on sexuality and Christianity?  Dating as Christians?  Ways to combat the Devil and his power in Lust?