Sensuality in and of itself is not a bad thing. God gave this to us when He made it so that we could procreate. If this is the case, why is it such a bad word in so many Christian circles? The answer (to me) is simple - US! Like so many other things, the sin in us takes a beautiful thing and makes it ugly.
Recently my youngest son and I went on a graffiti exploring mission. He wanted to get up close to see some of the artistic graffiti expressions. Because there is some graffiti near our house he and set off to find a way to get to it. We ultimately found the way and saw some not so nice paintings along with some really nice paintings. Along the way we would see where others had 'tagged' or written on someone else's work.
After a while, my son asked me why people had done such a thing (tagging). I told him that I was not sure why each person had done it but I imagine some was due to jealousy, dislike, turf battles, etc... He nodded as if he understood but I could see he still wondered why people would destroy someone else's beautiful work. We finished our tour and discussed the ones we liked the most on the way home.
As I reflected on our many discussions I could not avoid the similarities of how we have 'tagged' one of God's beautiful pieces of art - sensuality. When used in it's proper context, sensuality can be an amazing thing to share with a spouse. Similar to the graffiti, Satan (with our help) has come a tagged this artwork so that you can see some of the beauty but it's true meaning is obscured by all of miscellaneous messages written across it.
Wouldn't it be great if it were as simple as I have illustrated here. Maybe it can be if each of us takes the responsibility of illustrating what God's plan was between spouses and we allow this to be the examples that others see. Not the messages of immediate gratification and no responsibility that the media continues to feed us. Whether we want to agree or not, there is a price to be paid for sensuality that has gone wild and many of us can bear witness to what that cost is!
Our senses are the gateway to our minds therefore, we should guard the avenues to our senses as we would our family - WITH VIGOR!
Blessings, -d
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