Much to their father’s dislike, my two girls are growing up in a sex-crazed world. Think for a moment about all that surrounds each of us today.
Start with today’s movies and television programming. “Successful” movies today (from man’s standards) must contain sexual scenes, sexual innuendos, sexual jokes, etc. Flipping channels guarantees the same, even in popular cartoons. And if the programs were not bad enough, the commercials are sometimes even more explicit.
Advances in technology have advanced exposure to all sorts of salaciousness. The internet provides quick access to pornographic websites, emails, pop-ups, and even Facebook ads that say some pretty chick has been searching for you.
Sending them to school should be safe, right? Teach them history, math, science, literature, grammar. Except, they’re learning a lot more than that. They’re learning about “safe sex,” “sexual orientation” and homosexuality. They are provided with free condoms and instructions how to use them. If the “education” was not enough, their peer’s expectations and pressure to be sexually active is usually unrelenting and overbearing. Add to all of this the clothes that teens are wearing today (or maybe better said, “not wearing”) and it’s obvious where our minds are focused today.
Of course, you could just stick your kids in their room and let them read, listen to music and talk on the phone, right? Nothing impure could invade your home, could it? Have you seen today’s reading materials? Have you heard the lyrics to the most popular songs and artists of our day? Do you realize how easily texting turns into “innocent sexting”?
This is not written to make any of us panic or become cave dwellers. Nevertheless, we must not be those who would stick our head in the sand to the reality of these dangers. Instead, we must be conscious (and gravely concerned) about our culture taking that precious gift, which God created for us and intended solely for married couples to enjoy, and tainting and destroying its sacred beauty and blessed purpose.
For my girls, I want to be the one who teaches them. I want to be the one who teaches them what God designed and what God desires of us and for us. Before anyone else teaches our children, let’s do it first!