Sex.
“There is something mythic in the way a man is with a woman. Our sexuality offers a parable of amazing depth when it comes to being masculine and feminine. The man comes to offer his strength and the woman invites the man into herself, an act that requires courage and vulnerability and selflessness for both of them. Notice first that if the man will not rise to the occasion, nothing will happen. He must move; his strength must swell before he can enter her. But neither will the love consummate unless the woman opens her self in stunning vulnerability. When both are living as they were meant to live, the man enters his woman and offers her his strength. He spills himself there, in her, for her, she draws him in, embraces and envelops him. When all is over he is spent, but ah, what a sweet death it is.” (from Wild at Heart by John Eldredge)”This is far, far more than sex and orgasm.” (Also from Wild at Heart) You can say that again, twice. As many of you know, I am not yet married and have not partaken in the title of this post. I decided to share this with the world so that I may give you a glimpse of what I think Sex should be. I’ve always felt it was a gift from God and far more important then giving away without a total surrender of heart (marriage would be the word for that). I’ve never put it quite this way, but I believe it expresses nearly exactly what God wants for us. John Eldredge is right in thinking it is not merely sex and orgasm, its sharing a gift so great that every soul longs for it.