Sex and the Single Christian Girl by Marian Jordan Ellis

Author:Marian Jordan Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL012000, REL012130, Sex—Religious aspects—Christianity, Christian women—Sexual behavior, Single people—Sexual behavior
ISBN: 9781441263261
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2013-10-11T00:00:00+00:00

We are all programmed to believe that if a guy acts like a total jerk that means he likes you.

~ Gigi Phillips (Ginnifer Goodwin) in He’s Just Not That Into You

8

The Battleground

Satan’s primary strategy for controlling your life is by infiltrating your mind.

—Robert Jeffress, The Divine Defense

When I say I can’t begin to count the number of weddings I have been in, I am not exaggerating. I’ve worn my share of taffeta. I’ve danced to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” while some overzealous groomsman ushered (or rather, pushed) me to the dance floor for my all-time favorite event (insert eye roll)—the humiliating bouquet toss. I’ve now worn every color in the rainbow as a bridesmaid and read most of Paul’s epistles in my new preferred role, the “official” Scripture reader. Yet in all of my wedding memories, one moment will always stand out as the I-can’t-believe-that-just-happened-to-me moment of all.

A good friend decided to have her wedding in beautiful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Attending this one was a no-brainer. Seriously, three days of sun and sand was not a big sacrifice for me. So I boarded the plane for Cabo with my maid-of-honor checklist and a beach bag full of mindless reading. The wedding was breathtaking: white sand, crystal blue water, and the absolutely stunning bride standing before her groom at sunset. Yet all of these images were trumped by a single unscripted one.

So there I stood, poised next to the bride, holding my bouquet at my belly button, my feet aching in my three-inch heels, as the tide rolled in just steps away from us. Taking in the seriousness of the covenant ceremony, I listened intently as the pastor spoke about our awesome God, who is Creator of all things . . . oceans, stars, animals, the birds of the air, and of course, marriage.

I kid you not, at the precise moment the pastor said, “The birds of the air,” a huge sea gull, as if hearing his cue, decided to be a tad bit dramatic and interrupted the ceremony by swooping down and perching himself right on my perfectly coifed updo.

I so wish this were fiction. Alas, it is not. For some reason, Mr. Angry Bird picked me out of everyone to sink his talons into. I can only assume he confused the mounds of bobby pins and hairspray for a suitable nest. I’m pretty sure the most memorable part of the wedding for all in attendance is me wildly flapping my arms and dancing around in order to shoo the bird off my head.

By now, you might be scratching your own head, trying to make a connection between an unfortunate encounter with a bird and the battle we face over sexual purity. I divulge this very embarrassing tale because this experience perfectly illustrates the nature of temptation. As Martin Luther said, “You can’t prevent a bird from flying over your head, but you can keep it from building a nest in your hair.”

Luther’s point is this: Everyone is tempted to sin.

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