MEETTA TALKS!- A GREATER PURPOSE

Hello!

Thank you for coming on my life's journey with me, once again. This column is where I share some of my life experiences and some of the wisdom that accompanies it. Sometimes,

"the book of your life", is the only "book" that some people take the greatest lessons from!

So today, we are going to talk a little about "A GREATER PURPOSE."

Yep! The things is, sometimes what you think is happening, is really not the thing that you should be focusing on! It's not the greatest subject of the matter. Sometimes, even the thing that seems SO IMPORTANT to you, still turns out to be important, but not as much as the other thing! The other thing, proving to be the greater purpose, sometimes sits dead center for you to see. Sometimes, it is discovered as you reflect back on it later!

Let me make sense of this for you!

I haven't been feeling well for a while now. I got especially sick today.

Don't worry, I'm going to be OK.

Whatever happens, I trust in God and the Lord Jesus, The Christ. I went to the hospital for Breathing troubles. I thought I was going to go in there, get cared for and eventually, I'd get to go home and keep living my life! Something happened though, something I had not planned on, but was open to!

Though my breathing troubles has been one of the scariest things that have happened to me, it also proved to be one of the BEST THINGS that happened to me today. NO! I didn't meet the man of my dreams at the hospital (smile), BUT I did get to talk about the loves of my life! I did get to share them with someone, in the same manner of joy in which some of you enjoy sharing the pictures of your children or your car (if you are a car buff.)

Many of you know by now, that I am a Christian, a Christ follower tried and true! Believers in God, are to glorify God in this earth, sharing the gospel "or Good news" of Jesus Christ, but in love, not in judgement! It is our job to minister, to preach, to teach, but in love and by example of our own lives! There in lies the center of this article. Sharing the Good news of Christ, which is what I got to do today! It's not like this is new to me, I have been following Christ in understanding, (as an adult) since I fully committed my life to him in 1997. I think is a joy whenever I get to share him with anyone! In my sharing of him, for me, it never grows old.

I always marvel at the times I get to do it. A believer in Christ should always think it a privilege to have the opportunity to share the knowledge of God with others, particularly those who may be even know of him, but not yet 'TRULY KNOWING HIM."

I've often said, I have "experienced God". Which is what believers in Christ have often done. I trust in the spirit and power of God, etc. The thing is, God and Jesus are the loves of my life and I got to share them with two beautiful, precious creations of God today, right there in that hospital! I was grateful that even in my time of distress, Jesus could trust me to speak about the goodness of God, his grace and mercy. I got to tell these two women, how God loves them, no matter what they were going through and what choices they were making, but that he is concerned about the choices they are making by being lesbians. God is perfect and pure, and he does not want us to be aways from him. Because he is perfect and pure, he has set standards by which his creation are to live, be you a Christ follower or not. But especially, if you proclaim Christ as your Lord and Savior!

It would have been the same if I was talking to any other sinner, as "we have ALL sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." But God knows my heart for women and children. He knows the pain he brought me out of, like child abuse. He knew

I could be trusted to "love on them" without judgement. It is not God's will "that any shall be lost." So, who will God send to teach the masses? Those that believe in him, those that felt his love, those that are wise and knowledgeable in him. Those who have accepted, experience and proclaim him!

"The greater purpose" for me going to that particular hospital at that particular time, hearing that particular conversation! One of them was a patient, coming in after me and then later accompanied by her "girlfriend."

Though I was ill and needed medical care, that hospital was not my first choice. But Everything happens for a reason. To everything, there is a purpose! As "a child of God." through him,

I truly understand purpose. God is purposeful in everything he did and continues to do! There is no coincidence or accident in him! You can believe in those two things, but I don't and will never! If you read God's word with an open mind and heart, you too will come to understand that there is purpose, cause and affect. Example; Momma and Daddy had unprotected sex

(or not protected enough) and you came along! Momma and Daddy called you a mistake.

That's wrong! Though you may not have been planned or expected by them, you were not a mistake nor were you an accident! According to the Holy Bible, God knows all! He knew you before you were formed, while you were yet spirit and not yet flesh. YOU WERE THE AFFECT OF THEIR UNPROTECTED SEX, the cause! If they didn't have unprotected sex or if enough proper protection was used, you wouldn't have been produced! Bottom line! Don't have time to go into this further now, that's another article.

Anyway, the greater purpose (these two women) was right in the next cubicle. And though the curtain was pulled, I could hear their conversation. Not that I wanted to, I just wanted to feel better and heal, you know! But, as time went on, so did their conversation. I discovered that they were lovers, one was a patient, but her mate, her girlfriend was there with her. Used to be, if I saw someone in the wrong, (lesbians or homosexuals kissing in front of me, even), I'd just frown and say a silent prayer, something like, "God help them, for they know not what they do and please send someone to tell them "the truth".

The thing is, though I was praying that, I personally would never make the effort to talk to them myself! Shame on me! Shame on me for keeping my knowledge of God to myself. Shame on me, as a representative of Christ as a Christian, to stand there and let them continue their ill behavior right in front of me! Shame on me for not trusting in Christ enough for the words to say. Shame on me for being (a noodle back Christian) in those moments! Shame on me for not loving on Gods creation enough to introduce them to Gods truth! See! We all fall short!

But today, I got to share with these two the truth of Christ, Meaning, the truth of what God is saying about, their lifestyle etc.. That he is also concerned not just about that, but about their whole lives! That he wants them to know him because he loves them SOOO MUCH! Lately, in my ever growing desire to please God with my life, my heart continues to get bigger. My spine is no longer made of noodle, when it comes to approaching certain people. I do have an answer fro my joy. As I am VERY grateful for what all he has brought me and my son through,

(If yall only knew!) I no longer want to be silent to anybody about God's greatness!

In the case of these two women, God knows that I have a heart for people. I have a heart for the broken, the arrogant sinner or saint. I have heart for the confused, the prideful and the hurt. I have a heart specifically for children of abuse and for women. Many times, I have said to God in my prayers, " I wish my arms were bigger and wide enough to hold them ALL." Sometimes I weep. But other times, my sadness seems so deep that I can't shed tears! I know many of you go through that too, considering the world we live in! OH MY!

So, as a survivor of being an abused child and even an abused woman, who has come to know the power God, I was moved (with trembling knees and an open heart) to go over and humbly present myself to these women. Present myself in a fashion that would allow me to speak

"the truth" of who God is, and who they are to him. They really were warm and welcomed me in. I went in to them in love, and humility. I didn't go in there talking at or over them. I didn't go in there talking "hellfire and brimstone." I didn't just say to them that they were wrong, I explained how they were wrong in this particular area of their lives, according to scripture. I even gave them where they could look it up for themselves. I always tell people, "Don't take my word for it, look it up. Know for yourselves what God is saying." Even if you have doubt about their even being a God of Heaven and Earth, the Great "I am", if you dare to ask him to prove himself, to make known or clear to you who is, he will! He don't have to!

You have only to look at nature around you and he reveals himself in it!

But, both of the precious women were really listening and had things to say as well! One was really asking questions. So I knew she was struggling with something in this area. I wanted more time to love on them, but what was said, was needed. Hey! God is great and it was all good! I was just glad they didn't beat me up. I'm laughing! *But BJ, my dear friend, you know I'm really serious (laughing again). I can hear you now saying, "I can't believe she said that!"

On the serious side, "Wrong living" such as Lesbianism, homosexuality, thievery, murder, gossip, slander, fornication, (sex outside of marriage), adultery (cheating on a wife or a husband) greatly concerns god so much that he did say much about it in the bible. Yes! He detest wrong sexual actions by heterosexuals! Sexual sin does not just cover what the bible calls "un-natural relations" involving women with women or men with men, what we refer to as same-sex relations, but he condemns ALL sexual immorality. It also includes, rape, incest, child molestation, having sex with animals (which people do! I've heard some stories! WOO WEE!) Lord have mercy and help them change. HELP US ALL CHANGE to be what we are to become, in your eyes Lord!

God talks about all types of sexual immorality or sexual sin. He talks about ALL sin like thievery and murder even in the top ten commandments! But you do know, its even more commandments and decrees than that! Read the bible, seek guidance when you do to get a better understanding. Don't just take my word for it!

I've written

a series of articles on "SEXUAL IMMORALITY" or "SEXUAL SIN"

along with biblical scripture to back it up, on my blog.

Just check my archive section to find them.

They are under different column headings,

but just look for the words Sexual Immorality

for the 5 part series and check in the articles for the month of march.

Love ya, Meetta

MEN, WOMEN & Children-Sex Immorality Part 5,

Readers,

Welcome to the column where I talk about every issue pertaining to Men Women and Children, one issue at at time mind you. I have been continuing this important series on SEXUAL IMMORALITY, in part because many people do not believe that this topic is written and covered quite extensively in the Holy Bible! Many people also don't believe, nor understand that there is even a such thing as Sexual Immorality or Sexual Sin!

They most assuredly don't believe that their are consequences to such behavior. I told you,

my returning readers of this column, that there is much to this subject even biblically speaking!

And although, I will be finishing up this particular segment on Sexual immorality today, there will be more on this destructive subject in upcoming articles. But, I will continue this subject in my "B.I.B.L.E." , Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth column.

I don't want to keep you jumping back and forth between the two columns to read this series, and this will be the last time I do that! But in my "Men, Women and Children" column is where this particular discussion got started. So, I think it only appropriate to end this series in this same column OK! But after this, check out my B.I.B.L.E. column for anything else biblical on this particular subject matter , including the footnotes from this article.So, stay tuned to that! Also keep reading your bibles on your own! 'Cause you know by now, how I like to say, "READ IT FOR YOURSELF, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!"

"Sexual Immorality" is a HUGE issue in today's society. Sexual "wrong doings" or sexualperversions are the basis for many societal issues, including child molestation, rape, incest, rape, broken marriages, babies born out side of wedlock, homosexuality, lesbianism, same sex marriages, suicides, murders, (including abortion) disease, mental illness, fornication, (sex outside of marriage). Do I need to go on any further?

We need to understand that "pleasuring ourselves" In this evil wicked way, is not really pleasure at all! Unless you are one of those people who like inflicting pain upon themselves! In fact the consequences are and continue to be, devastating to individuals, families and whole communities! And yet, though the world, daily report on these catastrophes, we continue as a society, to not only indulge, but approve thus angering GOD!

For those of you who want to know what the bible says about sexual sin and the problems it causes, how they affect you even in today time, you are in the right place! Today, I will be going over the verses I mentioned from Part 3 of these series which was in "Men women and Children." posted on March 9, 2010. So lets, start! Just so you'll know where I get my scripture information. I have a King James Holy Bible, but for my blog, because of how it breaks it down in explanation I use a Life Application Study Bible, N.I.V. (New International Version).

ROMANS 1:18-32

"God's wrath against Mankind"

(v.18) The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, (v.19) since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. (v.20) For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.(v.21) For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. (v.22) Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools (v.23) and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man, birds, and animals and reptiles.

(v.24) Therefore, God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. (v.25) They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--Who is forever praised. Amen.

(v. 26) Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. (v.27) In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with me, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

(v.28) Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. (v.29) They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, (V.30) slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; (v.31) they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. (v.32) Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Reader, check out B.I.B.L.E. column

posted right before this one,

to read the break down of these verses in the footnotes.

Meetta

B.I.B.L.E.-Footnotes for Sexual Immorality, Pt.5

HEY READERS!

I usually put the footnotes along with any verses I present to you. So here you have the footnotes for Romans 1:18-32, along with the verses found in my upcoming "Men, Women and Children" column on Sexual Immorality, part 5. It will be posted right above this one.

So let's get started!

As always, I tell you the sources I use for scriptures and footnotes.

I use the Life Application Study Bible, N.I.V. (New International Version) as a source.

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Wheaton, Illinois

FOOTNOTES

ROMANS 1:18-32

(Romans ch. 1, verses 18 through 32)

(verse 18) Why is God angry at sinful people?

Because they have substituted the truth about him with a lie (refer to v. 25) . They have stifled the truth God naturally reveals to all people in order to believe anything that supports their own self-centered lifestyles.

God cannot tolerate sin, because his nature is morally perfect. He cannot ignore or condone such willful rebellion. God wants to remove the sin and restore the sinner--and he is able to,

as long as the sinner does not stubbornly distort or reject the truth. But his Gods) anger erupts against those who persist in sinning. Make sure you are not pursuing a lie rather than the true God. Don't suppress the truth about him merely to protect your own lifestyle.

(verse 18-20) In these verses, Paul (Apostle and Jesus disciple) answered a common objection to belief in God: How could a loving God send anyone to hell, especially someone who has never heard about Christ? In fact, says Paul, God has revealed himself plainly in the creation to ALL people! And yet people reject even this basic knowledge of God. Also, everyone has an inner sense of what God requires, but they choose not to live up to it. Put another way, people 's moral standard are always better than their behavior. If people suppress God's truth in order to live their own way, they have no excuse.

They know the truth, and they will have to endure the consequences of ignoring it.

(More on verses 18-20)

Some people wonder why we need missionaries if people can know about God through nature (the creation). One answer may be: 1) although people know that God exists, they suppress the truth by their wickedness and thus refuse a relationship with him. Missionaries sensitively expose their error and point them to a new beginning. 2) Although people may believe there is a God, they refuse to commit themselves to him. Missionaries help persuade them, both through loving words and caring actions. 3) Missionaries convince people who reject God of their dangerous consequences of their actions. 4) Missionaries help the church obey the Great Commission of our Lord (The Great Commission, Matthew 28:19, 20) 5) Most important, though nature reveals God, people need to be told about Jesus and how, through him, they can have a personal relationship with God.

Knowing that God exists is not enough! People must learn that God is loving. They must understand what he did to demonstrate his love for us (go to Romans ch.5 v. 8).

They must be shown how to accept God's forgiveness of their sins. (See Romans c. 10 14 & 15.)

(v.19) Does anyone have an excuses for not believing in God? The Bible answers an emphatic no! God has revealed what he is like, in and through his creation. Every person, therefore, either accepts or rejects God. Don't be fooled. When the day comes for God to judge your response to him, no excuses will be accepted. Begin today to give your devotion and worship to him.

(v.20) What kind of God does nature reveal?

Nature shows us a God of might, intelligence, and intricate detail; a God of order and beauty; a God who controls powerful forces. That is general revelation. Through special revelation, (the Bible and the coming of Jesus), we learn about God's love and forgiveness, and the promise of eternal life. God has graciously given us both sources that we might fully believe in him.

(More on v. 20)...

God reveals his divine nature and personal qualities through creation, even though creation's testimony has been distorted by the fall. The fall being Adams sin resulted in a divine curse upon the whole natural order (Se Genesis 3:17-19); thorns and thistles were an immediate result, and natural disasters have been common from Adam's day to ours. In Romans 8:19-21, Paul says that nature itself is eagerly awaiting its own redemption from the effects of sin

(See Revelation 22:3).

(v.21-23)

How could intelligent people turn to idolatry?

Idolatry begins when people reject what they know about God.

Instead of looking to him as the Creator and sustainer of life, they see themselves as the center of the universe. They soon invent "gods" that are convenient projections of their own selfish plans and decrees.

These gods may be wooden figures, but they may also be goals or things we pursue such as money, power, or comfort. They may even be misrepresentations of God himself-making God in our image, instead of the reverse. The common denominator is this--idolators worship things God made rather than God himself!

Is the anything you feel you can't live without?

Is there any priority greater than God?

Do you have a dream you would sacrifice everything to realize?

Does God take first place?

Do you worship God or idols of your own making?

(More on v.21 + v.22 & v.23)

Paul clearly portrays the inevitable downward spiral into sin. First, people reject God; next they make up their own ideas of what a god should be and do; they fall into sin--sexual sin, greed, hatred, envy murder, strife deceit, malice gossip. Finally, they grow to hate God and encourage others to do so. God does not cause this steady progression toward evil. Rather, when when people reject him, he allows them to live as they choose. God gives them over or permits them to experience the natural consequences of their sin. Once caught in a downward spiral, no one can pull himself or herself out. Sinners must trust Christ alone to put them on the path of escape.

(Meetta adds, Remember, God is pure and perfect. Evil is not part of his make up or character. It is our own "imperfectness" or choice to do evil that gets us in trouble and cause the problems we have. For example, if we don't have sex out side of marriage, or cheat on our marriages, we won't have the problems that those sins directly cause! People get mad at God anyway, when they experience problems. You have to understand that God is not going to conform to what you want him to be! He is GOD! We are to conform to what he wants us to be! )

(v.23)

When Paul says that men exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of birds, animals, and reptiles, he seems to deliberately state man's wickedness in the terms used in the Genesis narrative of Adams' fall (See Genesis 1:20-26). When we worship the creature instead to the Creator, we lose sight of our own identity as those who are higher than the animals--made i the image of God.

(v.24-32)

These people chose to reject God, and God allowed the to do it. God does not usually stop us from making choices that are against his will. He lets us declare our supposed independence from him, even though he knows that in time we will become slaves to our own rebellious choices--we will lose our freedom not to sin. Does life without God took like freedom to you? Look more closely. There is no worse slavery than slavery to sin.

(v.25)

People tend to believe lies that reinforce their own selfish personal beliefs. Today, more than ever, we need to be careful about the input we allow to form our beliefs. With TV, music, movies and unwholesome values, we find ourselves constantly bombarded by attitudes and beliefs that are totally opposed to the Bible. Be careful about what you allow to form your opinions. The bible is the only standard of truth. Evaluate all other opinions in light of its teachings.

(v.26 & 27)

God's plan for natural sexual relationships is his ideal for his creation. Unfortunately, sin distorts the natural use of God's gifts. Sin often means not only denying God, but also denying the way we are made. When people say that any sex act is acceptable as long as nobody gets hurt, they are fooling themselves. In the long run (and often in the short run), sin hurts people--individuals, families, whole societies.

Because sex is such a powerful and essential part of what it means to be human, it must be treated with great respect. Sexual desires are of such importance that the Bible gives them special attention and counsels more careful restraint and self-control than with any other desire. One of the clearest indicators of a society or person in rebellion against God is the rejection of God's guidelines for the use of sex.

(More on v.26 & 27)

Homosexuality ( to exchange or abandon natural relations of sex) was as widespread in Paul's days as it is in ours. Many pagans practices encouraged it. God is willing to receive anyone who comes to him in faith and Christians should love and accept other not matter what their background. Yet, homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Scripture

(Leviticus 18:22). Homosexuality is considered an acceptable practice by many in our world today--even by some churches!

But society does not set the standard for God's law. Many homosexuals believe that their deires are normals and that they have a right to express them. But God does not obligate nor encourage us to fulfill all our desires (even normal ones.) Those desires that violate his laws must be controlled.

If you have these deisire, you can and must resist acting upon them. Conciously avoid places or activities you know will kindle temptations of this kind. Don't underestimate the power of Satan to tempt you, nor the potential for serious harm if you yield to these temptations. Remember, God can and will forgive sexual sins just as he forgives other sins. Surrender yourself to the Grace and Mercy of God, asking him to show you the way out of sin and in the light of his freedom and his love. Prayer, Bible study, and strong support in a Bible Based Christian church, can help you to gain strength to resist these powerful temptations. If you are already deeply involved in homosexual behavior, seek help from a trustworthy, professional, pastoral counselor.

(v.32)

How were these people aware of God's death penalty? Human beings, crated in God's image, have a basic moral nature and a conscience. This truth is understood beyond religious circles. Psychologists, for example, say that the rare person who has no conscience has a serious personality disorder that is extremely difficult to treat. Most people instinctively know when they do wrong--but they may not care. Some people will even risk an early death for the freedom to indulge in their desires now. They say, "I know it's dangerous, but it's worth the risk." For such people, part of the "fun" is going against God's law, the community's moral standards, common sense or their own sense of right and wrong. But deep down inside they know that sine deserves the punishment of death

(Romans 6:23).

Well Reader, I hope you find this helpful and interesting.

I also hope, that you open your heart and mind

to accepting Christ to come, knowing him and God's plan for your life.

May God help and guide you in the right direction.

Meetta

B.I.B.L.E.-Follow UP-Men, Women...Sex Immorality, Pt.4

Hey, Basic Instruction - Before - Leaving - Earth, Readers!

I promised you in this weeks "Men, Women and Children" column on "Sexual Immorality " part 3, that I would follow up subtitle

"Sexual Temptation", 1 Corinthians 6:13 with 1 Corinthians 6:15.

The subtitle is, "YOUR body is a member of Jesus, The Christ."

You can consider this "Sexual Immorality", part 4.

If you've been following the subject of "Sexual Sin" or "Sexual Immorality" on my blog with me, then you know that I am no holds barred! You don't keep coming back because you are looking for me to say "nice things" or "tip toe" around the subject. Because YOU KNOW I'M NOT!

You keep coming back to this post because you know I'm about truth!

And "Sometimes truth ain't pretty!" Neither is it agreeable.

Later in this article, I will describe some "titles" or "headings" for which Sexual Sin violators, are categorized under, like "prostitutes" or "Homosexual". The categories are NOT my opinion! These are biblical. Although the bible does not give titles or a heading under which all violators of sexual sin fall, the bible does CLEARLY describe the actions of such persons! Some headings and all of these "sinful" and offensive acts are found throughout the Bible, but you can start with the book of

Leviticus, chapter 18. Don't take my word for it! Read it for yourself!

The entire chapter is also written out in "Sexual Immorality, Pt. 1",

which was posted on my blog in February on 2/23/2010.

Check my archive section for that!

Also check out Romans 1: 26, 27 about homosexuality and lesbianism. Just so you can see that the bible speaks on it as being a "perversion." Though these verses don't label these acts of perversion with names, IT DOES however, describe the acts of homosexuality and lesbianism themselves! There is still so much more to know about this subject from a biblical point of view! So many people have said, "This is not written in the Holy Bible." "God loves me, he's not going to punish me." "He's a just and fair God." "He won't do anything to harm me." "I can do anything I want and he'll forgive me, because he's a just and fair God. " So, What Holy Bible are they reading, I wonder? God HATES ALL sin, though he loves the sinner, but GOD IS NOT going to conform to YOUR WAYS! He's perfect and pure!

If you continue to live in your sin, (whatever it is), being unrepentant (not asking God's forgiveness AND turning away from it forever!), according to Scripture, eventually God will turn you over to your sin. He will let you go!

AND you will no longer be under the cover of his GRACE and MERCY! Don't you fool yourself!

Don't let NO ONE else fool you about this either! NO ONE!

This is about YOUR LIFE PEOPLE!

Your life, concerning the now and the hereafter!

This is concerning your life's journey AND your destination!

Wisdom and Knowledge are absolutely necessary on that journey! Those things are to arm you, so you can travel protected while on your journey. To arm you, is why I am here, writing as I do. But my job with my writing is to tell, to give, to share, but tell, give, and share right things! Not to waste my time (or yours) or my talent with crap things! Whose married to whom, what Hollywood couple had a baby now? Whose won what award etc. Yes! Those things are directly important to the people involved, but...

What are those things going to do for you in your life?

Anyway, wisdom and knowledge, they can be utilized by you to live your best life NOW! Wisdom and Knowledge are here for you to know them!

So shouldn't you know?

Shouldn't somebody, many somebody's, be shouting it from the roof tops? Or at least from all communication points such as my blog? We twitter, face book, text and blog everything else!

Any takers? I'll do it, no problem!

SEXUAL SIN, IS SOOOOO DAMAGINGGGGGGGGG!!!

SEXUAL SIN, IS DAMAGING TO THE BODY

AS WELL AS TO THE SOUL!

WHAT IF YOU ARE ?...

"MACKIN", a "PLAYER", a" DOG", a" PIMP DADDY", an "ADULTERER", or a ROLLING STONE,

(as in, Poppa was a ....) ~ (all are whore mongers!)...

Momma was a...so you are a "PARTY GIRL", an "ADULTERESS" ? What if you are...

a HOMOSEXUAL, Bi-Sexual, or a LESBIAN ?

It all may be cool among your peeps', BUT...

OR What if you are a "JOHN"~

(a whore monger purchasing sex.),

What if... a PROSTITUTE~ (a whore, male or female,

either exchanging sex for material items, services or money). What if you are a "FORNICATOR"~

(A non-married male OR female having sex)?

What if you are a rapist, pedophile (a child molester)?

**By the way, a homosexual male, according to the bible in , 1 Corinthians 6:9 refers to them as "male prostitutes."

THEN...

YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE PEOPLE!

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

One day I'm gonna figure out how to play my voice on my blog, so you can hear my passion for you! For your life! You say,

"So what's it to you Meetta, what I do and who I screw?"

("Screw". That's the way some of you talk).

You don't even have enough respect for yourself, let alone for the other person involved, to call it anything dignified! I'm Moving on.

The thing is, I do care! I don 't have to know you personally to care about you! You are a apart of humanity! God saw fit to create you and

God NEVER makes mistakes! ("God made a mistake!"

WE say that when we don't like the outcome of a situation! Never or hardly ever, giving God credit for the "good things", but ALWAYS SHAKING A FIST at him, when something bad happens!) So, if you are alive it means you have purpose! If I love God like I proclaim, then HOW COULD I NOT LOVE YOU?

Like many Christ followers, I have relationship and conversation with him, through prayer. And knowing you or not knowing you, does not limit prayer! While I may not directly know you, "The creator" was aware of you "before you were in your mothers womb." He knows everything about you! Everything from the color of your eyes, to "the number of hairs on your head". He knows the secrets you refuse to divulge. He knows what good and bad things you've done. He even knows what you will do, won't do, who you're doing them with! He knows the mistakes, the hurts and hardships you have and will face AND he knows why? He knows your highs and your lows. Proverbs 15:3 states "The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good."

So, whether you are a believer in him or not! HE KNOWS YOU!

So, as a believer in Christ, I can at least pray for people, character traits and situations and he will hear. I can pray as he directs me to pray for you! Because God knows you and all about you, he can even put names and situations on a Believers heart for them to pray!

Understand that prayer is having conversation with God and all that he represents including (Jesus the Son of God and the "Comforter" which is "The Holy Spirit). In his forming a "relationship" with me and I with him, I've come to understand that through prayer AND FAITH (in him) "ALL things are made possible." Situations can change! In your "relationship" with him, you will come to understand this as well! "God is no respecter of person". What he will do for one, he will do for another, especially if you are one after his own heart!

To end this segment, the bottom line is, God hears the prayers of those that believe in him. He hears mine about you! You may not want to RECEIVE the blessings of the prayers, but he hears! I pray for your healing! I pray for your strength, for you to come out of darkness (ignorance of God) and live in the light of wisdom, knowledge and the safety of Christ.

Though this article is about the continuing subject of sexual sin,

I felt compelled to say all that I have said!

You need to know somebody cares, even a stranger like me.

And I don't get paid to sit here writing what I write (It would be nice if I did,

I need some new kitchen chairs! Smile)! So, know it's not for material gain, fame or fortune! Although, "your gifts will make room for you." Seriously Reader, your soul, as is mine, is VERY IMPORTANT! I choose to use the gift of time and my talent to love on you. Will you not love on yourself and remove yourself from sexual immorality?

To do this, you are going to have to make great change in your life!

You may lose a few "friends" along the way! You may even find, that you are in need AND ready for God's SALVATION through christ Jesus.

Scripture;

1 Corinthians 6:15-17

(1st Corinthians chapter 6, verse 15, 16, 17)

Just so you know where I get my scriptures,

I use the Life Application Study Bible, N.I.V.

(New International Version)

Tyndale House publishers, Inc.

Wheaton, Illinois

(v.15) Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? NEVER! (v.16) Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." (v.17)"But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

FOOTNOTES

1 Corinthians 6:15-17

(v. 15-17) This teaching about sexual immorality and prostitutes was especially important for the Corinthian church because the temple of the love goddess Aphrodite was in Corinth. This temple employed more than a thousand prostitutes as priestesses, and sex was part of the worship ritual. Paul clearly stated that Christians are to have no part in sexual immorality, EVEN IF it is acceptable and popular in our culture.

So there you go Readers, be enlightened!

Remember!

Even though there are things in the Bible targeted to a certain audience,

HIS WORD and principles ALSO are DIRECTED AT YOU!

Yes! Even in this day and age!

And though you may reject me (Meetta), your rejection does not change truth!

And "TRUTH " will fight for itself!

Talk with ya Later!

* Please Note~"Sexual Immorality" continues in my...

Men, Women & Children column.

MEN, WOMEN & Children-Sexual Immorality Pt. 2

Yeeeep! I'm back with this...

"SEXUAL IMMORALITY". Today's sub-title is "SEXUAL TEMPTATION."

LIFE IS PRECIOUS! It is a gift. And I am one who loves gifts!

I consider this information I'm sharing with you, a gift.

Knowledge is POWER!

This knowledge will help you retain that precious gift that is life, YOUR life!

1 Corinthians 6:13

(1st Corinthians chapter 6 verse 13)

*For those who don't know, choose to ignore wisdom and for those who say...

"SEX TOPICS ARE NOT WRITTEN ABOUT IN THE BIBLE!"

You need to stick around and READ THIS!

Temptations for Sexual Sin are ALL AROUND! That and the consequences for giving into them are all around us as well! Maybe you can look at your own life and see the manifestation of sexual sin! Babies out of wedlock that you didn't plans for, you dropped out of school to get a job to support, death and disease, broken marriages, etc. The list is long!

Verse 13

"Food for the stomach and the stomach for food." -but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."

"NO ONE should under-estimate the power of SEXUAL IMMORALITY."

"It has devastated countless lives and destroyed families, churches, communities, and even nations!" Sexual immorality is a temptation that is always before us. In the movies, television, and in the music (Oh! boy!). I just heard a song where a man was crooning, " I want your body.", then I immediately thought about another song, Oh! What was it?... "Ain't nothing wrong with a little bump and grind. " Are you kidding? Immoral sex, will send you right into your own personal hell of problems! Many, many of you can say Amen to that ! Because it has infected YOUR LIFE! EVEN THE GUY who sang that song, was in court and in the news for HIS OWN personal immoral sex problems, that included sex with minors and marrying one of them! Lying about her age on the marriage license!!! Be careful who and what you are following people! "Ain't nothing wrong..." God help us all!

sex outside of marriage is treated as a normal, even a desirable part of life, WHILE MARRIAGE is often shown as confining and joyless. (There is a "proper" place or situation for sex in our lives. We will explore that in an upcoming article on this subject.)

We can even be looked down on by others if we are suspected of being "pure". (People have been known to tease others about being a virgin. They pressure them to give up their purity. Fathers and uncles taking sons and nephews to whore houses to.... "become a man", for instance. Corruption and introduction to God forbidden sexual immorality is really what they are rewarded with!)

But God does not forbid sexual sin just to be difficult! He knows its power to destroy us physically and spiritually. It has devastated countless lives! God wants to protect us from damaging ourselves and others and so he offers to fill us - our loneliness, our desires-with himself. Meaning that God wants to draw us, you unto himself and teach us, you his ways, through scripture and his knowledge, for our own souls sake.

You KNOW more of us NEED...GOTTA HAVE...this wisdom about sexual immorality and the consequences of it! It is because of the "mis-use" of sex that many of us have some of the major problems that we do! Sisters and brothers have severed ties to one another because, a spouse was sleeping with his wife's sister...A brother killed his own brother, his mother and fathers son, because the one brother had sexual relations with the other brothers wife! Whole countries are devastated by sexual disease caused epidemics! Millions of orphaned children because both parents are dead from Aids. Even some sexual diseases that are not commonly known to kill, have killed from causing other medical problems because of lack of medical care in certain countries!

Sickness and disease is rampant and killing millions because people were and STILL ARE having sex with people other than their spouses. Yes! Some of the diseases were exchanged, most often unknowingly, BEFORE the marriages. But if you were into 'SAVING SEX', until you found that one partner to marry, you would not have had that sexually transmitted disease to spread to your now spouse! You can argue with me about it, you can! But what good is it gonna do? Truth is truth! Be educated by it and stop fighting it! Grow up already! It is for your own well being!

It is for your children's sake as well! Do you how many babies are born with HIV every year! Do you know how many of them die from it before the child has actually had a chance to live? Do you know how many babies are born with herpes, gonorrhea, etc. Check your local Community health center. They will be glad to inform you! They will also do it discreetly. Many community health centers will not even ask for your name! Their job is to inform and prevent (if they can) any more infections of any kind! Their job is to keep the community and ll of society as safe and as informed as possible. So, go on, talk with them. Don't just take my word for it!

So come on! Let's get real already! Lets get un-selfish because this is just not about you! As I have just stated with the baby scenario, this IS NOT JUST ABOUT YOU! It is also about everyone you and your sex mate comes in sexual contact with. I know you are smart Dear Reader, but this is for the one who is not as smart as you! OK! Bare with me now! Case in point, You have sex with you "boyfriend" or "girlfriend, wife or husband, then you break up them or cheat as it were...NOW EVERYONE YOU HAD SEX WITH, HAS NOW HAD SEX with everyone YOU have HAD SEX WITH! UM HMM. When you have sex (condoms or not) bodily fluids still flow out of you! And if a condom breaks, slips off or fluids are spilled because the condom is taken off improperly...if that happens, YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL DISASTER!

Get this now! Even though, you and he may be the only ones, at that time, partaking of each other sexually, you still have had an "orgy". Because of the bodily fluids shared, YOU HAVE STILL just HAD SEX WITH not just one person (him or her), but with EVERYONE your partner has had sex with! GROSS! I KNOW. Some of you may be saying, "but I only had sex with one person in my whole life", YEAH, BUT HOW MANY SEX PARTNERS HAVE THEY HAD??? Let me just clue you in or remind you, sexually transmitted diseases, even the ones that won't kill you, like herpes or chlamydia, etc, can still be passed on. There is supposedly, no known cure for Herpes. Only medications to control it. So, once you get herpes, it is supposedly with you for the REST OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE!

Helloooo! Are you getting this? That special person, that you've been waiting for all of your life, may come into your life and prove their love for you! But upon finding out about your disease, whatever it may be, may cause them to re-think their choice in you. A lot of people are not willing to put themselves at unnecessary health risks even for love! Honestly, Can you blame them?

And by the way, although herpes is not necessarily a killer, BUT it has been know in rare cases to travel to the brain, and killing within days. Ask your doctor. They'll tell you these are rare cases, but they have been documented! Because the herpes virus embeds itself in the nervous system, it is hard to attack it hard medically, without serious risk to the patient. Because it is in the nervous system, is why it can, even rarely, travel to other parts of the body, then to the brain, causing infection and ultimately death, if not caught soon enough, within hours or days!

So, don't listen to that good looking infected man or woman you just think you GOT TO HAVE them sexually saying that "herpes can't kill you!. " Herpes can be controlled with medicine." THEN ASK YOURSELF, "Do I want to take that risk?" "Is this act of immoral sex or is this person REALLY WORTH THE AGONY!"

Sexual immorality affects MORE THAN just your body it does affect your spirit. It does affect your relationship with Christ and with God the Father. Protecting your body from fornication (sex outside of marriage) and other sexual sins is necessary for a healthy body, healthy spirit life as well. You are TOO VALUABLE either way. Don't risk it! And even if you have lived a life involving sexual sin, you can stop and change your ways. You are still living, it is not too late...yet!

We'll talk some more about this next time.

It's a lot to cover and I REALLY want you to get this!

Make smart decisions, live and Stay safe people!

Meetta