by Dallas Brown

Created on: April 24, 2009   Last Updated: April 25, 2009

Abstain from playing high school football, and you may possibly enjoy the greater health of your knees than most football players you know. The risk of knee injury is much lower when abstaining from playing football on the JV or varsity teams at your local high school.

Once you reach college, the same rule applies. Even after college, if you don't play pro football, your risk of knee surgery or associated problems may remain low.

The above examples seem obvious, and not everyone is cut out to play football nor has the ability to develop into a football player. But everyone from age twelve and up wants to have sex; at least they know that sometime in their lifetime, they would wish to participate in the truly blessed "God's gift to women, (and men)." Sexual satisfaction may be possible in many contexts, but the best is the sexual attraction and the culmination of the relationship within the context of a devoted and spiritually- minded man who is married to a devoted woman; a couple who in all aspects, truly search one thing: the best they can give for their lover. Those who abstain from this world's weird ideas of sex at no cost, sex just for the "feel good" nature of it, and sex on demand, (which has its tendencies toward criminal actions, rape, incest, and murder), can leave all these unsatisfactory ways behind and have a rich marriage to build on for their future.

In this world's topsy-turvy mindset, we may want to examine why so many people can't recognize such a God given gift. Not recognizing God for who and what He is normally is the beginning of this explanation. And I caution all people, this is not about religion. Life is both physical and spiritual, and it is a mystery how they work together. I can also guarantee you that I DO NOT know everything about life yet, and it will take dying to get it done. Still, wouldn't it be best if we sought what was best for our neighbors and ourselves? Love is defined as seeking what is best for the one you love.

So, those of you who wish to separate love from sexual contact, tell me something: where do you slip on the "spiritual condom," to prevent any love feelings from crossing between sexual partners? It can't be done, and that raises a problem. Some will fall in love during the sex, some just before, some immediately after. A woman will internalize feelings that a man does not-hence the questions "Why doesn't he call me?" and "When will he call?" to finally, just, "Will he call?"

This "fun" existence can be put away

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