But is it helpful?
Submitted by forgiven on December 13 1999 at 17:05:02
In reply to Link to BC story Submitted by Bach on December 12 1999 at 16:57:58
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Having followed the link and loved the stories, I'm forced to stop and ask whether it is really glorifying to God to focus on such things. We are indulging in looking at what is, most of us agree, forbidden fruit - a sexualised relationship with someone who is far younger than we are. In the long term it doesn't help - 'Our hope is in the Lord who made heaven and earth' not in the possible joys of one on one relationship on this earth. It is one of the lessons that the monastic movement offers us that if we take our eyes from the goal of being faithful to the calling that we have, then we have already half lost the battle to stay celibate. The alternative is to focus on the reality of God, finding him concrete in the hard times of loneliness and pain in our lives and thereby become channels for His grace into others' lives. Yes it's hard, yes it's a struggle, but we follow as Lord one who when he called us to take up our cross was not referring to a cute little one that we can hang around our neck! But the retirement benefits are out of this world...... |