"What's Going On?"
Theme of the Week: Why Singles Save Sex
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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Key Bible Verse: Treat the younger women with all purity as your own sisters (1 Timothy 5:2). Bonus Reading: James 1:13-15
At the University of Alabama, I was meeting women from a lot of different backgrounds. My mother had taught me to never exploit women—that sex was meant only for marriage—and to treat all women with respect. I knew the boundary lines it wasn't right to cross. I'd decided to stand on [today's Key Bible Verse.] I knew if I didn't keep my focus, I could fall. And it could occur anytime.
One time it almost did. It happened the first year of college when I'd gone home for a visit. To protect her privacy, I'll call her Sherron. One night we were alone in my room while my mom was gone. We were kissing, and I thought seriously about having sex with her. But something in me kept whispering, This isn't right.
Just then the phone rang. It was my mother, and she asked, "Is everything good, Shaun?"
"Uh … yeah, Mom," I said. "It's good."
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing," I answered. "Sherron is here and we're going to go out and eat and probably go to a movie. Something like that."
"Okay, that's fine," Mom said. "I'm going to stay in Covington with your grandma, so I'll call you tomorrow." [continued 9/3]
—Shaun Alexander in Touchdown Alexander
My Response: How did Shaun set himself up for temptation?
Thought to Apply: Temptation is a woman's weapon and a man's excuse. —H.L. Mencken (writer & humorist)
Adapted from Touchdown Alexander (Harvest, 2006) by permission.
Copyright © 2008 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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