I attended  my brother’s church this Sunday. It was the Countryside Bible Church in Hampton, Nebraska.

It was a delightful occasion. So many people to talk to and such fun it was. I could tell it had the same spirit as my church back home in Fort Worth.

It was the kind of church that you didn’t dare miss a Sunday because if you did miss a Sunday you would be kicking yourself in the behind for the rest of the week.

I think that is what church should be – the one occasion out of the week that you yearn for every other minute of the week.

In this sermon the pastor covered quite a bit of scripture and he had an interesting quote that he stated. He said “love limits liberty.” That struck me as being pretty heavy on the wisdom scale.

To be a Christian indicates that the life of Jesus covers all sin, so we should be free to sin without consequence, right?

One of the areas which I think people may take liberties to sin is the area of premarital sex. A large number of Christians don’t see the harm in it. I was once a member of that group.

That was until I asked God what the big deal was about sex. I didn’t think it was worth all of the drama.

The Holy Spirit said that sex was very special to God, as was marriage. He wanted a formal invitation into the union of marriage. When that happened and a covenant agreement had been undertaken then sex was fine, just not before that. To do it otherwise hurts the heart of God.

Once I got that explanation I understood and I realized I didn’t want to hurt God.

So I stopped acting as if God didn’t matter. I also asked God to take away the temptation until I met the man He wanted me to marry. That happened immediately ( the taking away of temptation that is. Still waiting on that Mr. Right to show up at my door. wink wink).

I don’t even have a desire to date anyone who wants sex before marriage. In fact, I haven’t dated much at all as of late.

I do have the liberty to act in whatever way I want to because I have the blood of Jesus covering my sins. The reality is that I don’t want to sin anymore. I have been a slave to sin for so long it is a delight to be a servant to my Savior instead.