Intended vs Intentional

Yeah, I know same picture as yesterday but a different usage than last time.

So Garden of Eden on the left; Adam getting an apple from Eve, Eve picking herself another one, all while the serpent (Satan) watches from above them.

Contrast this with what Satan's attack on Marriage, Sex and Love has wrought in our enlightened culture: arrest and jail time for "Johns", arrest and jail time for prostitutes, and arrest and prison for the pimps.  Seems a similar number of individuals involved - since that first "apple" pick.

• God's intended situation as one man, one woman, in totality
• No Satan present to disturb the relationship
• But once he appears, the perfection of Intended is destroyed
• God then gives us the concept of an intentional life now

But, Satan is sly, seeking out our youth and corrupting them at earlier and earlier ages.  Attacked before they possess the skills to determine right from wrong, before they possess the maturity (life experience) to deal with choices.  With each corruption comes a very real spiritual death for those youth.  Oft times when they are far too young to actually know what they have done to themselves.

So, what God would deem desirable between an adult married couple, becomes disrupted during childhood but also in youth too overcome by hormones.  Damage done.

So what to do?

Well, I am male, so I would be a poor choice to speak for women in this area.  However, from a males mindset, I can say that we men are completely guilty and until we can start to behave as men, the corruption of our youth, each other, love, sex and marriage will continue to be attacked by Satan and using us as his tool!

Men must respect women as being an equal, with them, before God.
Created in God's image, woman is to be afforded respect and consideration for that fact alone.
Women were not created to be an object of passion by random men, they were created to fulfill or complete a man.
Man is not whole without woman and her influence in our lives.

But even as Christian men, desiring to do right, we still are bombarded by this culture's mass media, telling us something quite different!  Men are stupid, men are simpletons, men do not need permanent relationships, just sex, and there are plenty of women out there waiting for you!  Oh, by the way, this is the same story women are being fed.  So you as a man attempting to live a Christian life - guess what?  There are plenty of women out there to help you take down your testimony.  Because they bought into the lie as well.

Where do we go from here?

Christian men, strong enough to have not failed themselves or the women around them - remain strong.  Pay attention to your situations and protect yourself and those you care for around you.

But, there is more, as you will learn about tomorrow.