6.At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice...Proverbs 7

a letter from your mother
God's Boys will be good boys!

Boys are taught by their fathers and other godly men how to avoid the wicked intentions of their own hearts. How to turn their hearts into the loyalty of a faithful man. Eve turned Adam's heart from God and we are always looking for the man to be loyal in his heart to us, as God charged Adam to be to Himself. God knows our hearts and we do not surprise Him ever. He was not surprised at Adam. Eve was and Adam was and perhaps the serpent was, but God was not. The man is never really faithful to the woman in his heart. Her desire is to have his unending devotion as she has sacrificed her whole self, but God will never intend for her to have it. That would be the submission of the man to the woman. God intends for the man to struggle to remain faithful, in spite of himself and for the woman to remain faithful inspite of knowing that she is not in his heart as he is in hers. This bitterness of the fruit of sin has led many to anger and unfaithfulness, but it is not meant to. God has made provision for us to reenter the Garden with Jesus in our relationships. Tell your story to your children. Tell your faith walk to your children and how the Lord has kept you, in spite of yourself and God will bless your house for the sake of His own great name.

Not unto us, Not unto us but unto Thy name be the Glory.

Even the errors that we make, can be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. When we think that we are standing it is only by His grace. When we fall, we can get up again by His grace. God has made provision for a lifelong investment of commitment and love that can last and reap benefits, if we fight against our own self serving tendencies. Don't say that you don't have them. Don't be stupid, Solomon was saying in Proverbs 7. I saw a really stupid boy who was not aware of the power of his passions. Don't be like that. Don't be a pistol without an aim and direction. Don't misfire into the air with your passions. You will pay for it for the rest of your life. The fire is real and should be respected. In the oven or hearth it is a service, outside of that it can destroy your entire life. Learn where the fire goes and warm yourself and cook your food, but don't be stupid.
We have the liberty to love many as brothers and sisters and aunts and mothers and fathers, but only one as wife or husband. Please, don't try to cut your heart in pieces and give it to more than one, you will drain yourself.
Tell the story of the faithfulness and salvation from yourself that God provokes in a godly relationship, if and when God blesses you to participate in one.
The more and varied lassos of connectiveness that you nurture in the oneness of the relationship that God grants are each like money in the bank. They yield dividends of commitment and fulfillment that you will never know if you turn yourself to the ways of your own heart. Reach for the smart and fruitful relationship and keep denying yourself. ...You will reap, if you faint not.

The day after the talk about the zydeco and Paul Simon telling his marriage story:)