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There was a time initially where I thought one woman was just what I wanted... when that crashed and burnt I still believed it, kind of... when the next three crashed and burnt I gave up even trying to be in a serious monogamous relationship. I figured if some super-space-alien-hot woman came along, then maybe I'd settle down, but as such creatures only exist in comic books mostly, I wasn't holding my breath. After a while though, I absolutely got bored of the revolving door of women I went through. It got to the point where I honestly just sat down with myself and wondered if this was the best challenge life had to offer, because at this point, bedding a good looking woman wasn't even a challenge anymore. I then realised marrying and making children and having a functional family was definitely a much more impressive challenge. After THAT crashed and burnt too, the unthinkable happened. I found God was real and that my protozoic initial feelings on relationships when I was young were correct. One woman and a family with her IS the way. The only way that matters or makes sense. By then I simply assumed my chance at that was nil. I had seen too much, experienced too much, and it would be impossible for me to settle with some good girl that went to church every week. So God provided instead, and now I have finally fond that Venusian Girl after all. Three children later, I can absolutely tell anyone unsure, that it certainly beats all the pretty bodies I had intimate knowledge of for fun, many of whose names I genuinely struggle to recall, and in some cases even the whole experience with them is blurry at best. Making a family is absolutely a challenge that makes bedding hot women look like a trivial game in comparison. And the rewards of it are also inversely proportional. Marriage and children are the ideal for every man that is still a man, and for every woman that is still a woman. Unless you're one of those rare few who has a higher purpose by being truly dedicated to God, everything else is at best just a distraction while you wait to die.

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Yes, life is risky, but in reality, there is only one way to mitigate that risk that matters: accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and being born again of water and the Spirit. Only then are the risks of this life seen in their proper perspective. Everything, and I mean everything, in this current life is temporary and fleeting. Remember that if you are thinking of trading your eternal riches in Christ Jesus for something that in a moment is gone, no matter how much enjoyment it seems to give. Hold fast to what remains, even if it is difficult or even painful, and by offering yourself as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2), you will discover God's good and perfect will for you.

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