July was a great month for us. June was a bit too constant. July was busy, but with more joy and less pressure.
I was one of three speakers to a large gathering of youth in Monterrey, Mexico. Our son Rajim accompanied me. That was neat and good father/son time.
That is him in the center, casually trying to conceal his excitement about being with one of Latin America’s most famous worship bands.
During those sessions I challenged the young people with concepts from the little book I wrote a number of years back, about boyfriend-girlfriend relationships.
I spoke on how God creatively made men so different from women, and versa-vice. That got us talking about the challenge of understanding those of that strange, other gender. I gave tips on how to interact and we explored the profound mystery of why girls never go to the bathroom by themselves.
I told them nothing they didn’t already know when I told them that sex is fantastic. But sex before marriage means getting 10 minutes of “fantastic” at the price of a lifetime of aches and sorrows—and wishing I hadn’t started things out like that.
We talked about the absolutely best wedding gift that the bride can give to her new hubby and the groom to his new wife. That gift, as you can imagine, is one’s virginity.
And because now it is decade #3 of the 21st century I encouraged them in their sexual identity. Feeling some odd attractions does not indicate that God goofed up when He made you, nor that you aren’t on the inside what you are on the outside. And we need to stand firm in the truth as the devil slings his lies our way.
It is an honor to continue to have a platform to speak into the lives of youth.