Hi Everyone!
I hope you've had an amazing week so far and that you are keeping the necessary precautions to avoid getting ill. Well, I need to say that this week's topic is one of the most sensitive topics we have talked about in our class. Not only because is about a controversial topic but also due to the different opinions people can have according to their beliefs and traditions. This week in my Family Relations class we talked about Sexual Intimacy.
I would like to address Sexual Intimacy from my point of view according to all the things we discuss in our class. First, I want to say that I have been raised with principles and values that may differ from yours and if this is the case, I want to say that as much as I respect your point of view you do the same for me. I have been pretty much all my life a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as I have been growing up, I have realized that sexual intimacy is something special. During my life, I have taught by my parents the importance of waiting for marriage. Many of you may be thinking that it has to be with my religious affiliation and while some of you may be right at the same time is not. I think waiting for Sexual Intimacy is a personal decision more than something that someone can impose on you. Your decision can have a good impact or bad impact according to the decisions you take on where, how, and with who.
Waiting to have sexual intimacy with your husband/wife can be a sacred experience when the moment happens. If you wonder, why sacred well the answer is simple. The reason why sexual intimacy exists is because God wants us to procreate and replenish the earth. There is a quote by Jeffrey R Holland that I like and would like to share it says, “Human intimacy is reserved for a married couple because it is the ultimate symbol of total union, a totality and a union ordained and defined by God” (Jeffrey R. Holland, “Personal Purity,” Ensign, Nov. 1998, 76). It is not only about the sexual part but about the union that can create between your partner and yourself. Also, when I mention God giving us the power to procreate I do not mean to go and have as many children as you can. No! In fact, when a husband and wife take the decision to be one in the union they also have the opportunity to talk and council between each other and make a decision about how many children they want.
I have always thought that marriage is not something that we should take lightly and less the procreation topic. During my class, there was this question that we were asked to ponder and is how and when you should address these topics to your children. I thought so much about this question and at the same time, it gave me time to ponder about my own life and how my parents managed to help me and my sister to know about this. I realized that my parents did not make it awkward for us nor something that we could not talk about. They were open with us and help us to see it from a mature way because is something that at some point we will all experience feelings or desires to have sexual intimacy. If we help our children to know how to act according to your own judgment as a parent you will see the result accordingly as well.
Thank you guys for reading one week more. Hope to read more about this next week. If you have any thoughts please share it with me in the comment box below.
Have a nice week,
Nahomy S.
Reference
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1998/10/personal-purity?lang=eng¶=14#p14
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