Committed, covenantal love

Ann Voskamp has a son leaving for college. She takes the time to say to him what she wishes someone would have said to her at that age:

Your naked body deserves the honor of being shared only with someone who is covenanted to never stop loving your naked soul.

Hook-up culture may have cheapened it and legalistic cultures may have shamed it, but the real Truth is you can’t contain the otherworldly beauty of it: Physical union is a parable of union with Christ.

It may not be popular, but I guarantee you it’s powerful: Unless physical union is about making committed, covenantal love — the essence of it’s God-given meaning is destroyed.

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