If you've ever donated to Susan G. Komen, you may want to read this.

WARNING: This article approaches the topic of sexual education, which may not be appropriate for young eyes. The first part of the blog is about the article.

That said, I am a youth pastor's wife, it's not like I'm going to be talking in expletives.

I found out something interesting about the Susan G. Komen foundation the other day. Our pastor's wife let us know about this information from Chuck Colson's Breakpoint website. As someone who would like to help "Save the Ta-Ta's" I believe will be finding a different breast cancer organization to give my funds towards.

I don't profess to know everything there is about Planned Parenthood (PP), and I realize this is a single conservative view (albeit from a reliable and legitimate Christian author) of the organization. There's a chance that PP does some worthwhile things, but I wouldn't want an organization that considers abortion as a viable option to be anywhere near the children I teach or my own children. I am 100% pro life, and that makes them a huge "NO" in my book. Finding out about the other things that their organization endorses and/or has allowed to happen only makes things all the more certain. And finding out that Susan G. Komen gives money toward their organization, although for a great reason...breast care services...made me disappointed indeed.

Here's the article.

And here's my soapbox...

This article got me thinking about sex education in general. I don't know how "grotesque" PP's sex ed teachings are and how young the girls they are giving contraception to are. I will say, that I know too many teens who know exactly what they aren't supposed to do before marriage, and they do it anyway. I think there is a healthy way to educate children about what sex is, what the dangers of doing it before marriage can be (both physical and emotional), and how to protect yourself from those dangers. The best, and Biblical way to do it, and the way both my husband and I followed, is abstinence. As I believe most any Christian will (or should) tell you, is this only true way to protect yourself and follow God's teachings.

Unfortunately, through our working with youth, I have come to the all too realization that our teens (and even younger children) are playing with fire way too early...and they won't listen to reason. With hormones raging, and the "It won't happen to me" philosophy, it leaves me with some hard questions. Yes, I am upfront and honest about sex, that pre-marital sex is not an option, and the damage that you're left with if you choose to go that path.

Here are my hard questions for the evening:
What should we be doing for these teens who are damaging their well-being? I know that God blesses us with healing after we make mistakes, and He can even bring blessings in disguise. But, there are always consequences to any action, good or bad. What do you do for a teen who is chipping away at his/her future? How do you make sure that child stays safe while not enabling him or her? If a 14 - 15 year old has already had multiple sex partners, and is trying to walk the right path, but still keeps stumbling, what do you do to prevent that teen from the inevitable fact (that I learned way before they taught it in health class that, "Sex makes babies."

TGIF!

Here's to truly thanking God for an end to a tiresome week.

And, here's to an evening of roasting hot dogs & marshmallows over the fire, enjoying an evening of fellowship with family and friends, and sleeping under the stars.

May I just say that I have never slept outside in a tent before....

Here's to new experiences!