John,
Thatâs why I asked some time ago for anyoneâs opinion about âsoul tiesâ. I believe these are developed when we have affection for someone else, and especially if we are intimate with someone sexually. Broken soul ties can leave us fragmented emotionally. I surmise that this is one reason why homos/lesbians often seem a bit strange; theyâve been intimate with so many people that they seem like a shadow of themselvesâkind of empty and vacant behind the eyes if you know what I mean.
My pilot son dated his (now) wife for 7 years, from high school through both of them attending different military Academies. They married right after he graduated from the AF Academy in the lovely steel A-frame chapel there. All that time they maintained their commitment to the Lord not to be sexually intimate, and they are now glad they kept that promise. (It keeps things much less complicated, for one thing.) We have given our 12 &14 yr olds the video and audiotapes of âI Kissed Dating Goodbyeâ, which encourages teens NOT to date, but when the time is right to, instead, âcourtâ with the intention of marriage. It would surely prevent a lot of those âbroken soul tiesâ that we encounter from broken hearts in the dating scene.
Izzy
Amen to all the above - and that is exactly why teens and others should not be "sexaully active." It ruins (for many) the very opportunity to bond. Anyway -- good thoughts Linda.
JD and out
