The 'S' Word

SEX. Thats right, I said it. I said the 's' word. I thought I would bust out of the gates like Big Brown and do my first real post about sex.
I am getting married in December. My fiance and I are waiting until we are married to have sex. I have decided that this is a very novel idea. So being a guy, which I am, I have been thinking a lot about sex. Sorry ladies, its just what we of the male gender do. But mostly I have been thinking about how God's view of sex is different than our cultures. Most people I encounter think that getting married is like buying a used car. Don't pay for it until you take it for a test drive. I think that God thinks that is crazy talk. I have been reading Song of Solomon lately and it mostly sounds really weird to me. That just isn't how we talk about sex anymore. What really hit me though was that the author seems genuinely in love with this girl regardless of the sex. He wasn't with her so he could get some of whatever, its because they had a genuine love for one another. It really isn't about sex. He thought that she was beautiful and he loved her. Sex was the expression of that but it wasn't the point. Sure they seem to enjoy sex but thats not the most important. I think our culture thinks that is crazy talk. I think even the Christians in America get married sometimes just for the sex. Not because they want to live life with someone they love but because we think that sex is the point of marriage. I disagree.