There are few things I wanted to get off my chest before I try to catch another 30 minutes of sleep.
1. If you’ve been keeping up with the Jena 6 case, I bet you haven’t heard this in the reporting.
2. A report was just released that there was a rise in teenage births. Many blame this on President Bush’s insistence on many Abstinence-only programs(just another thing people want to blame on him). Well, statistics show that 100% of teens who practice abstinence and don’t have sex do NOT get pregnant. People really believe that if we taught teens how to USE birth control then the pregnancy rates would go down. As a youth pastor of over 10 years let me clue you in on something(come in a little closer). TEENS ARE GETTING PREGNANT CAUSE THEY AINT USING NO BIRTH CONTROL!! Sorry for my grammar and yelling. It’s not that kids don’t know how to use it, they’re just choosing not to. Maybe they should show the episode of Friends where Rachel tells Ross she’s pregnant and he goes on and on about how he didn’t know condoms weren’t 100% effective. If kids won’t listen to reason then maybe they’ll listen to Ross and Rachel although…
3. They should tell the kids that if they do get pregnant then it will affect their lives a whole lot more than Rachel’s baby. Was that kid ever on the show? Nothing changed for Ross and Rachel after having a baby. The last episode, Rachel is getting on a plane to go to Paris(?). She aint got the baby. Ross aint got the baby. Who’s got the baby?! And how can any of these people afford to live in NYC without steady jobs?
4. I really believe that if you don’t make the decision early in life to wait until marriage to have sex then chances are you won’t wait. Of course, the line has always been blurred about “how far is too far?”. So, since I’m obviously not going back to bed, here are some signs you’ve gone too far…
If you’re touching anything besides their hand…you’ve gone too far.
If the door is closed(or locked)…you’ve gone too far.
If her father isn’t within a mile with a shotgun…you’ve gone too far.
If you have to stop and listen for anything…you’ve gone too far.
If the lights are off and momma aint sitting between you…you’ve gone too far.
If you can’t fit a Gideon Bible between you..you’ve gone too far.
If you have to plan a speech to get her to do anything…you’ve gone too far(unless it involves wrestling tickets).
If you imagine anything about her that doesn’t include Jesus, your wedding DAY, or bright lights…you’ve gone too far.
Drakes awake…gotta go.
Hey Heath… I just wanted to drop ya a line to tell ya I enjoy your musings. It is fun to hear stories about the kids and your new adventures in the North! Please tell Karen I said “hey!”