Growing Sexually Mature - 10
Life is spiritual—there are forces of good and evil battling for the current lives and the afterlives of mankind. And the most powerful weapon to overcome the dark force is the light of love, yet so few of us master the Art of Love. Many spend millions of minutes on perfecting the martial arts—including karate, taekwondo, judo—for the goal of training the body as a weapon of self-defense.
If those same minutes were spent
on perfecting the heart to master the art of love, would there be a need to use
the martial arts for defensive skills? What the physical world views as wisdom
is opposite in the spiritual realm. Why
is it easier to hate, than to love?
Hatred is an emotion which soothes the flesh, the carnal part of
us. Love, however, takes a lot of effort
because it requires you to forgive offences and to reject self-defensiveness. Therefore,
Love is an offensive tool against hatred.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do
not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal
but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds (Read 2
Corinthians 10:3-6). For
we do not wrestle against flesh and blood [carnality], but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness . . . (Ephesians 6:12).
Whether you are aware of it or
not, young teen, there is a battle going on in the invisible world for your
life on earth and for your life after natural death (excluding suicide). If you do not master the Art of Love, then
the wiles, the bullets or power, of the evil force will control your life. In war, there are weapons. The mightiest weapon is Love; and love is guarded
by another weapon of war called Truth (Ephesians 6:14a). Truth is worn at the center of your body like
a belt. As martial artists strive to
obtain the highest ranking belt called the “black belt”, you, the adolescent
who seeks to live a life of honour, must strive to obtain proper usage of the Belt
of Truth.
This Truth is your truth and can never change. Lies are weapons to torment your soul—what you believe in your heart starts from your mind and concludes in what you do with your body. You are made beautiful. You are God’s creation, therefore perfect. Physical imperfections never change the perfection of your being, your soul, that which makes you like no other human on earth.
Dear adolescent, there is no mistake in you. The Belt of Truth is wrapped around your waist, right above what makes you male or female. Yes, all your genitalia are protected because they are located Below the Belt. That’s where the evil one targets his weapons of lies—hitting below the belt. And to overcome being swept away by the lies, you must blast those evil weapons, not with self-hatred, not with hatred for a society that champions for your greatest good with codes of moral conduct, but with Love for yourself firming rooted in the Truth of who you really are.
Today, take a long look in the
mirror at your natural self. You were
born a girl. Your pure femininity is
your power, is your expression of self-love.
You were born a boy. Your pure
masculinity is your strength, is your expression of self-love. There is no need to change that for a lie
that God has made a mistake in creating you male because you think you “feel”
female, or vice versa, a female willing to self-mutilate to become male. Who do
you allow to define attributes of femaleness or maleness? Our Creator God is Love, and when you actually
stop and listen to what He has to say, you will learn the Truth about being
male or female.
For bodily exercise
profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of
the life that now is [on earth] and of that which is to come [after natural
death] (1 Timothy 4:8).
Loving yourself is part of perfecting the Art of Love. This Art, like martial arts, takes time and proper training, and requires the Belt of Truth so that you will be able to stand up when lies try to knock you down and strip your dignity. You are not alone. By deciding to throw away hatred and to prepare for this training in the Art of Love, understand that you are already a winner!
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