But I would very much appreciate the Catholic stand in what context that arousal should exist.
Thank you in advance.
Here’s this Catholics perspective- so take it in that light.
Transporting myself back to where you are now to do it all over again-
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I’d go straight toward becoming a priest, instead of the many turns on the road of life I actually took, to include but not limited to sexual temptations.
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I won’t deny the ride was sometimes fun, always interesting, but the cost of it may have exceeded my credit line. And the play-before-you-pay rules weren’t really clear until later. Ok, they were clear enough, but I was exercising my free-will account, or so I told myself.
Now I’m asking the Banker to gimme a break because I have been trying to reconcile my accounts. The point is, some of those turns I took were such that I missed critical “power-ups”, and for most it isn’t possible to even go back and get them anymore. The Banker reminded me that He puts these Power-ups out there for us- sometimes hidden but most are like a flashing light to show us the way.
Your confusing a power-up with a side road. See, power-ups are things like Church attendance, education, training, discipline, and obedience. Your girl friend is a side road from your own roadway, and if you switch lanes now and turn too soon you could miss a power-up and have to pay a toll- though you might not know it. The Banker has one of those transponders that debits your account when you make a turn off the straight path. Sometimes you never know the amount of the toll fee before you turn, and there is always a fee, so be careful out there.
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One option that I was taught early, but didn’t put rightly into practice until much later (29) was the understanding that best friends can join you without having to turn aside. Best friends share everything except intimacy because to do so is an obvious turn. That path, to intimacy, is pretty clear and to get there with in an acceptable fashion, you must follow the street signs. It seems like you see them.
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By making her your best-friend instead of your girl-friend, you can find bigger and better power-ups together before you pass them by. Best friends are cool like that, and don’t get as mad as girl-friends when you mess up.
Note: There are more power-ups at the beginning of the road. Where you are now, you must be tripping over them.
(Thank goodness there are still some to get here where I am along the road, which is not all that far in front of you.) Keep in mind though, power-ups are always held individually and not shared, even though you can share them with others. The Banker is pretty strict about who can pay Your debt. (Other than you, only the Banker’s Son can settle up your account.)
Then, when you eventually leave the power-up minefield you are in now, you can look at your best friend with a new eye and together make an informed, rational decision to turn you road together, or go in different directions.
Even when we are appropriately traveling with someone, ultimately it is an individual account that we draw from. Concentrate on finding those power-ups now- they really do come handy later on.
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