May 26

The Presbyterian Church shocked the religious community a few years ago when it released it’s highly controversial report on human sexuality. The church leaders assumed that sexual gratification was a need and a right, and therefore it was not to be limited in any way. The "NEW" Christian ethic of sexuality is that the church will no longer insist on celibacy for the single person, and it also does not restrict sexual activity to marriage. You are free to do whatever you want sexually, just as long as there is justice and love surrounding it.
Once again we are forced to decide "Who's right?" Experts of psychology, sociology and liberal theology or is the Bible still the pre‑eminent source of truth? One thing is sure, both can't be right.
The issue of sexuality is a topic that God is not bashful about. Our reading today covers several principles of true love and sexuality from God’s point of view.

Song 8:8-10
We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
10Beloved
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.

Solomon is saying that love refuses to be rushed. It is important to put a wall up until the day of her marriage. She was not to give herself in unrestrained passion to another person until a covenant was formed. If it was important for ancient Israel to hear the counsel of patience and restraint, how much more important is for our society today?

Richard Foster says of boundaries of sex, "Sex is like a great river that is rich and deep and good as long as it stays within its proper channel. The moment a river overflows its banks, it becomes destructive, and the moment sex overflows its God‑given banks, it become destructive."