Yes...this Post does reference Anne of Green Gables, Latin, Seinfield, and Sex. Wow.

Wow... I don't even know where to begin with this one... I guess I'll start at the very beginning- a very good place to start (note: add Sound of Music to references in this post). A few months ago I was able to listen to the Anne of Green Gables soundtrack for the first time. I was struck by the mental connection the music had in me with the movie. I could "see" the scenes in listening to the music. The two were so connected in my experience that the presence of one triggered the recalling of the other. An Association. It reminded me of the impression that I had gotten when taking Latin in college. I had learned particular and exclusive definitions for each word; and that word was ONLY connected with that reality in my mind and experience. For example “Sanctus” means “holy”. In English I have encountered “holy” in many situations and subtlety of meaning; "holy cow"; "holy is the lord" etc... But in this new tongue I did not have the mastery to manipulate the tongue (except for the always famous: Semper Ubi , Sub Ubi (Always where, Under Where) - a famous ancient joke. Thus, my associations with the words were stronger than my general associations with English words.

We have all experienced this same phenomenon with particular actors; they become so associated with a particular character that when we see them doing another role we can't put the other character out of our minds. For me, Kramer from Seinfeld ruined the rest of that guy’s career. He IS Cosmo Kramer.

I still need to reference sex... and that's the point I've been building towards. Sex (both the noun and the act in their respective ways) are meant to by symbols that we associate with heaven and God's love. Wow...most people miss that. But that is the truth; just as I think Anne of Green Gables or Kramer when I hear or see symbols connected with them; so I should think " The Trinity" when I look at my or another’s body or when (someday) I have sex. There is meant to be a deep cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual connection between our sexuality and God. The two should be even more difficult to separate than a soundtrack and a movie. Just as when I see Jason Richardson playing some other part than Kramer and think, "This is totally wrong", we should see all the perversions of sex that disconnect it from God and his love and have a complete revulsion for this forced split.

Now, I know we are not all there; actually none of us are there as much as we can be- but that's were we need to be going. We may have had other associations formed in our lives between sex and abuse, or use, or pain, lust, etc... Deep emotional reactions, thoughts, behaviors, and sins that are different from what was and is supposed to be. How do we begin to reform our hearts, minds, spirits, and even bodily perspectives? I think we need to start soaking in the proper associations. Delve into forming, feeling, living, and thinking the connection between God, Love, and Sex. It can be a very involved process of breaking associations, repenting, reconciling, retraining yourself, etc... but I believe each person can do it and start healing; AND that there is no peace in our hearts until we begin to synchronize sexuality and God into a beautiful entwining of the two.

Okay… I’ll end it there- “I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.” lol