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Date: 16 February 2005 23:15:24
I've decided to give up sex for lent. I haven't said anything until now, 8 days in, because it was a tentative decision. As someone who thinks about sex pretty much all day, I didn't know if I could make 40 days. I didn't want to declare to the blogosphere I was fasting from sex for 40 days and last only 5. 40 days is a long time. It's six weeks, plus those extra Sundays that aren't always included in a lenten fast. That's a long time. I did very nearly throw it all in after 5 days. But having got over that hurdle, the decision is firmer in my mind.
I believe it was the quiet, persistent voice of the Holy Spirit that put the idea to me. And it is of course a mutual decision between myself and the beautiful person who quite frequently lies next to me in bed at night. Maybe not so much a mutual decision on my partners behalf, perhaps more of a willingness to support me.
Last night I realised I use sex to express my feelings. Without it I'm not sure what to do with my feelings, or how to express them. At the suggestion of my parnter, (whom I was considering calling 'ordered' but that's not quite right) I will blog about it. Blogging gets my thoughts in order, out of my head and into the air.
Stay tuned.