Purity and Integrity

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Let's not get side tracked by all the noises of sexuality programme that is taking place around us. Instead, let's turn our hearts and attention towards our home and start being pro-active and intentional about passing on the right values to our children.

Values of purity and integrity of heart and body are best taught by us, parents. However, sexuality can be a difficult or uncomfortable topic to talk about - perhaps, because of our upbringing and cultural background or we just plain don't know how to handle it and hence, we just don't talk about it!!

But all is not lost!! We are far more blessed today than our parents, as we have plenty of good help and books around us to help us in this area.

One set of books that come highly recommended are

• The Princess and the Kiss
  
• The Squire and the Scroll
  
• The Garden Wall
  

These books are great for young kids as well as teens - on a princess saving her kiss for marriage and a squire keeping his heart, mind and body pure, resisting temptation. Girls whatever their age never tire of being a princess. And boys will always want to be the knight in shining armour!

And not too long ago, FamilyLIfe Today had an interview with the author and c0-author of the above 1st 2 books, Jennie Bishop and Susan Henson. In this interview, they shared what inspired them to write these books and the accompanying Life Lessons books. They also shared about the struggles of today's generation of children.

You can listen to the interviews or read the transcript from these links :

• The Princess and the Kiss, Part 1
  
• The Princess and the Kiss, Part 2
  

(A beautiful princess received a priceless gift when she was born - her first kiss. What would a beautiful princess do with a gift she could only give once?)

• The Squire, the Scroll, the Authors, and the Purpose
  
• Josh Harris Gives a Dramatic Reading

(There are 5 things your young squire needs to know as he begins the adventure of life ... what are they and how can the squire make this transition from squire to knight?)

You may also want to take a look at this older Jennie Bishop's Books for ideas to plant seeds of purity and integrity in our children.

It is never too early or too late to do so.... whichever age group our children is in, there are good resources available for us to work with.

For moms with tweens or teens, this older post has got good resources that can help jump start a conversation on sexuality : Preparing Your Tweeny for the Teen Years

Do take your time to look up these links and go through the materials. They are very useful resources and have been a great help to many. These resources open our eyes to struggles of our children, and give us ideas on how to help and teach them.

These are such valuable resources to me as they constantly remind me of what I need to do for my children and how to do it. I would have been an ignorant and very lost mom without them!!

Do share these links and postings with your husband too :)

May God give us strength and courage to be intentional and proactive in passing on His values of sexuality and marriage to our children!