The Missionary Position

If you've been keeping up with my blog, you'll remember I promised to talk about why I thought the missionary position--and yes, I'm talking sex here--why that position should be preferred.

There's a book in the Bible that is about as X-Rated as the Bible gets. In case you're surprised at all, it's the Song of Solomon/Songs.

I learned at a Wednesday Night Bible Study the original Hebrew text had three different verbs for "to love" but English obviously only has one.

The first type of love relates to loving someone like a friend or soulmate; I believe this was raya.

The second verb was about commitment and unity, as well as spending time together. The Hebrew word was ahavah.

Finally, the last word was dod, and it related to the physical bumping, rubbing, and cuddling couples tend to do.

I don't really know when each verb was used in the book (because gosh, darn it I don't speak ancient Hebrew) but I think these three verses were examples of the verbs in use.

Raya (Side note, is it creepy if I've always wanted to tell a girl this verse reminded me of her? For the record, I haven't yet found the girl to whom it would be appropriate.)

Ahavah

Dod

According to the Bible, all three should be present in a marriage, and it's impossible for a romance to survive if it's missing even one of them. The video emphasized this was especially so if one person in the relationship was being satisfied by another individual, outside the original relationship. Also, the three of them together apparently have this deeply profound and spiritual thing going on if you've got them all working in your marriage/sex life. I'm not sure how to paraphrase what the video explained, but it's something like the stuff in Song of Songs said that there are three different parts to it, with each one being just as important as the other, but all three combined are needed for the big picture of just what exactly love is.

Where else in the Bible do we see things divided into three? The Holy Trinity, perhaps? I'm not sure how much of this next stuff was scripture or interpretation of scripture, but if you look at each of the verbs, they tend to fit each part of God.

Jesus calls us friend.

God the Father loves nothing more than spending time with us.

The Holy Spirit guides us in our actions and speech so the glory goes to God.

With all this in mind, it kind of seems to me like the missionary position is the way to go, right? I mean, wouldn't missionaries (if no one else) be more likely to follow God's word to the letter? I'd think they'd know how to love pretty hardcore, anyone disagree?

That's why I prefer the missionary position even if it is less kinky--if you're a future wife reading this, I didn't say I liked it on top, just to be clear.

What follows in this next paragraph is more me reaffirming with myself what I'm looking for in a girlfriend so I don't inadvertently leap at a girl too soon. I fear that because it's been a long time since I've had a genuine girlfriend, I might feel desperate and latch onto a girl God might not have planned for me. Thus, I want to remind myself I'm looking for a God-fearing, Bible-reading woman first and foremost. I know there is one in my future, and I look forward to meeting her; I just pray I have the patience not to get involved with some random chic.