just a hint

I've written two blogs in the past two days and I'm having an enormous trouble gettign them to publish.

Don't know what this means, but I can't figure it's good.

Turns out it wasn't.

"But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God." Ephesians 5: 3-5

Uh, oh. A hint? A teensey hint? What is a hint, anyway? It's a slight indication or intimation. Slight is the key here, I figure. So what is a hint of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity? Could it be a look, a glance, a thought? Maybe it's undressing someone who is completely dressed? Ya think?

Let's try at same verse from the Message instead of the NIV. It reads, "Don't allow love to turn into lust, setting off a downhill slide into sexual promiscuity, filthy practices, or bullying greed. Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don't talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn't fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.

'You can be sure that using people or religion or things just for what you can get out of them—the usual variations on idolatry—will get you nowhere, and certainly nowhere near the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of God."

Uh, oh. Now we've brought love into it. Now we've started on the high hill (or horse) and kick-started the slide into sexual promiscuity. And what is sexual promiscuity or than something that makes me go to spell-check unwillingly?

I'm about to kid you not....the on-line dictionary reads: "Promiscuity refers to sexual behavior of a man or woman who either casually or regularly copulates with several partners. Most religions disapprove of and discourage sexual promiscuity, though some permit it, such as religious prostitution in ancient Mesopotamia and Greece.

Evolutionary psychologists propose that humans have inherited both a propensity to form lasting male-female bonds and a propensity for promiscuity. Their critics counter that humans are born with no such propensities, either for faithfulness or for promiscuity."

As I'm reading this on the site, a photo of an incredibly beautiful woman advertising the health benefits (see, diet and good looks) of the Acai berry popped up, which was surprising since I expected to see a photo of Tiger Woods or even Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James.