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My Love Story

I Corinthians 13: 13 “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” I started to notice boys' bodies around 4 th grade. I started to feel self-conscious in the locker room, to dress in a corner so nobody would look at me, and more importantly, so nobody would catch me looking at them. The school building where I attended 4 th and 5 th grade had “gang showers,” a big room with shower heads all around and so you had to go in and get naked in front of everyone. No matter how sweaty we got in gym, I might wipe down my face, but never showered. I knew I wasn’t supposed to be checking out the other boys’ developing bodies, and I was already ashamed. In 6 th grade, we got a new building, and the showers had dividers. I became the master of changing under my towel so nobody would look at me. And I was so fast, always trying to be the first one out of the locker room, running from what I deemed temptation to lust. On vacation, I would ri