The Bible speaks, I believe in one of the Gospels, that our speech flows from the abundance of our heart. Vance Havner, famous Southern Baptist preacher, wrote, "What we love usually manages to get into our conversation. What is down in the well of the heart will come up in the bucket of speech." This is altogether true, sometimes fortunately so and other times not so fortunately. Whenever I get together with a particular friend of mine we talk a lot about sex. Mhm. Yeah. That nasty yet beautiful three letter word. The problem is that with this friend our talk always descends to gutter depths. Our talk of sex crosses from the proper to the improper. Afterwards (often during, as well) I can't help but feel dirty. Yet with other when I converse of sex I feel just fine. There are other friends with whom I talk of sex with as well, several of them, in fact, and they can keep it up to the proper standard. But still it is interesting to note that I talk of sex with several of my friends. Hopefully this will not besmirch my character and make me out as some sort of "sex fiend." I talk of sex, in one way or another, with both guy and girl friends. Is this a right or wrong topic of conversation for me? I honestly know nothing (or very little at least) on the matter so I don't know why I bother to talk of it at all. Is it, then, something that wells up in my heart, a desire, if you will? Probably. Should I then feel "bad" about it? Isn't sex a very natural desire, sensed by all (or most) people?
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