‘One Strange Flesh please.’ ‘Would you like us to super size that order sir?’ Well, yes, but could we keep this (dirty little) order between us, if you don’t mind?’ “Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” I understand that in this verse from Jude 1. 6-8, is referring to the strange flesh of man with man and woman with woman, but it’s not much of stretch to throw in I was just thinking, even for a fella who has been a practicing Christian for most of his sixty-something life, how easy it is to turn the head, to this day, when a younger, shaplier/glitzier woman than my own beloved, can be. Anyone remember this one? “Every breath you take, Every move you make, Every bond you break, Every step you take, I’ll be watching you. Every single day, Every word you say, Every game you play, Every night you stay, I’ll be watching you. Oh, cant you see, You belong to me, How my poor heart aches, With every step you take. Every more you make, Every vow you break, Every smile you fake, Every claim you stake, I’ll be watching you (skipped stanza here) Oh, cant you see, You belong to me, How my poor heart aches, With every breath you take. Every move you make, Every vow you break,
Every smile you fake, Every claim you stake, I’ll be watching you.
These words are from the 1983 hit by The Police, “Every Breath You Take”. According to band member Sting, this song was about a guy stalking his ex-girlfriend. But what a strange coincidence that the Bible pictures God as a jealous lover and us as an estranged mate.
1-2 Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom; listen very closely to the way I see it.
Then you’ll acquire a taste for good sense;
what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.
3-6 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,
her soft words are oh so smooth.
But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,
a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.
She’s dancing down the primrose path to Death;
she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.
She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,
about who she is or where she’s going.
7-14 So, my friend, listen closely;
don’t treat my words casually.
Keep your distance from such a woman;
absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.
You don’t want to squander your wonderful life,
to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.
Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you?
Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?
You don’t want to end your life full of regrets,
nothing but sin and bones,
Saying, “Oh, why didn’t I do what they told me?
Why did I reject a disciplined life?
Why didn’t I listen to my mentors,
or take my teachers seriously?
My life is ruined!
I haven’t one blessed thing to show for my life!”
Never Take Love for Granted
15-16 Do you know the saying, “Drink from your own rain barrel,
draw water from your own spring-fed well”?
It’s true. Otherwise, you may one day come home
and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.
17-20 Your spring water is for you and you only,
not to be passed around among strangers.
Bless your fresh-flowing fountain!
Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!
Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose—
don’t ever quit taking delight in her body.
Never take her love for granted!
Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore?
for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?
21-23 Mark well that God doesn’t miss a move you make;
he’s aware of every step you take.
The shadow of your sin will overtake you;
you’ll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.
Death is the reward of an undisciplined life;
your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
Ill be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
Ill be watching you
Oh, cant you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
Ill be watching you
Since youve gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but its you I cant replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please…
Oh, cant you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every breath you take
Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
Ill be watching you
Every move you make
Every step you take
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you
Ill be watching you…
