Know 'When to Say when . . .'

Abstinence. Sexual fidelity within covenantal marriage.

Tee-totaling. Either not drinking alcohol (certainly never using drugs!) OR if drinking, only drinking in moderation (like Jesus' first miracle at the wedding of Cana where alcohol was consumed, but drunken debauchery NOT approved of).

Such is the Virtue of Continence, if one were to use the Traditional categories of Virtue Ethicist, St. Thomas Aquinas, medieval Catholic Dominican scholar and Dr. of the Church.

Continence is a much-needed Virtue in helping to "Re-Build the American Republic."

From steering clear of sex outside of covenantal marriage and from steering clear of excessive drinking, any drug use, we as a society can move forward.

"Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control."
-Proverbs 25:26

"If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, or else, having too much, you will vomit it."
-Proverbs 25:16

Enjoy life. Stay sober. Stay alert, stay alive (as the U.S. Army teaches). Stay out of the sack without covenantal union.

Hard words to live by, but if we as a society practice Continence as EMPOWERED by the Grace of the Holy Spirit found only through Jesus Christ Our LORD and Savior, then we will prosper as a Nation State.

Love in Jesus,
Rob J King, moving on the perfection in Jesus but still with some rough edges ;-)