Most middle age Mississippi men are overweight as a result of zero involvement in physical activity. Fried foods and loads of carbs are their mainstay southern meals, topped off with either booze or diet soda.
And oddly enough, Christian men seem no different overall here in the great state of Mississippi. I didn't want that for myself long-term despite the fact that it feels like a natural progression as men age.
This trend is fueled by a lackadaisical mindset towards being fit that's become epidemic. Hence, a man's tastebuds rule along with his eyes.
See it, smell it = eat it (lots of it). Physical fitness = zero interest.
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On Christmas Day last year, I went for a run with one of my daughters who was riding her bike beside. I believe it was around 10 AM. Our typical route is essentially an access road that runs parallel to adjacent neighborhoods to our own. From what I recall, it was sunny out and very mild. Whilst making our way to our turnaround point 1.5 miles from our house, I couldn't help but notice an SUV loaded up with four fat, unkempt mid-30s white men who were all glued to their pocket computers, poking and scrolling, punching and loving on those precious things. 20 minutes later, during our return trip, they were more or less in the exact same spot idling in the middle of the road, all doing the exact same thing.
Then I realized what they were doing. Call it a cultural epiphany.
Christmas Day Pokémon.
I then stopped running and walked up to the vehicle. It took a few seconds for anyone inside to take note of my presence before the driver rolled down his window. From there, I asked him if I could pray for them. He stared at me whilst rapidly blinking. I then reached in and grabbed one of his hands. He reflexively put down his cellphone and bowed his head. My off the cuff prayer for these men went something like this.
"Dear Lord. Thank you for this Christmas and for Jesus who we celebrate on this special day. We pray this morning for a mindset of honor and respect towards your holiness and love for us. We ask that you help us to be men who acknowledge the gift of your son, Jesus, throughout our lives. Go with us throughout the remainder of this day. In Jesus name I pray, amen."
From there, I smiled, thanked them and continued to run. And I haven't seen them since.
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Over the past few weeks, I have made one change to my strength training regimen, and that's incorporating powerlifting (or some semblance thereof). Powerlifting is maximum weight, but for Rob it's really just much more weight than I'm used to for a few less reps. Still, it's been a shock to my system on one hand while truly invigorating me on the other. There's something about pushing myself towards a breaking point within 10 steady, very heavy reps. In fact, it actually hurts to do these reps at some of my joints. All in all though, it's energizing to test my limits. In many ways, I feel as if I've trained all these years to now move to this next logical level. And not because I'm trying to prove something or gain additional muscle mass. Instead, I'd like to think I'm headed in this direction as a natural physical progression - particularly considering that I'm not naturally athletic by any means.
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Back in 2014, a client of my 'rents up in the Mississippi Delta was interested in having us assist their hourly employees with enrolling them into Obamacare, therefore I was volunteered to take on this task. Most of these were good natured, hardworking men who'd been employed there for some time. It was interesting to assist them in enrolling, and obviously I learned a lot as they answered each enrollment question personally.
One fairly young man stated that he had fathered a dozen children via a dozen different women. I asked him why, and he said he'd always wanted a lot of kids. Thinking back on that today, I believe Eddie Murphy has a similar story that he's made no attempt to shy away from. It also makes me think of men within countries like Belize or Africa where the notion of engaging in powercoitus is a way of life.
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So what is powercoitus?
It's the natural progression of intercourse when it's exclusively classified as a physical activity, divorced completely from the emotional / spiritual. Not unlike strength training or running.
Coitus is meant to stay within the confines of marriage. Whilst there, it represents the union between husband and wife. But, of course, that's only by choice. It's not like a husband's wiener will only fit within his wife's vagina.
So, what lays the groundwork for men to progress towards powercoitus?
Sexual activity early in life and multiple sex partners either prior to or during marriage. Not to mention a propensity for some men to emotionally engage exclusively via sexual activity.
My Silas has stated that if there's one thing he could erase from his past, it would be his memories of the women he'd intercoursed with prior to marriage. And this is due to the fact that those memories gnaw at him even today. To be more specific, they complicate his relationship with his wife because they're part of a narrative that should never have been written with his body.
The Bible cites sinning against one's body. Especially as a Christian, it identifies the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, sins committed against one's body are distinct, and unfortunately make a lasting impression.
And this is where powercoitus begins to seed itself as a naturally feeling, physical progression. All the while, the spirit of God living in us as Christians is prostituted.
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A new friend of mine (tangential to Samson Society), who's a resident of sunny Florida, has been married for decades to his beautiful wife. They're in their late 50s, have grown children and numerous grandchildren. This man is also into strength training (as is his wife), and we connected thanks to Mr. Nate Larkin at some point late last year. It's been my privilege to walk with Todd over the past few months.
Throughout Todd's marriage, he's been unfaithful via +/-80 sex partners, and none of this powercoitus was anything more (initially) than for the fun of sexual activity alone. On some occasions, the sexual relationship would develop into a friendship as well, but always, the initiator / language of connection (if you will) was sex. If you do the math, taking into account a 20 year period of time, that equates to one new sex partner per quarter (every 90 days). And that, dear reader, is a typical example of powercoitus.
Whilst dialoguing with my new friend about this eye-opening part of his story, he admitted that many, many more sex partners came to be - over the past 5 to 8 years - thanks to the advent of hookup apps.
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And that leads me to my conclusion.
Money making technology is being created / refined daily to exploit men's fleshly bent towards powercoitus. That is sexual activity with no strings attached. Hook ups. Friends with benefits. The swinger lifestyle. And it's leading an awful lot of people straight to hell.
Therefore,
beware of powercoitus. It feels so right and looks to make sense as a natural progression, but like everything else that works against God's will, it's a massive deception.
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