Acts Of The Flesh Essay

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So I am laying down in my bed, about to take my afternoon a nap with my 9 month old daughter, that I look forward too every day. Aas I get comfortable under the sheets, I look over to the left of me and I notice my bible laying on my bed, and before I doze off take my well needed nap, I open my bible and and I stumble across this bible verse-

Galations 5 19-21

Galatians 5:19-21New International Version (NIV)
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of
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I guess for me, the bible was never my go-to book like it is now. I’m quickly discovering the more I read the bible, that almost every sexual sin inside of it, I’ve either committed or am familiar with on a deep level.
As far as orgies are concerned, I’ve had threesomes, and foursomes multiple times, so technically, it’s group sex, which is still a form of an orgie. However, the memory’s that propelled me out of my bed, was not the recollection of the group sex I participated in behind closed doors, but the of having went to semi-public “Swinger” meeting I went to these meetings because I was the only dominatrix running her business at the dungeon that these meetings were held, so I would stay over to see what these rendevous were all about. Prior to the start of these social gatherings, the owner of the dungeon would throw a few mattresses here and there in different rooms in case someone wanted to have sex, so it was readily
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From having already had group sex, I knew that it wasn 't for me for many reasons. One being, that the sex itself felt too awkward and unnatural for me when more than me and one other person was involved, Secondly ,I was monogamous and not polyamorous or into open- ended relationships.

Despite my disappointment that I was not able to peer in on one of my biggest fantasies (and sins) at the time, in a way, I’m glad that I did not witness a massive orgie. I’m sure I would have sacrificed my monogamous beliefs right there and then, joined right in, and soon become engrossed in a polyamorous relationship. Or worse, I could have caught a disease if I had not had safe group sex.
So back to the bible verse above. I’ve seen this bible verse before, however the word “orgie” did not “show itself” to me until today. Perhaps the reason for this oversight is due to the fact that maybe I was in a rush and I skimmed over the word “orgie” to focus on the other words within the

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