Birds & Bees

Birds & Bees

Two weeks ago, I felt prompted to talk about birds & bees with J. I had always wanted to be the one to share with him, instead of having the school to do so. For the law of the first mention is the most important factor.

When I told my wife, she felt that J is too young to know about it, since the school curriculum usually introduces around 10-11 years old.

Nonetheless, on the same day when I brought to her attention, someone passed us a few books while clearing her house. One of them happened to be “Birds & Bees”.

I knew it’s time, for the time is not determined by age, but by the Spirit. However, I did not look at the book. Few days ago, I went Google to search a number of resources on this topic. They were very systematic, yet age-based. I found my eyes on a set of Christian resources on Amazon but decided to put them on hold.

Today, I was suddenly inspired by the Holy Spirit to talk to J about it. No textbook. No resources. I simply opened my mouth and had a heart-to-heart talk with him.

We spoke about the organs (and their names) that define a man and a woman; why they are also known as the private parts; calling a spade a spade; sperms, ovaries, etc. Most importantly, we covered Genesis and the 8 important covenants in the Bible and why marriage is a covenant.

When I talked about how God cut the covenant with Himself in Abrahamic Covenant, J was amazed with the smoke and the burning torch that passed between the pieces of sacrifices. When I pointed that to the New Covenant with Jesus on the Cross, J immediately exclaimed, “I know! Jesus cut the covenant with Himself!” That came straight from revelation.

Finally, we touched on birds and bees in the context of covenant within a marriage where blood is shed. He finally realised how millions of sperms could enter and swim to meet the egg, with one fertilising it.

Note: He kept asking how the sperms could get there, so you have to explain the whole story.

I have come to realise that such education is not an event. It is a process that has to be re-iterated and taken deeper as time goes by. But the law of the first mention is crucial because I could say to him, “If anyone tells you otherwise and what he says is different from the Bible, he is wrong. Because I love you most as your parent, you can trust me.”

Mission a̶c̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶i̶s̶h̶e̶d̶ just started. More to come.

P.S: I said, “If anyone says ‘shame shame’ when it comes to body parts, you say, ‘No. It’s not. God created them.’ “