The Sex Blessing

I was eating out the other day when I noticed the couple next to me hold hands and pray before beginning their meal. I got to thinking, when did this fairly common practice begin? What is it about sitting down to eat that makes it a good time to have a brief little convo with the man upstairs? Most of the time, I think, people are just giving thanks, "Thanks God for this food...this food is a blessing, blah blah blah," right? If you believe in God then you can reasonably argue that he bestows many blessings, so why food. I'm going to go ahead and forego any real research and guess that this practice must have started because at some point, food was a really big deal and if you were eating, you better praise Jesus, 'cause who knew the next time you were gonna get it.

The practice of praying before a meal is antiquated, and is now done pretty much out of tradition; that's fine, but I can think of a better time to say a blessing based on the idea that your thanking God for something that you rarely enjoy. Sex.

Speak for yourself, you say. Well, I am speaking for myself, so suck it. I think the next time I am about to have sex, I'll take the time to stop and thank the lord for his blessing. Of course it will probably be something like, "Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thanks you, Jesus," as I clumsily hop to the bed kicking of my shoes and pants. And if I do things right, God will get a shout out during the sex too.