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Art Linkletter once asked the above question of a boy on his television show. He received a one-word reply:

"Duck!"

The giant Goliath could have used this advice when he fought young David in a story described in First Samuel 17.

Better yet, Goliath could have ducked the judgment of God if he had taken advice from Philip, 11. "Never underestimate the power of God or a boy."

What Goliaths are you facing? Fear? Loneliness? Rejection?

Don't despair, says Rachel, 10. "Size doesn't matter. It's your faith in God."

Before giants fall by your sling, however, there may be some warm-up battles you need to fight. "David was a shepherd and a fighter," says Adam, 10. "He fought animals that came around sheep.

He killed a lion and a bear because he loved his sheep. So when King Saul said to David, `Are you sure?' David said, `I can belt him,' and he did." Because David had practiced trusting God to help him protect the sheep, David was prepared to trust God in facing Goliath. When we trust God, however, people around us will say, "Are you sure?"

They will offer their own advice as Saul offered his armor to David, and they'll question our actions.

Family members may be the most scornful. David's own brother contemptuously asked: "Why have you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?" Does this sound like someone at the office or at home?

Though Saul offered David the best armor in the kingdom, he decided to stick with what he knew best, his trusty sling. "If you're going to wear armor," says Michael, 11, "ask God for the armor."

Faith in God was all the armor David needed. He boldly declared to Goliath, "The battle is the Lord's."

The apostle Paul referred to this kind of faith as a "guard" around the hearts of those who have committed everything to God in prayer.

When you do, "the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:7). No weapon can pierce this armor. Or, as Sarah, 9,says, "Just because Goliath is taller and has better stuff doesn't mean that he can beat David."

Trusting in the better "stuff" of technology will not win the battle against one who is shielded by the power of God. Goliath had all the best stuff: bronze helmet, armor, shin guards, a 17-pound spear and a shield-bearer who walked in front of him.

Goliath lost his head by trusting in better technology and the false gods of the Philistines.

So don't get sidetracked in battle and become afraid of those with better stuff. Remember the lesson of David and Goliath according to James, 11: "If you believe in God, He will be there for you when you need Him. And He will help you do things you usually aren't capable of doing."

Sarah, 10, agrees, "Big people don't get to do all the big things. If we believe in God, we can do anything."

But if you're a giant who's just out to pick a fight, Melissa, 9, says, "Pick on someone your own size."

Carey Kinsolving is a syndicated columnist, producer, author, speaker and website developer. To see more material like this, visit http://www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org. The Kids Talk About God website contains free, online content for children and families. See CareyÂ’s Kid TV Interviews. Hear a book talk. Print free lessons from the "Kids Color Me Bible" and make your own book. Let an 11-year-old girl take you on a trip around the world in the Mission Explorers Streaming Video. Print Scripture verses illustrated by child artists. Receive a complimentary, weekly e-mail subscription to our Devotional Bible Lessons.

Bible quotations in this Bible lesson are from the New King James Version.

Copyright 2007 Carey Kinsolving

Sex History Ancient Greece - Part 1 Society & Sex

More than any other ancient society (except Rome), the Greeks kept very accurate records about their daily life.

It can be understood from their literature, art (and ceramics), as well as the records of other countries that mentioned the Greeks.

The sexual history of ancient Greece is colourful and eye opening so lets look at sex in ancient greece.
Sex in ancient Greece was seen mostly from the eyes of men, as women were considered as commodities only.

Women generally were used for keeping a house (for the man to sleep only) and bearing his legitimate children.

The wives of Greek men were highly supervised, and could not move freely about, except if they were old and motherly (or grandmotherly).

Sex with wives was intended for children only, and thus performed in bed, and usually in some modified missionary position.

Fallatio was considered taboo (for a marriage), and as the sexual act was to beget children, the man wished to deposit his sperm as quickly as possible and be done with everything else.

The active form of sex in ancient Greece had the wives competing with "eromenoi" (adolescent boys) and "hetaras"(educated prostitutes) and even slaves in the home.

It appears that homosexuality (pederasty...sex with young boys) was the regular sexual choice for the men.
It shows up in education, religion, art and politics. Also Greek men were fond of prostitution, with all kinds available, from street girls to temple prostitutes (for very high fees).

Raping was also considered a norm, even in Greek religion, Zeus was seen to rape many women, such as Leda (a swan), Danae, Alkmene, and boys such as Ganymede.

Due to the high rate of homosexual relationships (always an older man with a young boy...i.e. pederasty) non-conventional sex flourished (and still to today, as custom relates).

The older man would have his young lover (but the young boy would feel no love or desire for the older man) as his sexual object. The Greeks believed that semen contained the source of knowledge, and thus depositing it in the younger man would endow him with wisdom.

The homosexual relationships of the Greeks were not strictly limited to men, as there were also lesbian relationships, and this too were pederasty in nature. Greek society frowned upon same age sexual relations.

Young unmarried women could move freely, but if they did, they would be considered as prostitutes, and thus have to sell themselves, or be raped.

The Greeks had a few sexual taboos, incest being the first among them, yet it shows up in the Greek literature as being a fact of life in those times.

Fallatio was also considered a taboo, but widely practiced. It was said that a man would normally have to beat his partner (young boy lover or prostitute) prior to the act (as a sort of Greek foreplay), to get the fallatio to be performed.

In part 2 fo this article, you can read about sexual positions in Ancient Greece and how many of them live on today as some of the most popular and effective positions that can be used in lovemaking.

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