Christ Did Not Send Me to Baptize?

[MissBrattified]

What is up with this over-sensitivity about touching the opposite sex? Forgive me for being blunt, but if you have an inappropriate reaction because someone of the opposite sex touches your hand or forehead....um....I don't think they're the one with the problem.

Our music department has been praying together before going onto the platform on Sunday mornings, and we always join hands. It's a great feeling of unity, and those men and women are my brothers and sisters in Christ. Of course we have to be appropriate, but holding hands for the purpose of prayer, or laying hands on the forehead or shoulder doesn't cross that line in my opinion.

I remember one time I was standing in the emergency room because my Dad had just had a heart attack, and I was so nervous and upset, and when my pastor walked in, he noticed that I was wringing my hands and rubbing them together (I didn't even realize that I was), and he immediately walked up and took my hands, and said, "Abi, it's going to be alright." That was the most calming thing to me, and that gentle, godly touch stuck with me and meant a lot, even though it was a small thing.

I strongly object to this no-touch rule that some people have! If you can't touch other people without having immoral feelings, then YOU shouldn't touch other people, but that doesn't mean others have the same feelings you do or the same reactions, and you shouldn't project your own inner struggles onto others and expect them to abide by the same rule.