Today’s conversations about gender and sexuality are complex, but God gives us everything we need to affirm the goodness of his design and open up lines of healthy communication with our kids.

As we help our kids navigate an increasingly digital world, we can point them to God’s truth as their ultimate measure of reality.

We can point our kids to God’s comforting promises, even when we don’t have all the answers.

Our kids will likely ask about divorce, and when they do, we can offer them hope-filled assurance—though people may undo God’s good design, he is always faithful and never breaks his promises.

When our kids ask about other religions, we don’t need to fear. The gospel is true and beautiful—and it alone has the power of salvation.

As moms, we can’t keep our children from suffering, but we can help shape their response to it.

We may not be able to anticipate every hard Bible question our kids will ask, but we can equip ourselves to give God-honoring responses.

Losing a beloved pet can introduce death to our children earlier than we might like. But it also provides an opportunity to talk to our kids about the gospel.

Do you remember the first time your parents or friends talked to you about sex?

I wouldn’t describe the emotions that I experienced from the conversation with my mom or with my friends as positive. And yet, in Genesis 2:25 we have a description of a very positive experience. Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed.

Can you imagine a scenario where you could be completely naked, emotionally and physically, and be unashamed? Nothing to hide. Nothing to cover. No good parts to emphasize. No bad parts to deemphasize.

This is the beauty of the sexual experience as God intends it.

We know that our kids won’t get the biblical view of sex from culture. The culture swings between sex being too important and not important at all. It is the end all of every great experience and it is so unimportant you can engage in it with anyone.

We need to give our kids a different view. We need to give our kids a grace-centered, biblical view of sex.

The question is how do we talk about sex to our children in a way that validates the goodness of sex, the way God intended, without shaming or scaring them into thinking sex is a bad thing.

How do we stand next to our child and give them more than a list of dos and don’ts?

We must show our children that a relationship with Jesus is better than any other experience. And we must make sure they know that no sin, sexual or otherwise, is beyond the grace of God. We can only give a complete biblical view of sex when we affirm that Christ loves the prostitute as much as he loves the woman who was a virgin when she got married.

Grace levels all of us.

This glorious news is worth the embarrassment that you may feel in any conversation with your kids.

So smile, and share.