I just read this fantastic article about Lenny Kravitz’ decision to live chastely.  Apparently, he has been celibate for 3 years and is eagerly awaiting the meeting of his wife, for whom he pleads to God.

His story reminds me a little of St. Augustine’s, particularly where Lenny explains that he knew he was living in filth but could not break free; St. Augustine describes his struggle beautifully in Book 8 of the Confessions, writing “What still held me tight was my need for woman…There is no one who wants to be asleep always–for every sound judgment holds that it is best to be awake–yet a man often postpones the effort of shaking himself awake when he feels a sluggish heaviness in the limbs, and settles pleasurably into another doze though he knows he should not, because it is time to get up.  Similarly I regarded it as settled that it would be better to give myself to Your love rather than to go on yielding to my own lust; but the first course delighted and convinced my mind, the second delighted my body and held it bondage.”  Yet, with the help of God, just as did St. Augustine, Lenny finally made his decision to live with integrity and seems to be sticking with it.

I have new-found respect for him and pray that he will soon meet his future wife, as God wills.  Thanks be to God for such happy news from the mainstream media.