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intimacy ignited {book review}

Intimacy Ignited: Conversations Couple to Couple
by Dr. Joseph and Linda Dillow and Dr. Peter and Lorraine Pintus

i recently purchased this book when i saw it recommended on a Christian blog.  i thought this book was going to be good but never anticipated it would be one of my favorite books, and one i seriously couldn’t put down.  the cover of the book has a heading that says “fire up your sex life with the Song of Solomon”, so you could say i had high expectations of it.

this book gives a verse-by-verse exploration of the Song of Solomon and shows that the secret to great sex in marriage begins with a servant heart. to become servant lovers is something the authors are reminding us over and over throughout the entire book. even giving specific traits what servant lovers do compared to what selfish lovers do, and what we can do towards that goal of becoming one.  who would have ever thought that God wants us to have a great sex life in our marriage?     

this book reinforces the wonderful blessing of sex that God has provided for us in the security of marriage and how sex in marriage doesn’t need to be boring. in fact, it should remain exciting as it has always been designed to be regardless of the number of years you have been married.

the authors themselves said it, “…we are grateful that our Creator cared so much about sexual oneness in marriage that He included an instruction manual to help is. God wants married couples to have a love so hot, so passionate, so intense that nothing will be able to extinguish it, and He knows the key for such love is becoming servant lovers to each other.”

i personally would highly recommend this book to all married couples, regardless of how many years you’ve been together. i appreciate the Song of Solomon so much more now. it is an absolutely beautiful chapter. and i never thought that the Bible has so much rich insight on sex. the wisdom of the authors were definitely used by God to minister to married couples through this fine book.

out for now
~kisses

{semi} wordless wednesday

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~kisses

i’m no cosmo girl {anymore}

as i stood in the checkout line, i was glancing at the magazines as i always do.  i kinda love reading all the celebrity gossip {don’t judge}.  i glanced to my right and noticed the new comopolitan on the shelf.  i was blown away.  on the cover was miley cyrus, on one of the most offensive covers i’ve ever saw.

on the front cover, miley is starting to open her jacket front and center for all to see her breasts. all her cleavage and parts of her breasts are showing. and beside the picture it says “it’s miley, b*tches”.  instantly i was embarrassed to have young boys in line with me.

not so many years ago, miley was the star of the disney show hanah montana. and here she is, baring her breasts for all to see. how many girls will stand in that walmart line, see the magazine and ask their mom to buy it because it has hanah montana on it? how many girls will think “if hanah montana dresses that way, then i can to”. this magazine is gloating in the loss of sexual innocence and in the sexualization of a child actor and singer whose target audience centered on little kids.

also on the cover is an article titled “your best sex ever”.  sex has been around since adam and eve. but somehow, month after month, cosmo seems to think they’ve come up with new and exciting things. drawing people in with their smut and filth. what women don’t realize is there is only one true way to have “your best sex ever”. save yourself for your husband and revel in what God designed sex for. cosmo dedicates itself to encourage women to have sex with as many men as possible and portrays that as glamorous.

as we stand in these lines, normally our husbands are beside us. men are visual creatures by nature and can’t help noticing females physical appearance. most of these photos have been airbrushed, making them extremely appealing and enticing. they feed into men’s passions.  it’s no wonder that 45% of Christians admit that pornography is a major problem in their home.

this publication has steadily declined into a full-on pornographic ‘how to’ guide for teens and vulnerable young girls.  every single issue is jam-packed full of filth…including daring girls to try new sex moves, instructions on how to seduce married men, engage in threesomes, encouraging women to take what they want and never apologize, have public sex and watch porn.  you would be hard pressed to find any articles that fall within the parameters God created us for, to love and live.
girls…you are beautiful and perfect the way God made you, you are His masterpiece.  you do NOT need to conform to what the media is trying to pressure you into.  don’t listen to the lies of the world.  you are beautiful and precious just the way you are.  you are so much more than the measurement of your bust, waist and hips.  
out for now
~kisses