Well I found this to be quite the read as well! I found myself underlining things all over the place!
It is so true that are bombarded by sex on a daily basis, it is everywhere, but as Mary points out....
"The problem is not that we value sex too much - but that we don't
value it enough", how true! Sadly our culture has devalued sex to
something that you do for fun.... on a whim.... with just about
anyone...married or not..... but sex is so much more! As Mary reminds us
"what we do sexually is much bigger than her own personal life. It has
meaning that connects the comic, unseen, eternal realm! I like how you
said it Emily....WOAH!
Sex is such a wonderful beautiful thing and it needs
to presented that way, but I would say that growing up what I remember
most is that I when I was little I was taught how my body worked as a
woman and that sex was bad.....its bad unless you are married. It kinda
makes me laugh when I think about how I was given such a negative
message about sex, and thankfully I have a better understanding of it
now but and as Mary points out most christian discussions about sex talk
about sex in the wrong place, what makes sex bad instead of pointing
out the beauty and wonderfulness of sex when it is in the proper
context. "God wants us to delight in sex. Honor it. Think His thoughts
about it He wants us to live in such a way that our sexuality puts His
glory on display."
There were many areas in the chapter that stuck out
to me such as the great importance of marriage and how marriage and sex
are so important, and that lived out faithfully our womanhood, marriages
and sex lives are a proclamation of the Gospel!
Marriage is about: union, communion, commitment and family.
"God
created sex so that a husband and wife might display, confirm, and
enjoy their union - so that their physical bodies bear witness to the
spiritual, supernatural and legal joining that has taken place." This is
just a further reminder that sex is so much more than a pleasurable
time!
I like how Mary points out that "Christs standards
for the covenant of marriage are so shockingly high." We as married
couples have huge responsibilities to truly understand and take our
vocations seriously all of the time. I was reminded that even as a
married woman I also need to strive to be sexual pure, I need to strive
for the "uncommon set-apart sex" as 1Thessalonians 4:1-8 "For God has
not called us for impurity, but in holiness." I want to give glory to
God in all I do!
I really like Emily's ideas a praying before sex....how neat!
1 Corinthians 6:13-20
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
within you, who you have from God? You are not your own, for you were
bought with a price. So glorify God in your body!" What a great reminder
of how special and sacred our bodies are!
Thank you Lord for the gifts of our bodies, marriage
and sex! Help us to always see and use these gifts how you intended and
created them to be! May we strive for holiness and give glory to you
always in all that we do!
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