Is That Desire And Passion Still There?

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Arousal, Desire, Feelings of Arousal, God, Holding Hands, Kissing, Longing, Love, Passion, Prayer, Song of Solomon, Visual

I was reading one of my YouVersion Bible plans yesterday and one of the verses was from the Song of Solomon.

Here I am reading the verse and this just hit me as I kept reading. So totally cool.

Do you remember when you were dating and just the sight of the one you loved got you all excited and tingly inside? If you don’t, you should reminisce​. It will bring a huge smile to your face.

Try to remember what it felt like to hold their hand. Try to remember that adrenaline, as you rushed to grab their hand, when they motioned to you that they wanted your hand in theirs.

Try to remember what their scent did to you. Did it make you weak in the knees in anticipation of holding them in your arms?

Try to remember the way it felt when you could not get enough of their kisses, their touch, the sight of them or their love.

Now I know this particular verse is referencing the Shulamite woman and her arousal at just the sight of Solomon’s hand, but guys do you still have those feelings for your love?

Do you walk up behind her, wrap your arms around her waist, lean in to her neck and just breathe her scent in?

Do you still get excited holding her hand or with your arm wrapped around her while shopping?

Do you still feel as if you can not stop kissing her once she greets you with a kiss?

Do you still just simply get excited and aroused just by the sight of her?

Do you still desire to be by her side as much as possible?

If the answer, to any of these, is no then I suggest praying that God open your heart back up to your love and to let the passion and desire flow once again.

Bring the passion, arousal and intrigue back into your relationship. Bring the intimacy back and hold on for the ride.

The Wonderful Power Of A Tesimony

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Blood Of Jesus, Celebrate Recovery, Forgiveness, God, Healing, Jesus Christ, Love, New Life, Revelations 12:11, Struggles, Testimony

Oh boy, do I love hearing someone give their testimony. To hear how they hit rock bottom, call out to God for help. To hear how the blood of Jesus washed over them to bring forgiveness, healing and a new life is such a joy.

Each time I hear one I can’t help but to stand up and clap. Clap to praise God for who He is and for them for sharing and letting God have control.

Everyone has a story to tell. It may not be like mine or yours, as each one of us have different struggles. But that’s just it…we each have struggles.

And it doesn’t matter what struggles that person had or still has…it’s the fact that if God can forgive them and change them then God can change you and I.

By calling out to God and allowing Jesus’ blood, that was shed for you and I, to wash over us and cleanse us of ours sins we become a walking testimony of God’s grace and mercy. That is when we become a overcomer and a conqueror, never giving up on our faith because we know that God is faithful and will finish the good work He began in us.

Please share your story with others! Give them hope! Give them a reason to call on God in their own lives for healing, forgiveness, newness, and love.

 

Be The Light In The Darkness For All To See

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Compassion, Jesus Christ, Let Your Light Shine, Life, Love, Struggles

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
I’m gonna take this light around the world and I’m gonna
Let it shine.
I’m gonna take this light around the world and I’m gonna
Let it shine.
I’m gonna take this light around the world and I’m gonna
Let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
I won’t let anyone blow it out, I’m gonna let it shine.
I won’t let anyone blow it out, I’m gonna let it shine.
I won’t let anyone blow it out, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Every day, every day, I’m going to let my little light
Shine.

I have sung this ole Sunday School song so many times in my life. And honestly, never fully understanding what it meant as a child. But as an adult I get it, on a two-fold level.

The first one being that I have Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, living in me via the Holy Spirit. A light that should always be lit so the world, through my works and good deeds, will see Christ in me everywhere I go…even around the world.

A light that shines so bright during my journey that people ask the question “Why is he like that?” or “How can he smile…I know what he is going through?” Maybe even that question from my friends while we out somewhere “Dude she’s hot, why are you not looking?”.

I’m sure many of you have seen photos or paintings of lighthouses. Maybe you have even been lucky enough to have visited one and walked the stairway to the top. Man, I have always wanted to do that since I was a child. It would be so cool to be there at night when the light comes on and to see how far out it reaches.

A lighthouse shines it’s​ light to warn the Mariners that are at sea during a storm of impending rocks or a landmass. And just as the lighthouse, I should also allow my light to shine so others can see the potential hazards they could end up running into if they are not careful. For sometimes we can’t see the perils ahead when we are blinded by lust, fear, anger and such.

So now, I try my hardest to walk with integrity in every aspect of my life. I try to show respect, compassion and love to all. I share what Christ has done in my life with others and how He brought me through my struggles. Not to say look what I did, but rather look what He did in me.

May we all be that little light shining in the darkness. There is no better time to start than now.

 

 

God’s Thoughts Of Us Are Precious And More Numerous Than The Sand

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God, God's Thoughts Of Us, Love, Psalms 139

Most people have heard the saying God formed you in the womb and you are fearfully and wonderfully made. That is in the Bible, its scriptural, but most don’t read or know the next verses. So here you go.

Psalms 139: 14-18

14) I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knows right well.

15) My substance was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and intricately wrought in the womb.

16) Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unformed; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17) How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

18) If I could count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with thee.

It doesn’t matter what others think of you. It doesn’t matter what your spouse says. They may call you names that hurt.
But God formed you in your mothers womb. God, the creator of Heaven and earth fearfully and wonderfully created a marvelous masterpiece.

I mean He did it all. He placed your bellybutton where it is. He knew whether it would be an insy or and outy. He placed all the DNA inside you to be exactly who you should be, the shape you should be, the size you should be. Notice I said should, because anxiety and depression can wreck havoc due to overeating if not dealt with, as can drug addiction and alcoholism.

Here’s what got my attention from these verses. How precious are your thoughts unto me and if I could count them they would outnumber the sand. Probably all of us has played in a sand box at one time or another in our lives. Have you thought about how many grains of sand that is? Now imagine all the sand on earth! That IS how much God thinks about us, about you.

Parents, how many times have you just sat there and watched your children sleep. Spouses, how many times have you laid there and just watched your wife or husband sleep? What were the wonderful thoughts of love and adoration going through your head?

The same is true of our Heavenly Father! He watches us as we sleep, as we wake, as we go to work, as we do our daily routine, as we worship and as we sin. But His thoughts are of love for us. And oh how precious those thoughts must be!!

So in the morning when you wake up just look around, smile and say good morning God; for He is already there by your side!

I am speaking to myself here as well. I do watch my children sleep and such loving thoughts and memories flood in. One day, God willing, I will be able to watch the woman I love sleep and have amazing thoughts of her. Knowing everything and loving her still.

But it is hard for me sometimes to see God looking down on me, knowing myself and my sins, and smiling with so many wonderful thoughts. Yet He does. He loves me despite myself.

Thanks for reading my thoughts on these verses.

Stu

Your Spouse Needs An Outlet To Heal

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Addiction, Honesty, Loss of Trust, Love, Pornography, Resentment, Sexual Integrity, Walk In Freedom

Dear addict,

I understand wanting to keep the “secret” within the confounds of your marriage. You don’t want anyone to know about it..I get it.

But, please do not put that stress on your spouse. It will slowly destroy them, possibly your marriage and your relationship with your children if you have any.

The pain and loss of trust is too much to hold in and not reap resentment, which leads to more pain and more loss of trust. Your spouse needs an outlet…a trustworthy friend to share this with, in order to truly heal.

And honestly, and I believe you will agree, if you are an addict; your addiction to whatever is unmanageable, you really do care about the pain your spouse feels but you just don’t understand it.

Express what you are going through openly and honestly with your spouse. Yes, this will hurt. But, this will help rebuild some of the trust you have lost.

Let them know you want to stop and do whatever it takes to recover that trust you have lost, to heal the pain you have inflicted through your addiction and your actions.

Allow them to heal by not only expressing their feelings with you but also with someone else or a close group of friends. Someone you both trust, someone who will pray with your spouse, pray for both of you to heal and pray for your recovery.

Love in Christ,

Stu