The first Friday Feature of the New Year will focus our hearts and minds on a tough topic: sexuality.
Check this week’s top clicked link here:
“An Odd Sort of Mercy”: Jen Hatmaker, Glennon Doyle Melton, and The End of the Affair
Please check out the article: the author brings an old story to bear on modern events and writers.
Then, let me share a few thoughts of my own:
1. Love.
Love’s common draw takes in almost everyone in some way. The objective standard of love, God’s love, sheds light on all our experiences of love. This should challenge you: how do you think about, or evaluate, the love you give or experience?
2. What we want from God.
The quote of the article: “Evangelical Christians have fallen too much into the habit of believing God exists to affirm our deepest desires, whether material or sexual.”
In the same vein, a verse grabbing my attention early here in 2017: And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Galatians 5:24)
Think. How do you define love, and how does that relate to sexuality?
Act. Memorize verses like Gal. 5:24 or others that will help pin your thinking to God’s truth rather than your own desires.