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The Sexual Revolution of Dating and the Sacredness of Bodies

10/30/2014

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I read a quote the other day about a very famous young actor, and in the MSN story that floated by, he expressed that he was open to a girl wanting to have sex on the first date.  What I lamented the most is the loss of true beauty in our culture.  This man is a creature made in the image of God, but he doesn’t seem to know it.  Instead, he uses his beauty and others’ around him for the sake of connection and as just another way of communication. 

Please know that I am not picking on this man.  His quote was the one I saw; I know that he is simply voicing the opinion of many people today.  Sex has become for our culture like dinner conversation during a date, just a regular, expected, “natural” part of dating.

This attitude and picture of our existence exhibits how far we have wandered from Eden and the sacred love that was given us there.   The word “sacred” is becoming less meaningful in our culture, and it is most apparent in the realm of sexuality.  That which is supposed to be hallowed has become too often a means to promote our own agendas/popularity and has been reduced to that of a simple commodity to be traded both for women and men.  Women flaunt and use it to gain power in their worlds.  And, men wield it to command worthiness and seek their own fulfillment.

Ultimately, the connection that is supposed to remind us of the Godhead’s unity and our reflection of that has been lost. We have lost a holiness about our lives that many had before us.  There is a pedestrian quality about our modern life that is so vulgar and trite; we have lost any originality.  There is no wonder to explore in someone else—because it can be discovered at will.  The tantalizing mystery that was so long guarded through the consecration of matrimonial sex has left us.  And, there is no putting someone else’s worth above one’s own; instead, there is just endless, animalistic craving—an incessant hunger that seems never to be quenched.

I wish for more holy in my life and in this young actor’s life and in all of our lives, especially for the hearts of my young children and their future loves.  I long for more of Eden for them, me, and all of us.  Because, this constant titillating leaves everyone wanting more, yet the more is never enough.  The thing we truly ache after is the Holy of God, the taste of Him, the wonder of discovering His beauty. Only then, only then can we even begin to look at another’s beauty with any kind of true, more-than-pleasing-ourselves-love.  Only then will our hunger be satisfied.  The communion we long for-- Holy and beauty-- will finally be known.

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Blog Philosophy and Living Life

10/16/2014

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Blog Philosophy and Living Life

Hi Everyone, I am really ready to start this blog now! :)  I have been waiting to feel His leading for the timing of all things.   It is so best when I wait and do not rush head-long into things, as I am prone to do! My husband calls me Rhino (most of the time with affection) for a reason.  I tend to be dogged when I put my mind/heart into something!

So, it is time.  :)  I wanted to let you know that I will not be writing every week just to write every week. I will be writing when I feel led to write and have something to say. I, personally, have stopped following people because they write every day, and I just do not have the time to read every day!!  And, I really just want to read other’s stuff when they feel burdened to write, not because they want to keep their name out there or keep generating buzz.  I long to listen to real stuff, not generated material! In that spirit, I will be blogging the same way—when I can’t not write about something and only then. :)

Beyond that, I know how incredibly precious your time is and truly value spending time sharing hearts this way. Thanks for taking the time when you can to sit and share.  I look forward to doing that with you, and when you can’t, I praise God that we are both living our lives and are too busy!

That leads me to my next point—I love, love, love how our digital connectedness can keep us interacting in beautiful, meaningful, and long-reaching ways.  I would not be writing this blog nor reading others if I didn’t! But, I always want to remember to be living life in the flesh with the real-live people around me, especially the very ones God has given me to serve and shepherd in my own home and heart.  The balance is tricky, but I refuse to be tied to some type of digital device as my main way of loving people and being loved by them.   So, I purpose to live life and be present, all the while trying to stay connected in healthy ways to this medium called the internet/social media/etc. that gives us small/large ways to love on one another. 

Finally, I want to warn you that I will be writing about intense stuff as well as not-as-intense stuff.  No matter what, I pray that even if you disagree with me, you will know that I am someone who welcomes your ideas and thoughts, even if we disagree.  I love the people who let me be me and seek to understand even when we disagree.  I am committed to being that person, as well.  :)

Much love—Amy :)

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    Amy Saylor Gerak-- Idea Wrestler, Mama, Musician, Wife, Friend, Daughter and Sister

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