Intimate Issues  - A book I highly recommend

My sister recently introduced me to this  book about Christian Marriage, that I feel is totally worth reading.  21 questions Christian Women ask about sex is the sub-title.  

Linda Dollow & Lorraine Pintus have done a wonderful job of answering the 21 questions in a way that is neither embarrassing or shocking. 

They delve into such questions as:

1.  What does God think about sex?
2. How can I relate when he is a microwave and I am a crockpot?
3. What do I do when HE has a headache?

You can see by these examples that this is an enjoyable, funny, serious, and helpful book to say the least. 

Chapter 17 is , What's not okay in bed?   They name 10 things God forbids. 

The exciting part is how often they remind us that God invented sex as a gift for married couples.

If you have ever had a hangup about sex in marriage, you will walk away from this book grabbing your husbands hand and leading him down the hall, quickly! 

They also speak of the fact that some husbands are really not interested in sex, though they love their wife deeply.  It isn't just women who have hangups from early teaching or training.

I highly recommend that we women read the book and then hand it to our husbands to read with the suggestion that we discuss it, so we can understand each other better. 

This book, in hardback is around $20.00.  However, you can find a used copy on Amazon.com for around $4.00 plus shipping.  And of course, check out your local thrift stores. That is where my sister happened to find it! 

Happy reading, until the next time--May God bless you abundantly! 

Where are you God?

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.Jeremiah 29:13

How often we look around saying, "Where are you God? Why aren't you here with me? "  Or worse yet,"Why should I believe in a God when I can't see Him?

All we have to do to know where God is, is look around us.  We see His mighty creations everywhere from the pristine snow covered mountain tops to the rippling streams or perhaps a new born baby.  We get a sense of wonder, fascination and happiness as we gaze on these creations.

How often we look around saying, "Where are you God? Why aren't you here with me? "  Or worse yet,"Why should I believe in a God when I can't see Him?  I pray you will search, pray and discover He is there, always, in every happy moment and each problem you encounter !  Just raise you eyes toward Heaven and Pray," Father please come into my heart! I am your lighthouse   The wind is raging the waves continue to grow The fog is a shroud, hiding sight of where I go  My boat is heaving no help seems near The storm grows wilder my death I fear Never before have I felt so inclined to pray But there is no help out here, no other way The tempest is tossing, my  eyes can not see What is ahead now or what is behind me What is that light in the distance , that I see Is it a lighthouse on the rock to guide me Jesus did you hear me, send a light to guide my way Did you hear when I asked you to help me today “Child, I hear every word your lips share I have just been waiting, close by, always there Waiting to hear the love in your voice As you look  up to call to me the Angels rejoice” “I am your lighthouse, Your Savior, your king When you reach out to me, you will hear my angels sing” © betty overstreet 2013

So Many names, so many meanings-God!

As I read the morning devotional in my "Our Daily Bread" booklet, I discovered once again there are many words I don't know or understand the meaning of.  Most usually it is English words that I have just never had occasion to use but what struck me this morning was---The many names mentioned referring to God.

When I was growing up, I only heard Him referred to as God.  Then years later I began to hear people calling Him: Aba Father, El-Shaddai and more that I had never heard.  I assummed it was God in various languages, so didn't give it much thought because to me He will always be My Heavenly Father, God.

Joe Stowell, the author of the devotional yesterday spoke of  how all the various names are discriptions of God.  What an eye-opener this is for me!

The names he spoke of were :
Elohi, The God above all gods
Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides
El-Shaddai, the almighty God
Jehovah Tapha, Our healer God
Jehovah Shalom, our God of peace
Jehovah Shamma, our God who is present
Jehovah Yahweh, our loving, covenant-keeping God.

He continued to add, It's no wonder the writer of Proverbs encourages us to remember that "the name of the Lord is a strong tower," that in times of need God-fearing people run to it and "Are safe.

Being the coureous person I am I thought I would try to find these different names in my bible.

Jehovah Jireh is one I have heard at various churches so did a search for that name.

⁷ And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
⁸ And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
⁹ And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
¹⁰ And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
¹¹ And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
¹² And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
(and the ram was seen by Abraham and provided by God on the mountain) therefore, Jehovahjireh means God who provides. 

So it appears to me that the People who were present at a time that God did something wonderful would describe Him by adding a word of description much as I would say God, my wonderful heavenly Father or God who brought me Peace. 

Now perhaps you would like to do a search to discover what the Bible says about the other above mentioned names, and share them with me!  I prefer www.biblegateway.com as it is really easy to use and your search answers are available in all the different versions of the Bible.

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