The Pleasure of Purity

The weather was thought to be questionable with severe storms on the radar, but God held off the rain allowing just a gentle sprinkle. Otherwise, it was a beautiful night to have a picnic at the park with some GREAT food!

We started off by....eating...

eating...

and eating some more!

If you didn't know it, there are some great cooks at RHC! Thanks to everyone who contributed some yummy food. I will give the recipes on another post, so keep looking at this site for some great foods for summer.

After filling our tummies and enjoying some great fellowship, we discussed the next chapter in Feminine Appeal... The Pleasure of Purity. We began our talk by some sharing their love stories. There were some great stories. If you get the chance you should ask Joy about her canoe trip, Felicia about Jeff's dancing sister, and Julie M. about dancing Craig:) Honestly, it was great to hear how God brought couples together.

This chapter on purity is an extremely important chapter! The world, media, everyone but Christians seem to be willing to talk about sex. Just read the Bible and you will realize that God intended for sex as long as it is in marriage! Sex is 1. God's Idea (Genesis 2:21-25), 2. He fashioned it for Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:1-9), 3. It is intended for pleasure (Song of Songs 5), 4. He designed it for intimacy (Genesis 4:1), and 5. it was created for procreation (Genesis 1:27-28).

It is great to be married and once in love and married, it is easy to think that "I will never sin against my husband...I will never be unfaithful." The sin of lust is "no respecter of persons". We are told to "be careful that you do not fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12&13) We need to set our hearts on things above, make no provision of the flesh, and pursue accountability. It is easy to think that men struggle with lust, but women can also lust when watching shows they should not or reading books that allow the imagine to wander. We, just like our husbands, need to stay away from things that could cause us to fail and think about Godly things.

Finally, we need to always be ready for romance our husbands!!!!! Ladies, always strive to be attractive...in your husbands eyes and theirs alone! Be available! You are the only one in the world that can, under God, meet your husbands needs! It should please you as well. Be anticipatory...allow your thoughts to wander...ON YOUR HUSBAND! Flirt with him and find out what is the most meaningful thing to him.

Ladies, God has blessed us with a great gift to be used in marriage to please our husbands! Seek to honor Him in all that you do!

Our next gathering is Tuesday, July 6 at Abbie's house. We will be putting together care packages for our troops overseas. If you know of a soldier overseas, please let us know. Look for a list of needed items coming soon!