Because many of us feel responsible for the loss of our sexual purity, we often don’t feel we deserve to grieve. But the truth is, we do deserve to grieve; what’s more, we need to grieve. In fact, God grieves right along with us.
For many years, I believed that God was the one who was heaping shame on me. I was certain He was disappointed with me, and no matter how many times I asked for forgiveness, I still had shame. But as I allowed God to heal me, I discovered that He did not see me the way I saw myself, the way the enemy tried to make me feel.
We need to use God’s Word to expose the lies we’ve believed about sex. We’ve all been contaminated by the world’s view of sex. Whether from media, others, pornography, or sexual wounding, the enemy wants to pervert this holy gift of sex and keep us from experiencing the beauty God intended for us in marriage.
The greatest book on sex, love, and marriage is in the Bible. The Song of Songs written by King Solomon is God’s instruction book to guide us to His gift of marital love and sex. I encourage those in need of healing to read through this book several times, along with some great Christian commentators on the subject, and let God’s truth expose the lies from your past.
God used this book to heal me from the damaged view of sex and men I’d brought into my marriage. My first sexual experience was not wanted and left me feeling humiliated, used, and vulnerable. I didn’t realize until I went through my own healing that this negative view of myself, men, and sex had followed me into marriage, keeping me from enjoying physical and emotional intimacy with my husband.
In fact, I viewed my husband in the same negative way as all the other men who had used me. But as God exposed my lies, healed my wounds, and showered me with His truth, my view of sex and men changed.
As God healed me, He healed my view of sex, too. And the best part, it brought healing to my marriage, allowing me to enjoy the sexual and emotional intimacy I longed for with my husband.
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