Ashley M Black

Shame and Sex Ashley M Black

This book is addressing finding the partner that is right for the believers' life, mental chains that bind, the source of real love, the marriage bed is undefiled, romance, body shaming, the gift of sex, and the harm of pornography. God is our Heavenly Father, Jesus is our Lord, and the Holy Spirit is God's Spirit intervening in the affairs of believers' lives. Sex is a major part of our world. Unfortunately, sex and the abuse/misuse of sex plague our world. Sex is a gift from God, given to married couples for pleasure, as well as procreation. Humans were never meant to abuse and misuse sex. Sex was never meant to be recreational nor animalistic. Sex is for physical and spiritual bonding within a biblical marriage. Husband and wife are to become "one flesh". "One flesh" meaning spiritually, sexually, mentally, and purposefully. Shame should not hinder the "sexual oneness" between a husband and wife. Shame can be a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of a real or perceived inadequacy. There is freedom in being unashamed of one's physical, soulish, and spiritual nakedness. Vulnerability, in regards to this book, is not a perceived weakness. Vulnerability, in regards to this book, is freedom. Vulnerability is freedom; especially, if one is not "sleeping with the enemy". "Sleeping with the enemy", in regards to this book, is being yoked to a spouse that is abusive; someone who is working against you and the marriage. As a believer, shame and mental chains (bondages, strongholds) are not a part of God's plans and purposes concerning you. Believers are to manifest heaven on earth. Bliss and freedom are heavenly. Believers are not purposed nor called to live hellish and ungodly lives. Bliss is a state of complete happiness and joy. Freedom is the state of being entirely free. What bliss you experience when your heart is pure! For then your eyes will open to see more and more of God.