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The Beauty of a Woman

Oct 11, 2010

See Beauty? See God.

Beauty shows us God. Beauty is the truest reflection of God. God can be described in a lot of different ways, but if He is not called beautiful, His essence has been missed. Beauty is the deepest expression of who God is.  One thing I asked of the Lord, to dwell in the house of the Lord forever and behold His beauty.  Psalm 27:4

It is the nature of a woman to be, and radiate beauty.  In her mind, emotions, spirit, body, relationships, and creativity, each woman has beauty simply by being who she is. Like God, it is the core of who she is.

The Power of Beauty

Beauty is powerful beyond measure. Beauty has sparked land wars, crime, fits of jealousy,  and the majority of murders every year in America. Beauty has also been the catalyst for why men write songs, play sports, take risks, build buildings, conquer new land, get sober and the list goes on. Beauty in women have inspired the worst and the best in others, but always a passionate response.

Beauty Relaxes us

A woman at rest is comfortable to be with. She is comfortable in her feminine beauty. She is enjoyable to be with. She is lovely. In her presence your heart stops holding its breath. You relax and believe it’s all going to be alright.

A woman might be physically beautiful to look at, but only when she’s at rest is she comfortable to be with. This is why a woman who is striving is so disturbing to be with. A woman not at rest tells the world, be tense and alert, something could go wrong at any moment.

Beauty Invites us to life

Recall what it is like to hear a truly beautiful piece of music. It captures you; you want to sit down and just drink it in. The same is true for a beautiful garden, or scene in nature. You want to enter in, explore it, partake of it, feast upon it.

When something is “captivating” it draws you in, holds your attention, you can’t look away, you want to spend time with it. These are all the responses God wants from us. A woman wants these responses also. Beauty invites us to partake of life.

The Christian group, Mercy Me sings these lyrics in their song: I Can Only Imagine

Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel

Will I dance for You Jesus or in awe of you be still

Will I stand in Your presence or to my knees will I fall

Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all

I can only imagine

I can only imagine

Beauty Nourishes.

Our souls thirst to be nourished. A woman’s breast is among the loveliest of all God’s works, and it is with her breast that she nourishes a baby. The way beauty nourishes us.

A woman’s body is one of the most beautiful of all creations. It nourishes, offers life. She is a profound metaphor for beauty itself.

CS Lewis said – we do not merely want to see beauty, we want something that is more – we want to be united with it, pass into it, receive it into ourselves.

This is why parents and grandparents think their kids are so cute they could just “eat them up.”

Every woman carries the essence of beauty. It is our job as men to make it safe enough for every woman to reveal her beauty.

It Hurts

Oct 11, 2010

Yes, thank God she didn’t give herself to him physically, because that would only make this pain oh, a billion times worse. When we get physically intimate our brain releases a cuddling hormone that cements the two of us together. If he doesn’t love you after that event, it’s like sticking a lightening bolt into your heart and staking you to the ground with it. It really hurts.

Another woman described it as … “Being lonely, sad, depressed, a little lost maybe, it feels like there is no purpose in life, self confidence deserts you – it hurts like crazy!”

Many people who have been hurt by being unloved have taken to protecting themselves from further love by closing off to loving anyone else. It seems like a natural defense against pain. It is our human way of protecting ourselves from pain.

When I was in college and my then girlfriend broke up with me, I thought the pain would kill me. The heartache was distracting, unpredictable, and unmanageable.  I couldn’t eat, sleep, or breath without pain. It hurt to see her, hurt worse to see her with another guy, and all I wanted was our relationship back the way it was. But it would never return to the way it was after that.

The wisest advice I received was from my friend, Lisa Blankenship. She said something like,  “Let it hurt for a time. Your heart is like a balloon right now, it stretched out to hold more love than ever before, it takes time to retract. Your capacity for sadness increases your capacity for love in the future.”  Either that, or she said, “Forget about her, how bout them Dodgers?”

God Wants to Encounter You

Jan 06, 2010


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The goodness of God is overwhelming. It is expansive and stretches your heart. My clients have told me:  It may sound crazy, but at first, when the goodness of God came on me it was glorious, blissful, happy. I hadn’t felt this good in years. When it didn’t stop, I felt as though my heart were going to burst. I didn’t know if I could contain it… I thought my heart was going to break open. Then I remembered what you had told me, it was like He, or something was cracking me open, filling me with His love, overwhelming me with pure goodness. He was breaking into my heart, opening me up. It was spiritually heavy, I asked Him to stop. I thought I was going to burst, I was so happy.

People everywhere want to experience God. Perhaps they call it love, or a peace of mind. But, humans crave to feel just for a moment that all is well with my world. Many call this a divine encounter.

A “sacred journey” accomplishes this desire. It is the most relaxing, personal experience anyone can embark upon.

 

The Sacred Journey is a personalized way of relaxing into the experience of listening to God’s heart for them. Most participants are literally overwhelmed with the experience of being loved by God.

Once we have resources to proceed further, we seek specific healing from God for the aspects of personality and relationship that has caused fear and suffering in the past.

 

The Sacred Journey is a peaceful, relaxing, spiritual experience that brings integrity to the heart and mind.

 

I have been helping people embark on Sacred Journeys for many years now, and still it takes my breath away what the Lord has to show others.He is gentle, compassionate, and always a kind.What is it that you want to bring to Him?Are there wounds?Do you seek closeness with Him, whatever it is, He will meet you more than half way, I guarantee it.