Celebrate 7 Years of Awaken Love Ministry
Seven years ago, I started teaching Awaken Love. 8 dear friends came to my back porch to let me share my story of awakening to… Read More »Celebrate 7 Years of Awaken Love Ministry
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Stepping Into Freedom
Before my awakening, I had no idea how much freedom God wanted me to experience in our marriage bed. Though we explored more than missionary position, I felt uneasy expressing myself. At times I reined myself in out of fear of going too far or losing control. Where were the guardrails? Could we enjoy what the world enjoys? What was okay and what was not? How much pleasure was too much pleasure?
How the Awaken-Love Class Opened My Eyes to Sex God’s Way
Today’s guest post is by Sharelle Guyton who attended the women’s Awaken-Love study earlier this year. Sharelle shared thoughtful insights during the study and we… Read More »How the Awaken-Love Class Opened My Eyes to Sex God’s Way
Wanted: A Man’s Perspective
The church is filled with studies to help men navigate a world that is saturated with sex and keep their eyes pure. Are there any studies to help husbands be intimate with their wife? Media and pornography are streaming images that portray techniques that work for men only. Sex is portrayed as a physical need and real intimacy, as God intended it to be, is absent. There are few messages about God’s design for sex. I believe the church needs to get involved in helping men know how to connect and love their wives in very tangible ways.
BACK FROM VACATION
After 2 weeks of traveling around Copenhagen, Norway and Iceland with my husband and parents, I am getting back in the saddle and writing. So let’s just put a few thoughts out there….
I love vacation! Seeing the world with my husband and holding hands as we walk the cobblestone streets. I love taking a day off and ordering room service and not exiting our room until noon. I love dressing up for my husband and watching his jaw drop. It is so fun to have sex in different beds, in different rooms with different views. I love waking in the middle of the night because we have not adjusted to the time zone, rolling right into great sex and then back to sleep. Vacations are great!!
NEW DIRECTIONS
Last week I flew to Texas for five amazing days. God has rocked my world and given me a new partner in ministry, Melanie Lloyd. He has shifted my focus and redirected my energy to equipping other women to teach. God has affirmed my calling to share His truth about sex. I am so excited my head is spinning with ideas and I have a smile that won’t go away.
Visiting Melanie
My trip started in Austin with a visit to Melanie. At the last minute, I had decided to pack my journal because I thought sharing it might be a great way for Melanie to know me and my journey. When she picked me up at the airport, I felt a little embarrassed but when I told her, she just lit up in laughter.” I brought my journal with me today too, I don’t know why”. Just another confirmation from God that He wants us to partner.
Saturday morning we woke early to head to church for the women’s event. Her church had arranged a time to share with the women about intimacy since they will be offering Awaken Love this fall. Originally they thought about 40 women would attend. Then the numbers grew to 65, and then 95. Saturday morning 150 women arrived.
Speaking
I have never spoken to close to that many women and never imagined that I would. Feeling strangely calm we prayed and prepared.
God had given me two specific directions for the morning.
- Use razor sharp words with no extra distractions.
- Encourage women to take off their filthy rags.
I am not sure that I have ever felt so free during a talk to really connect with those listening. I remember at one point seeing a woman with tears streaming down her face and feeling that God was speaking directly to her.
After the talk the women broke into groups of 2-3 women and dug deep as they shared about their own marriage. Women shed tears, laid hands and prayed. As we came back together I shared about Awaken Love and then fielded question. We really can respectfully talk about sex out loud in church. That night 50 women signed up as interested in taking the class and Melanie’s church was left wondering what to do.
REMEMBER
I just reached the three year anniversary of teaching Awaken Love classes to wives and it has me feeling more than a little emotional and sentimental. We were sharing today in bible study how important it is to look back and REMEMBER and to see how God has worked. So today, I look back and REMEMBER.
Awaken Love Classes
People have asked, “what is your vision for Awaken Love classes,where do you see it going?”
I’m never quite sure how to answer, but over and over, I hear myself saying, “I would love for more women to start teaching classes, women from all over the place.”
