Desire

Sacred by Design

Desire feels like a hush-hush topic, especially for Christian women. There’s almost an element of shame, maybe selfishness, attached to the word. In this episode, we’re challenging the shame with an open conversation. Understanding that you are sacred by design means carefully looking at and exploring the intricacies of your sexuality.

Your desires are worth exploring. Let’s dive in.

(Spiritual Coaching sessions usually incorporate a spiritual practice that draws us nearer to God. Look to our show notes for a step by step way to practice what we work through together today.)
Highlights:
Ask God to help you get in touch with your desires: “What do I really long for? Lord, would you help me sift through them? What are desires from you? What are the desires I’ve created?”

Every desire, even the distorted ones, reveal something of God and how He created us.

“A man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.” - G. K. Chesterton

“The reason we are not able to see God is the faintness of our desire.” - Meister Eckhart

“Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your need for deeper levels of spiritual transformation than you have experienced so far is the truest thing about you. You might think that your woundedness or your sinfulness is the truest thing about you or that your giftedness or your personality type or your job title or your identity as husband or wife, mother or father, somehow defines you. But, in reality, it is your desire for God and your capacity to reach for more of God than you have right now that is the deepest essence of who you are.” ― Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation

Spiritual Practice - Solitude

Begin where you are and with what you enjoy.

Choose an activity that allows you to retreat from the front lines of life - gardening, running, journaling, painting, swimming, walking.

Keep it simple, take it slow.

Try setting a timer for quiet. Take deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Try beginning your Practice of Solitude by saying “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.”

Then listen.
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