Sex God

I just read Sex God by Rob Bell this past weekend. It started off with Faren and I reading one chapter together, sitting in her bed and then we ended up reading the whole second half of the book together. First, I just want to say that it was so good to get that time with Faren. I love her...it's as simple as that! Second, oh my gosh was this a great book. I took the book home with me and read the first half and finished it in like a day.

The way it is written is really interesting, I just felt like he was talking to me throughout the whole thing. It's really easy to read and it's amazing. I don't think I've ever recommended a book this much to anyone. I love it! He discusses how beautiful we are and how we need to act like humans, not animals or angels. He makes this comparison because he talks about the fact that so many people treat sex like animals treat it. Animals have sex as part of their life...there is no significance to them, it's just to reproduce. We are made differently. Animals are bodies without a soul. Also, people tend to go to opposite end and pretend that they aren't sexual at all. People choose not to talk to their kids about sex because they think that if they ignore it then it won't be a problem. They pretend that they don't struggle with lust or anything like that...just like Angels. Well, we were made differently. Angels are souls without a body. We, as humans have both a soul and a body and our sexuality is central to our being. Rob Bell explains sexuality in a different way then we've always been taught. Sexuality is our wanting to connect to the people around us.

He also talks about how some couples just make the world a better place. They are so great to be around and you can just tell that they love being around each other. That's what I desire in my marriage. Someone who is my friend and who I can share my problems with. Someone listens to me and is fighting right along side of me. Also, I desire to listen to them and be what they are to me, to them.

Everyone should go read Sex God! It's fantastic!