Chapter One.

Sorry all,
I have to confess, I've been reading and not typing. What can I say? I find a good book and I don't want to put it down for anything, even to write about it. :)

Now, like I said, and I am holding myself to, I'm going to go through chapter by chapter, if anything, this just makes me go back and reread some things a bit slower. Chapter one is called, "Me, Lord? Single?". Admittedly, when I started reading this chapter, I was going to just breeze through, it because I didn't think it would have any relevance to myself. And, while it wouldn't seem to have much to do with my current self, there was more truth that I gave it credit for. EE writes, "Somehow we've (society) gotten the idea that we can forget all the regulations and get away with it. Times have changed, we say. We're liberated at last from out inhibitions... Nobody is hung up anymore or needs to deny himself anything. In fact, no one ought to deny himself anything he wants badly- it's dangerous. It's unhealthy. It's sick. If it feels good and you don't do it, you're paranoid. If it doesn't feel good and you do it, you're a masochist."
This is easy to read and point fingers at others, just look around you on campus. You will easily be able to justify yourself, saying that at least you are not half as bad as the person sitting next to you. If you're a non-believer, this is acceptable. If you are a christian, it's not. Something I really like about my pastor is that he lets you have no excuse for your sins. And he's right. There isn't. If you call yourself a christian and want to talk the talk, you better be able to walk in your faith too, otherwise, you're just the same as any unbeliever. Don't kid yourself. This isn't to say you have to be perfect. Perfection isn't attainable. There will always be fault and you will always sin. Life isn't about perfection, it's about growing and learning, figuring out where your faults are, going to God with them, and allowing Him to shine light in the darkest places of your life.
Why do we all forever try to find satisfaction in material things? Worldly relationships? This book focuses mostly on relationships and sex. It asks why society continues to try and find fulfillment in multiple partners? They will never find it. They will look everywhere, sleep with a person to feel complete, only to realize they're more broken than ever. When one gender doesn't do it, they'll go to the next, forever searching. Never finding that with can only be found in Him. To drink from a well that is dry will only cause you to thirst more. I'll admit, I've seen how good the Lord can be, I've put my faith solely in Him and have reaped the benefits. I've been covered in His blessings and drowned in his Holy and Precious love. And then I've turned my back on it, for something else that caught my eye. Why? If I've seen how amazing it can be, why am I so quick to advert my gaze? I begin to worship that which the Lord has given. I worship the creation and ignore the creator. I couldn't think of a good way to sum it up better than what EE concludes. "What do women want today? What do men want? I mean deep down... If 'times' have changed, have human longings changed, too?... I say an emphatic no. I am convinced that the human heart hungers for consistency... There is monotony, sheer boredom in all of life when virginity and purity are no longer protected and prized. By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere."