Oct. 20, 2009 - Kiss Me Again by Barbara Wilson blog tour **not for young, unmarried women**
Summary:
Many married women genuinely want to feel more desire toward their husbands. But while sex before marriage was hard to resist, now resisting seems like all they do. In her new book, Barbara Wilson shows how couples can suffer for years from the “invisible bonds” of previous relationships without even knowing it. Hidden emotions of distrust, shame, and resentment can sabotage even the most loving marriage.
In Kiss Me Again, Wilson:
· Shares her own story of healing and renewed desire
· Helps women forgive themselves and their husbands for past choices
· Shows readers how to break free from “invisible bonds”
· Explains God’s plan for helping a husband and wife to re-bond
· Includes conversation helps for both wives and their husbands
· Helps couples reignite the passion that they thought was lost
With assessment tools, write-in exercises, and gentle guidance, Kiss Me Again offers a biblical plan for rekindling the closeness and passion women long for in marriage. Because no past is beyond the reach of God’s healing touch.
Author Bio:
Barbara Wilson is the author of The Invisible Bond and former director of sexual health education for the Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center in Sacramento. She speaks nationwide to youth and adults with her message of sexual healing, and she teaches frequently in the women’s ministry at the multi-campus Bayside Church in Northern California. Barbara and her husband, Eric, have been married for twenty-eight years.
If you are interested in purchasing this book please visit Random House's website.
My opinion:
Kiss Me Again by Barbara Wilson is an excellent resource for married women or those about to become married who want God to heal from their sexual past. Wether it was abuse, rape or consensual Barbara takes women through steps to healing their relationships with their husbands to make their relationship more enjoyable and pleasing to God.
Using Biblical applications and Scripture references she offers a no holds bar approach in her writing about past relationships. Sex before marriage goes against God and His establishment of what marriage is for - and bonding happens with each encounter that occurs before marriage - bonds that need broken so that a wife can fully enter into a physical relationship with her husband. Wether you're a newlywed, a couple who has been married for 10 years or 50 if you want to fully bond with your husband and be released from Satan's guilt of your past then Barbara Wilson's book is for you.
I loved the fact that she gives many Scriptures for backing up her healing points, which only adds to the comfort feeling of God's love despite the sin. She also uses quotes from other authors who are known in the marriage field - which helped to reiterate her points. I could have done without quotes from one particular author but the quotes she used flowed with her writing even though i don't agree with him or his teachings. overall this book is a wonderful read and one that can bring healing to the wife and even be used by the husband for combined healing.
Comments
Oct. 27, 2009 - Thanks
Posted by LarabaK
Thanks for the review. This sounds like a really good book for all Christian women to read, regardless of past struggles though certainly it is more pertinent to those in the midst of not feeling intimacy with their husbands. But it sounds like it might be good to read in order to teach our children clearly why sexual activity is a tremendous blessing in a marriage, and a curse outside of it. I appreciate the Biblical approach you describe.
