I read once that every room has a mission. If you were writing a mission statement for your home what would it be? A woman’s home is an extension of her feminine soul…and it’s God-given creativity. Take a minute and walk around your home. The mission statement I'd give of my home is Celebrate Life. Even in the days where it's in a bit of a disarray, I can say that.
Head toward your bedroom.
My heart is to create sanctuary and after a woman tends to her kitchen and brings order there, I'd say the master bedroom is next. I wrote about the importance in
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Read Hebrews 13:4. Write it down in a journal.
It IS the place where your husband comes to pursue you…
Don't let EVERYONE in Your BedroomI can remember when my spiritual mother told me to make our master bedroom a place of beauty and a place of sanctuary. I think of it as being the room where two lovers unite their souls as one in a sweet expression of intimacy. I'm VERY careful who comes into our bedroom. Guests rarely use our private bathroom. It's important to me to keep our room - our room (OK, except when you have 5+ grandkiddos). But, when do have a lock on our door!
Nancy (
my spiritual mother) would always say that it is important for the room that to have order, look beautiful and smell lovely.
Take a second look in your bedroom. What’s it like? Is there any room for improvement? Is your ironing board in your bedroom or how about a pile of laundry waiting to be folded?
What’s the smell factor of your bedroom? Is it time to see what you can do to
pretty it up?
Little Touches Make a DifferenceEven if you’re on a no-budget fix up—you can still get creative with what you might have in other rooms—pillows, lighting, silk flowers, and candles. What about changing the room around? Can you repaint or wallpaper? Can you add some new curtains or a comforter? What can you do to make it a bit more romantic?
Eliminate DistractionsThe first thing you can do is to eliminate distractions in the bedroom. The TV is anathema to romance. It’s a good idea to keep the bedroom free of work, computers and any thing else that would distract you.
A Sanctuary of Communion, Rest and RomanceOur master bedrooms are to be a sanctuary of communion and rest and romance—not a work place. I understand that at times there are extenuating circumstances, but if at all possible shut things off so rest and romance flow through the room.
Cap off the DayI've been doing a sleep deprivation study and have learned that our bodies/minds don't heal if we stay up much past 10 PM. We personal make it a goal to be in bed - lights out before then. It's just healthier. It allows for pillow chat time mixed it with other good stuff.
Celebrating the Sanctuary of LoveNow that you’re CELEBRATING the sanctuary of love - and you're getting my drift. Let's do an attitude check.
Is your attitude toward sex one that says, “YES! Let’s CELEBRATE?”
Can you be
sexy for your husband and what would that look like?And, have you taken the
30 Day Sex Challenge?Celebrate SexAttitude about sex is everything. God has an “attitude” about sex and women would do well to line their attitude up with his. What is your attitude about sex? Is
sex on your mind? Take some time and write out your attitudes in your journal.
Attitude has to do with an inward feeling expressed with an outward behavior. “As a woman thinks—so she does.” The Bible says that out of the heart the mouth speaks. Whatever attitude we have as wives have will come out in what we do and what we say. If our “attitude” isn’t a God “attitude” then there’s great potential to deeply wound our man with our words and actions.
This sexual arena is a very “tender” one for our men.
One of God’s Attitudes Expressed in 1 Corinthians 7:3-5I'd suggest to read that passage and write it out in your journal.
Duty or DelightThat word “duty” can throw many women off balance. It has the idea of
not depriving each other by taking back what has already been promised—the
Celebration of Sex. That passage is saying that we have the right, the privilege, and the responsibility to please each other in the marriage bed.
Space and purpose here in this post won’t allow for my dissertation on the
Celebration of Sex, instead an excellent book to read is
Intimate Issues by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus.
As you seek to “get” a “God attitude” about sex, consider what voices you’ve heard in the past that conflict and have caused confusion about sex. Media will be a confusing voice, your mom might have been a confusing voice, the girl friends down the street might have been a wrong voice too. Those voices are good to get in touch with. God’s voice matters.
Sex and it’s CELEBRATION is about God—not about us.
PrayerLORD, You say that the marriage bed is holy and undefiled (Hebrews 13:4). I thank You that this is Your idea. I thank You that You created us to enjoy one another (Song of Solomon 7:6).
LORD, You have made my husband a sexual being. You have made me a sexual being. I pray that You would help me change any wrong thinking I have toward this Celebration of Marriage that is a gift.
Marriage is obviously a key theme on the 
