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Sex & Prayer: Naked Yet Not Ashamed

By August 29, 2014May 3rd, 2017No Comments

I’ve found that sex in the covenant of marriage is like prayer: open, naked, transparent, and mutually delightful. My husband sees all of me. All. Of. Me. Yet he delights in all of me, even the body parts I’ve always been insecure about. All of it he loves. All. Of. Me. And his fully-seeing-yet-fully-loving gaze frees me to be completely his with less and less inhibition…naked and yet not ashamed.

This has encouraged me to pray more openly as I remember that God fully sees and knows me, far beyond body parts and into the truly beautiful versus ugly of my soul; yet He loves me. All. Of. Me. Because all of me is hidden in His perfectly pleasing and beautiful Son. His delight in me despite me, then, frees me to take all things to Him in prayer where I’m accepted because of Jesus…naked and yet not ashamed.

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon is an author, editor, and spoken word artist residing in Orlando, FL, with her husband and daughter. Over the past 10+ years, Quina has worked as a digital content writer, copy editor, and book author, covering topics in art, culture, life issues, faith, advocacy, and more. She is the author of the children's book trilogy, Love Made, Love Gave, and Love Can, which poetically retells Scripture's story through a Trinitarian lens of love. She is also the author of Love Has a Story: 100 Meditations on the Enduring Love of God, which invites you to explore God’s love as it has existed and moved throughout (and before) time, and how it intends to transform your own life story. She has helped create projects through her writing, editing, offering creative vision, and/or performing for clients like Christianity Today, Vū Virtual Production Studios, YouVersion Bible App, The Gospel Coalition, The Good Book Company, Harvest House, Bethany House Publishers, Risen Motherhood, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Training Leaders International, and many more.

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