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It's about time someone wrote this book. I would be interested in 'browsing' through it at a bookstore before making the investment. But, the Reverend Dr. is definitely addressing a topic that has been on the mind of single Christian women for quite some time.
On one hand, I have found it extremely patronizing and paternalistic to have some men of the cloth instruct single women on celebacy. But they get to go home to a spouse, warm meal and bed.
But on the other hand, even though I have sexual desires, I cannot see kickin it sexually with a WHOLE lot of men. The Bible does preach against pre-marital sex. I don't care if I met him at church. As a pastor said, 'are you on the premises or standing on the promises.' On Sunday morning even wolves can look kinda correct in their church suit. And let's not mention the AIDS and STD epidemic. If these malady's rang a doorbell or two I would think that it would make a sista slow down and think long and hard about celebacy.
But in the grander scheme of things the bottom line is what is God instructing 'me' to do about my fleshly desires. Not now does not mean never again. And, I can say that the periods of abstinance has allowed me to evaluate the level of 'freakiness' I want in my man <if ya get my drift>.
And I don't think this only pertains to Christian women. While reading Queen Afua's Sacred Woman, she had a wealth of knowledge and instruction for any woman who desired to seek a higher level of consciousness in their sexual decisions and activity.
If the good Reverend Dr. takes it from the standpoint that you can recover from a fall, and there is forgiveness, then it will have a great deal of merit. However, if it's written to encourage women in the church to freely explore their sexuality as the situation(s) dictate, then that may pose a problem.
Hmmmm, I wonder what Juanita Bynum would say about this??? LOL
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