Finally Finished

I have had the book Women at the Well by Shannon Ethridge since 2007. I took her class while I attended Teen Mania's Honor Academy but never finished the book. This morning I finished the book. I'm in a total state of accomplishment AND floored at the timing of the finish. To enlighten you a little about the point of the book, it's about quenching the thirst for lust and intimacy.

I could cover a million different areas of the book with ease and confidence because I had experienced them in my own life. But I think that the two main things that hit me the hardest were about soul ties and generational curses.

Imagine two construction-paper hearts, one black and one red. Glue is applied between them, and they bond for a little while. Then, when those two hearts are separated, what happens?Whatever the bonding agent has been (the glue), there will be shreds of black fibers on the red heart and fibers of the red heart stuck to the black. Then when those two hearts go and bond again with other colored hearts, they accumulate even more excess fibers and lose many of their own as well. Even though two hearts are separated, there is still a part of the other person that you carry around long after the separation. It is a part of their soul. And he carries around a part of yours. Even if you never had sex with him, if you gave him your heart, you lost a part of your soul in the process. This intimate connection is called a "soul-tie." Page 125

I know that none of you have that problem. Right? No one has ever given themselves to another person, sexually or emotionally......... Sure.... You lie. When my husband and I started dating I still had a soul tie that I hadn't let go of. After a deep night of prayer I told him that I felt that God was showing me that I needed to apologize to him (my husband) for continuing to hold onto that soul tie and not letting it go. 

If you continue to carry that around with you, it will carry into your following relationship. It would be like walking to the alter with all of your ex's. Embarrassing Right. Think about it. All of your past relationships being told to your spouse at the alter and them going with you on your honeymoon. That would be the WORST, wouldn't it? There is a great way to avoid that. GUARD YOUR HEART. I know that it's part of life to fall in love with people. But seriously, a soul tie that is physical is just as bad as emotional. Think about that when you being your dating. There are soul ties with people from all walks of life. 

The rope that has bound your family together is being passed to you, and you must decide if you are going to make a hangman's noose or a pretty bow out of it. 

Lots of people don't believe in generational curses. But they are real. Don't believe me, check this out. Someone I am VERY close to has grandparents who conceived a child out of wedlock, that child also conceived a child out of wedlock, and his 2 children had conceived children out of wedlock. I know that's a crazy example but I see it over and over and over. If you can pinpoint what the curses are your option is the statement above. Either make a bow or hangman's noose. 

There are so many things that this book has inside it. I cannot strongly suggest it enough. If you have compromised and had sex before marriage or had an absent father. This book is a game changer for you. Pick up a copy TODAY!!!!