One Sunday, while I was at some friends' house, I noticed your book, "Emotional Purity" on their book shelf. I asked the lady of the house if I could borrow it, and that is how I came to read your book.
Why did I want to borrow the book? Well, first of all, I love to read relationship books, and books dealing with purity, etc. The real reason that the the title of your book caught my eye, however, was because I was desperately trying to find a proper perspective for myself when it comes to guys.
Let me explain. In the fall of '06 I started my freshman year at a small Bible College. Even though I technically knew better, I allowed myself to develop silly, school girl crushes on several of the guys there. I frankly wasted a lot of emotional energy on these "imagined" relationships. I would like to think that I also could have made better grades if I would have remained totally focused on my studies.
Anyway, so this school year, I stayed home to help my parents in their business. However, I am returning to Bible College next fall! Hence why I was and am trying to find the right outlook on the whole "guy thing" before I go back to college. Your book found me in the" nick of time". It reinforced what I already knew, renewed my vision for purity before marriage, and helped me to see that "fantasizing" about a guy that hasn't committed to me" is frankly, STUPID! Hopefully, this next time around, I will keep my focus on God and His Will for me, and my studies. I am bound and determined to keep my thoughts and daydreamin' in check.
Heather, thanks for your book!
Mary 20 yrs. and single
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Emotional Purity: An Affair of the Heart
Have you ever given your heart to someone who didn’t love you back?
Do you feel like you’ve experienced heartache over and over again?
If you are emotionally attached to someone, it’s easy to cross the line and become emotionally intimate. Then if the relationship doesn’t work out, you’re left with scars on your heart.
The church teaches us the importance of physical purity; but it teaches little about emotional purity. Christian singles often wear their hearts on their sleeves, which can lead to intense, emotionally intimate, male-female “friendships” with no commitment to pursuing marriage. People may have had several of these “friendships” and still consider themselves pure, but in reality they have given away pieces of their hearts that should be reserved for their future spouses.
Emotional Purity will show you how to define and set boundaries in your relationships to avoid making the same mistakes. Learn how to guard your heart and keep it emotionally pure.
Using fictional and real-life examples along with sound biblical advice, author Heather Arnel Paulsen outlines the pitfalls of undefined relationships and presents guidelines for living an emotionally pure life.
This book will also help a married person who may be tempted to cross the lines into an emotional affair with a "friend". Married Christians will learn how to maintain emotional faithfulness within the marriage vows. Although, the book is written with singles in mind, may married people find great benefit in reading.
Do you feel like you’ve experienced heartache over and over again?
If you are emotionally attached to someone, it’s easy to cross the line and become emotionally intimate. Then if the relationship doesn’t work out, you’re left with scars on your heart.
The church teaches us the importance of physical purity; but it teaches little about emotional purity. Christian singles often wear their hearts on their sleeves, which can lead to intense, emotionally intimate, male-female “friendships” with no commitment to pursuing marriage. People may have had several of these “friendships” and still consider themselves pure, but in reality they have given away pieces of their hearts that should be reserved for their future spouses.
Emotional Purity will show you how to define and set boundaries in your relationships to avoid making the same mistakes. Learn how to guard your heart and keep it emotionally pure.
Using fictional and real-life examples along with sound biblical advice, author Heather Arnel Paulsen outlines the pitfalls of undefined relationships and presents guidelines for living an emotionally pure life.
This book will also help a married person who may be tempted to cross the lines into an emotional affair with a "friend". Married Christians will learn how to maintain emotional faithfulness within the marriage vows. Although, the book is written with singles in mind, may married people find great benefit in reading.
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