Sex God Chapter 4

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When I first read Chapters 1-4 in Sex God, I admit that it was difficult to follow. The story line seemed to jump around between topics, and I had a hard time figuring out what message Rob Bell was trying to convey. Then again it also reminds me of how my mind works, choppy at times with at least a million thoughts. Each one attempting to piece together how a single moment in time fits itself into the bigger picture of what God is in the daily process of creating.
For instance, as I read the section titled When They Become We, I was sitting on the floor outside a room where a counselor at our Church was trying to help my thirteen-year-old daughter find some peace with the reality that her biological father will never be involved in her life in the way that she desires. I am too close to this particular situation and cannot help my own child come to terms with her feelings. I had become a part of the story the “Jew - Gentile, Marine - Iraqi, Orphan – Family, Pastor – Prostitute”, Me studying to help – Yet one in need of counseling (Bell, 2012, p. 12).
Another concept that I am able to identify with can be found in Bell’s description of how people handle tension. It has been a long journey of healing accepting that …show more content…

74). This is a question that I have asked myself many times over the last couple of years. I am exactly where I want to be right now, focusing on my children however I am beginning to look towards a future where they will be on their own, and I want to be ready to serve others as God desires. I love the words that “Life is not about toning down and repressing your God-given life force. It’s about channeling it and focusing it and turning it loose on something beautiful, something pure and true and good, something that connects you with God, with others, with the world” (Bell, 2012, p.

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