by Harriet Hairston
Here is the fourth and final lesson I’ve learned from the 30 Day Sex Challenge: for the rest of my life, I’ll be making love to the man God blessed me with. With every meal I fix, every homework lesson I correct with our children, every hug I give, every kiss I plant, every word I speak, every breath I breathe, I have made up in my mind that I will forever appreciate and affirm this gift that God has given me in my husband.
Our four weeks were full of intimacy and intrigue. We went through rough times, and capitalized on our monumental moments. Our relationship will never be the same…I think we’ll have to do this at least once a year!
So what did you learn about the person you pledged to be with for the rest of your life? How did this challenge pique your creativity and willingness to not only engage in sexual intimacy, but emotional, mental and spiritual intimacy as well? Let me know how it went for you!
God bless!
~ Harriet
Harriet Hairston is a woman who slips and slides in and out of labels (military officer, human resource manager, minister, mentor, spoken word artist and teacher). The only ones that have stuck so far are “wife” and “mother” (the most important in her estimation). The rest have taught her well that only what she does for Christ will last. There is one more permanent label she holds: “author.” You can purchase her first book, “Who Are You?” simply by clicking on the link. You can also contact her at [email protected].
Congratulations! Well Harriet, I need to start over. We didn’t meet the 30 day challenge. Still working on it. I guess my lesson was that I am still working on the unconditional love that will submit even when distractions come and causes me to take a U Turn. We need to go THROUGH rough times, and CAPITALIZE on our monumental moments.
Keep up the good work!
Prude Nomore
Harriet,
After 43 years of marriage, too old to participate in the 30 day challenge (ha ha). But you are exactly right — “for the rest of my life, Ill be making love to the woman God blessed me with.”
I can confirm what you have learned — “With every meal I fix (or eat), every homework lesson I correct with our (grand)children, every hug I give, every kiss I plant, every word I speak, every breath I breathe. . . . life gets better with this gift that God has given me in mywife.”
Intimacy is everything that you do together. The 30 day challenge punctuates the commitment.
God bless your marriage.
Roger Madison
@ Prudenomore
No worries, sis. We didn’t make it the entire 30 days, either. But intimacy was off the hook! Our communication graduated to a new level, too.
@ Roger,
Hey…you’re the one always talking about “no clothes in the bedroom.” LOL I would have thought that you all were making out like rabbits! ROFL
@Harriet — I got the jab. We are holding up our end of the bargain. I used to run marathons when I was young! Can’t anymore. ‘Nuff said.
LOL @ Roger. Gotcha!
we didnt make the 30dsc but we did do the intimacy challenge. i have come to love my husband even more than i thought was possible over this last month. we only disagreed once and that was awesome. watched dr oz and he had like 4 set of foods that were good for “getting the juices flowing on both side” and we will drink and eat those foods until the lord comes because when me and my hubby have our fiftieth anniversary if no one knocks they will still get a surprise, hahahah lol whewwww!!!
That’s a beautiful lesson, Harriet!
Thank you so much for sharing it. 🙂
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Nice work Harriet, this is interesting, I don’t know if I want to try, but I might…my relationship must be a little bit boring, but according to chris rock, that a good thing.
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