Okay. I’m going to talk about the kiss. Please note that any reference to kissing, smooching, making out, or otherwise engaging in the intimate physical action known as “the kiss” is from absolutely no personal experience, and is all taken and construed from watching, viewing, and understanding from a non-biased point of view. Thanks.<\/p>\n

So, what is a kiss? Physically, it’s the touching of your lips to another person. Kiss someone on the cheek, and it’s a friendly greeting or silly gesture. Kiss them on the forehead, and it’s a symbolic action of devotion and care. Kiss someone on the lips, and you’ve taken a romantic relationship to a new level. Maybe after reading it that way, it doesn’t make too much sense, but then again, our culture has<\/em> screwed up a lot of meaning. In this post, I’m addressing the lip-kiss, or mouth-kiss, and want to show how very far we’ve gotten from the original intent and meaning of the kiss.<\/p>\n

In our culture, a kiss has become the everyday occurrence, dumbed down from its original intent to something so mundane that we think nothing of it. When people kiss, it could be for any number of reasons: They love each other; they hate each other; they want to get someone jealous; their conversation lagged; there was nothing better to do; one of them wants to have sex with the other; one of them is testing the other’s ability to kiss; no reason, really. In fact, there is more kissing happening that isn’t<\/em> sincere that the kind that is. People in movies and TV shows kiss, and therefore, the actors have to kiss each other. There are games mocking kissing, and books about kissing, and everywhere you look, young couples are kissing. But is this the way we should treat it? As just another thing that humans do? As another factor including with breathing and eating and sleeping?<\/p>\n

Can we understand what a kiss really is? Would that change how we treat it? What if I told you\u00a0that a\u00a0kiss is the culmination of every aspect of\u00a0 our human realm, and contains some of what we don’t understand. That\u00a0a kiss is all physical, emotional, spiritual; symbolic, romantic, and devotional; a sign of trust and belief, of love and endurance, or faith and hope, all rolled into one action. That when we lean in and kiss that person, we’re doing so much more than just saying, “I love you” or “you’re cute.” Just the idea of how carelessly we throw around a kiss is kinda sick now, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

To me, a kiss is more than a gesture or an action of intimacy. It’s a direct spiritual correlation to the Church of Christ, and us as the bride to be, and the bridegroom who will take us for His own at the end and beginning of all things. It’s a marital symbol- one that expresses wholeness and purity, and promises to be true to each other at the beginning of the joining relationship. Why else would the whole tradition of, “You may now kiss the bride” started? Not after<\/em> both of them had been making out for years.<\/p>\n

I don’t plan on kissing anybody until my wedding day, and only after I have fully given my heart to my wife, and she has given hers to me, and we have both offered our lives to Christ, who is the ultimate Bridegroom. In this way, my oath is\u00a0solidified before many witnesses, and I am held so very accountable.<\/p>\n

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I guess there are a few questions you can answer for yourself. Be honest, and listen to whatever convictions you have. These are my own personal beliefs, and I feel strongly about them, but you might have your own. Read them anyway, and see what you think.<\/p>\n

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• Do you feel like you’ve kept your relationships pure?<\/li>\n
• Do you think any personal, intimate moments were shared with the utmost sincerity?<\/li>\n
• How often do you kiss people with no real meaning or understanding of its meaning?<\/li>\n
• Do you apply your convictions about kissing to any other aspect of your lifestyle?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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