There is a trend in modern evangelical, charismatic and "non-religious spirituality" that gets dangerously close to erotic love of Jesus.
It's something that I first observed during my christian years especially in the lyrics of christian songs and sometimes during open-prayer times. If you haven't experienced open prayer you are the lucky ones. Everybody adopts the shampoo position - elbows on knees, head in hands - and whoever is "moved by the spirit" speaks up for a while, followed by an awkward silence, followed by two people speaking up at the same time, followed by silence, and so on.
Anyway back to the topic, here are a few random examples ...
"Lord I give You my heart
I give You my soul
I live for You alone
Every breath that I take
Every moment I’m awake
Lord have Your way in me"
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"Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I’m Your friend"
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"You are my desire
And no one else will do
‘Cause nothing else can take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace"
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“So we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking
So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss and my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way That he loves us…”
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“Although God certainly loves us even with unshaven legs, no makeup, and a bed-head hairdo, he also deserves to occasionally have his princess sit at his feet while she is looking and feeling her best… You are running away with your Lover, not confining yourself to a convent.” - Shannon Ethridge, Every Woman's Battle
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"I’ll go to a river, a park, a garden or up in the mountains with my Bible and worship music and hang out with him for an hour or two in beautiful seclusion. At this point, he usually starts showing off, captivating me with his majesty, pointing out amazing things he formed with his bare hands … for me. Taking in sunsets, sunrises, star gazing or walks after rainstorms also make inspiring dates where I’ve communed with him at incredibly deep levels. His presence feels as near as my very breath. No human could touch the holy romance of the intimate moments we share during these times.” - Julia Ferwerda, Crosswalk Magazine
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It's something that I have also observed on the forum. Keep an eye out for it.
No wonder the church in the UK has so few men.
