{"id":3392,"date":"2014-07-25T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2014-07-24T22:51:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T03:51:56","slug":"slow-reader-friday-songs-in-the-key-of-solomon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryanninprogress.com\/slow-reader-friday-songs-in-the-key-of-solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Reader Friday: Songs in the Key of Solomon…"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Grapes<\/a>

Grapes for Two<\/p><\/div>\n

Top Mommy Blogs Update:\u00a0<\/b>As I write this, MIP<\/a> is now # 250 out of 921 blogs on topmommyblogs.com<\/a>. That’s ALL due to you, my dear readers! Thanks so much! While you’re here, would you mind clicking on that Top Mommy Blog button over there to the right of this post??? Thanks again!<\/p>\n

Book Club<\/a> Readers:\u00a0<\/strong>The August MIP <\/a>Book Club Selection is out, along with the suggested reading plan!\u00a0This one is a MUST READ! Go here<\/a> for all the details!<\/p>\n

Do you know Anita Renfroe<\/a>? Not ringing any bells for some of you? Well, watch this video<\/a> and I think you’ll remember her just fine. She and her husband, John, are the authors for this month’s MIP <\/a>Book Club Selection,\u00a0Songs in the Key of Solomon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The book is a collection of couples devotionals.<\/p>\n

Now, before you get ready to click on another blog somewhere or check your FB<\/a> page, John and Anita are quick to point out that they, too, don’t like most couples devotional books because they are exceedingly boring. They never stuck with any they tried. And so, they decided to author one where you might actually be able to get your spouse to enjoy them and read them.<\/p>\n

I floated the first few past the hubby’s very impatient eyes and he actually consented to doing one a week. We’d do it more often, but the man is on a plane 90% of the time and it’s a little tough to communicate in any way, shape or form when the FAA frowns upon such communication. So, we have to cram such activities in\u00a0on the weekends and they are often so busy with us just catching up on home repairs and what admonitions we need to issue to the youngest collectively that we seldom get more than 1 night each weekend for a date.<\/p>\n

If you think I’m lying about the fun of this book, then here are a few excerpts of just where<\/em> these little “dates” take place from the Renfroes’ book:<\/p>\n

1. “Wash some plump, juicy grapes in a colander and bring them bathtub-side. Run a nice bubble bath, light some candles, and set them around the edge of the tub. After you’ve climbed in together, read on.”<\/p>\n

2. “Build a tent with some chairs and blankets like you used to do when you were kids. Get underneath, in the dark, with a flashlight.”<\/p>\n

3. “Go to wherever the husband’s most prized material possession is kept.”<\/p>\n

Do I have your attention now? As you can see, most of these devotions don’t require a lot of planning, lengthy readings or even a lot of cash and babysitters. Most can be done after you get those kids to bed and with ease.<\/p>\n

The title is the title because the Song of Solomon is the one book of the Bible that says marital love (and the most intimate parts of it) is not only okay, but strongly recommended! Besides, there are references to the woman’s body that will just make you guffaw. Modern romance isn’t anything like Biblical romance. And for that.. I thank you, Jesus!!!<\/p>\n

So go ahead, make some beautiful music with your spouse. Now, where are those grapes?!<\/p>\n

What did you think of Songs in the Key of Solomon<\/a>? Share your thoughts about it in the comment section below!<\/em><\/p>\n

Monday’s Post:\u00a0<\/strong>What’s bricolage?<\/a><\/p>\n

You Might Also Like:<\/strong> Slow Reader Friday: Jesus, the One and Only<\/a>; Slow Reader Friday: Killing Jesus<\/a>; and Slow Reader Friday: And Then There Were Nuns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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