Has your mouth ever gotten you into trouble?
Mine has. More than once a hundred times I can count.
The Bible is full of wisdom concerning our lips and our mouths.
KISS…maybe you know the acronym. Keep It Sealed, Silly. (I know, I know…that’s not the real meaning, but it suits my purposes here. Hang in there with me. I really am going somewhere with all of this!)
On The Imperfect Wives Radio and here on the blog, we regularly encourage ourselves and you, dear readers, to watch what we say…especially to our husbands. Sometimes, it’s just better to keep your lips sealed!
On more than one occasion, however, we’ve also encouraged you to make sure you do something positive with your lips: greet your husband with a kiss when he comes home at the end of the day.
We sure do hope you’re doing that!
Did you know that the Bible talks about kissing?
A lot.
Over forty times, in fact.
Most of those references are in the context of a family greeting.
Several of these passages talk about a kiss as a greeting or farewell between believers: a holy kiss or a kiss of love.
Unfortunately, a few of the kisses mentioned in the Bible aren’t great: the kiss of a prostitute to lure a man into temptation, kissing a false idol, and the kiss as the symbol of the ultimate betrayal of Jesus by Judas.
And, of course, Song of Solomon mentions passionate kissing a couple of times.
The same basic motion: touching with the lips.
But different intentions of the heart.
All of this talk of kissing really started when I read a blurb in a magazine extolling the benefits of romantic kissing.
You know that got my attention! (And Robert’s too. If you want to know the truth…I did leave the magazine strategically open to the right page in a place where I knew he’d see it…and, yes, that means the bathroom at our house.)
And I know you’re wondering what the benefits are, too! {So I won’t keep you waiting any longer.}
- floods the bloodstream with dopamine, which creates a “natural high”
- reduces cholesterol in men and women
- male saliva contains testosterone…so a “lingering lip lock” is, believe it or not, a dependable way to deliver the hormone to the woman (and yes, we do need testosterone…our female bodies produce some, but apparently we benefit from an added dose!)
