{"id":3474,"date":"2010-10-05T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.wordpress.com\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2010-10-05T13:56:10","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T17:56:10","slug":"like-a-virgin-soap-no-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/like-a-virgin-soap-no-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Like A Virgin Soap (No Shame)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OKAY-It’s possible something was lost in translation on this cosmetic.<\/p>\n

Perhaps white<\/em> or pure<\/em> was translated as “virginity”. Maybe the English word “virginal” threw off the dictionary. You might have a better guess than me.<\/em><\/p>\n

This so-called “skin-whitening” soap is supposed to make the skin inviting to touch, so it actually, um. maybe it could end<\/span> virginity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But I wonder if the idea of purity, cleansing, and ridding us of our shame is so wrapped up together, that longing for a kind of “virginity soap” isn’t all that big of a stretch.<\/p>\n

On some level, doesn’t everyone want a second chance? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Doesn’t everyone want their sin to be “washed away”?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a memory you wish you didn’t have, or a past sin that plagues you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Christianity has promised this same thing with “Jesus Soap” for quite a while now. But is it that simple? And, do we co-opt with the renewing power of the Holy Spirit enough to live in a “washed clean” kind of way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spiritual discipline of confession<\/span><\/strong> works a bit like “virginity soap”. It is an imperative to confess and turn away from sins. And we are told to confess to each other. It gives us a real life engagement with grace, via the willing and trusting ear of another.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a confessor to whom you can confess your shame? If not, why? Do you think it would help you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for you thoughts on this.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virginal soap isn’t just a foreign thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[3,727,728,785,789,1472,1559,1637,1671,6538,41,2696,2736,2851,2852,2953,3054,3090,3097,3482,3485,3607,3608,3692],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-fail","tag-clean","tag-cleansing","tag-confession","tag-confessor","tag-god","tag-guilt","tag-high-priest","tag-holy-spirit","tag-humor","tag-jesus","tag-priest","tag-pure","tag-repent","tag-repentance","tag-sanctification","tag-shame","tag-sin","tag-sinless","tag-transgression","tag-translation-fail","tag-virginal","tag-virginity-soap","tag-white-skin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}