Or the next time you go grocery shopping, examine the glossy and glamorous magazines in the racks by the checkouts. Notice how many volumes focus in one way or another on sex, romantic love, or how to have a great relationship. Walk through your local bookstore and check out the romance novels, the self-help section, or the relational resources rack. Your cheatin’ heartĭay after day, people all over the globe, representing every nationality and language, sing about their desires for or their disappointment with love. If loving you is wrong, I don’t wanna be rightĭon’t leave me. The style and beats may change, but the themes are universal.

Whether it’s hip hop, R&B, country, rock, or pop, the words reverberate with our longing for love, our loss of love, and our desire to make love. I mean, stop for a moment and consider the songs of the last several decades. After taking care of the necessities of life like food, clothing, and shelter, most of us spend the bulk of our waking hours pondering, pursuing, or solving problems related to this area of life. It doesn’t matter if you’re seventeen or seventy-seven, the words love, sex, and lasting relationships evoke immediate and powerful responses within each of us. What caught your attention? What picture did it create in your mind? If you think I’m overstating the case, stop and think about your first reaction to the title of this book. We crave the intimacy, acceptance, security, and significance that flow when we bond in mind, heart, and body with a member of the opposite sex. We were made by God to love and be loved. Put simply, we humans are relational beings.

In like manner, the mystery and the power of human sexuality draw us like an invisible magnet into the world of relationships. Every human being on this planet craves to be that cherished person to someone else. Regardless of our background, race, values, intelligence, or experience, we all long to be loved.

Few subjects in life ignite as much passion and longing within us as our desire for love, our interest in sex, and our hope for enduring relationships.

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