Ed Sheeranโ€™s recent popular song repeatedly boasts, โ€œIโ€™m in love with your body.โ€ But will that kind of love satisfy the depths of the human heart?ย  We long to be loved for who we are, not just for our bodies.ย  But in our over-sexualized world, many young people think, โ€œIโ€™ll never find someone who will love me for who I am, as a personโ€ฆThe best I can do to focus on my physical appearance, dress a certain way and hope that someone will at least love my body.โ€

Edward Sri helps us discover the real purpose of sensual attraction. According to JPIIโ€™s โ€˜Theology of the Body,โ€™ God wired us to notice the โ€˜good looksโ€™ of the opposite sex in order to lead us to a deeper appreciation of the person who has those good looks. But relationships built on the โ€œIโ€™m in love with your bodyโ€ kind of love never last. For such is love is not focused on the person. It reduces the person to a mere body to be exploited for oneโ€™s own pleasure, enjoyment and sexual satisfaction.ย  We are made for much more than that.

Rise above the culture of โ€œIโ€™m in love with your body.โ€ Pursue your heartโ€™s deepest desires, which is for authentic love. Learn the proper use of sensual attraction and how it can lead to genuine friendship, lasting relationships and even a true appreciation of the beauty of the body.