Two Fleas and No Dog: Naked and Unashamed

LITTLETON, Colo. - Sept. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Two Fleas and No Dog

By Craig Hill; 216 pages

Price: $15.00

Excerpt from Craig Hill’s Blog “Flea Man or Free Man” published on June 25, 2013.

Genesis 2:25 says, “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.” Is it possible that this scripture has a deeper meaning than the obvious?
God often uses natural things to express deeper spiritual meaning. For example, the Apostle Paul’s speaks of marriage as a type and shadow of the relationship between Jesus Christ and His bride, the church. (Ephesians 5:30-32) He calls it a great mystery.

I believe the mystery or deeper understanding of verse 25 is intimacy. Intimacy is really and invitation for another person, your spouse, to SEE INTO YOUR HEART. Just as you cannot experience sexual intimacy while clothed, you cannot experience deep heartfelt spiritual and emotional intimacy while clothed in shame.

Shame implies a deep fear of discovery. Perhaps you’ve had this thought; “there are things about me I don’t want my spouse to know; things I’m ashamed of. If my spouse knew the truth, I would be abandoned.” That fear is like a veil that prevents intimacy.
The good news is that you don’t have to live with that fear. Intimacy of the heart with your spouse can be yours when the two of you understand and walk in Covenant Trust. That knowledge will open the door to the heart and destroy the fear that comes through shame.

I have written about Covenant Trust in my book about marriage, Two Fleas & No Dogs, chapter 7, pg. 128-130.

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Craig Hill holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Carleton College in Russian Area Studies and Geology and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Chicago.

Upon completion of his formal education, Craig worked as a corporate manager in the oil and gas exploration industry for several years. Being an experienced pilot, he later founded and managed a Learjet charter service. During these years, Craig (being fluent in the Russian language) frequently took time off from his business endeavors to minister the Gospel to the peoples of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Craig met his wife, Jan, through Youth With a Mission.

Having a specific interest in ministering to marriages and families, Craig pursued an internship and later a volunteer staff position at the New Life Counseling Center in Denver. He subsequently taught counseling and missions on the faculty of the Marilyn Hickey Bible College. In 1987, the Lord raised up Craig as Senior Pastor of a local church where he and Jan served for seven and a half years, until he was called by God to devote his full-time energy to the ministry of Family Foundations International (http://www.familyfoundations.com/).

Through his past experience in missions, counseling and pastoral ministry, God has given Craig unique insight into marriage, family, financial and interpersonal relationships. This has resulted in his ability to identify for many people, root causes of relational conflict, compulsive habits, low self-esteem, workaholism, lack of financial provision and other undesirable life patterns, which are repeated from one generation to the next. By interweaving personal stories with biblical truths, God has anointed Craig to pierce through the veil of the mind to minister to the depths of the heart, resulting in real life change for many.