Google reports that the most-searched question of 2013 was "what is twerking?" and the most-searched person was Miley Cyrus.

Will the fascination last? It cannot.

Many of us, yes, googled "twerking"the visual, sexual appeal rouses the curiosity and catches the eye at the very least. Miley Cyrus knows how to get attention, certainly, and she has pulled off several successful publicity stunts in recent years.

But Cyrus got too much credit in 2013. Like other pop culture icons before her, and like others who will follow her, Cyrus is a flash in the pan. Her sexual worldview is not compelling.

The attention will not last because it is not, in the long run, exciting. Cyrus’ style is not originalflippant sexuality is as old as the hills, and like all flippancy, it is tiresome.

As an icon of loose sexuality and a promoter of the hook-up culture, Miley Cyrus does not have anything fundamentally interesting to offer the 21st century. Ultimately, Cyrus’ sexual ethicsthat is, her lack of sexual ethicsdo not hold water. Anyone can be casual about sex, and many are, but treating intimacy glibly will never be attractive.

Cyrus got too much credit from conservatives, too. Miley Cyrusand others like herare not capable of ruining sexuality. Hollywood often reduces intimacy to a recreational performance, but this treats it too lightly, and the soul will never escape that knowledge. Physical intimacy unites the sexes at the soul level. The sexual bonding of a man and woman is sacred, intended for a setting of committed love and complete trust.

The hook-up culturemanipulating another person for her body without consideration for her person, for her soulis not sustainable. When we look at Miley Cyrus, we see a woman selling her sexuality for profit. In our hearts, we sense that sexuality is too sacred to be reduced to a transaction, no matter how lucrative the terms.

So what is sexually exciting, ultimately? Faithfulness is exciting. A man or woman whose behavior says"I care more about your heart and your long-term emotional health than I want to extract pleasure from your body”surely this self-giving is exciting. And what are marriage vows?

"I choose to invest in you, not only when you're healthy, but when you're sick. I will love you not only when you're rich, but when you're poor. I will be present for you, not just in your prime, but in your graying years..."

This sincere devotion is the stuff that makes a heart beat faster, the makings of an epic story. Taking the body without valuing the personrelationships as a means to gratify one’s self at the expense of othersthis will never be satisfying.

Sexual flippancy is neither liberating nor original: It is the oldest thing in the world, and it is called exploitation.

Our generation does not hunger for casual sex: We hunger for security and for commitment. We may google Miley Cyrus, and we may flirt with the hookup culture, but secretly the human spirit will be disappointed here.

Experiences and conquests lose their glamor; integrity remains hot. Stability is more attractive than recklessness, and the grounded life more pleasurable than the lost one. The person who stays and shares is more exciting than the one who takes and runs away.

2013 is long over. What is it that we want? The hunger of the human soul has remained unchanged since the dawn of time. We want love.

And on what do we want to build this life? The one epic foundation that every generation has craved: faithfulness.