The Real Reason to Remain Sexually Pure
As a preteen girl, I wrote letters to my future husband. In those letters, I often wrote the words, “I am staying pure for you,” or, “I am keeping my purity to be a gift to you on our wedding day.”
During my teenage years, I read a plethora of books on Christian dating that taught me to think through my purity this way. They motivated me to remain pure by promising that it would keep my wedding night special, protect me from guys who would use me, and reduce future marital issues. At youth group, we all spit in a cup, threw some dirt in it, and the youth leader told us that this is how we would appear to a future spouse if we slept around.
Looking back, I wish someone had given me the greater, real reason to remain pure: To obey our holy God.
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