What a different world we live in today. Back in the day, there was no
Internet, no
cellphones, only 3 or 4 channels on the
black and white TV. Today, we are media saturated. Everywhere I go people are talking on their cellphone, or
texting friends, or updating
Facebook or
Twitter. It's almost media overload. But the amazing thing is that we can't seem to live without our electronic marvels. With the coming of the Internet, comes a larger than life set of temptations to draw a young man or woman away from a purity of life; an innocence that was once the expected standard. Now, it seems, that anything goes...even in the
Christian community. The values of our parents, are no longer our values.
Sexual purity before marriage was once the standard. Now the standard has shifted. Living together before marriage; trial relationships are not the curse that they once were; even to the Christian community. Have the standards of holiness and purity been lost from today's generation?
The Word of God has not changed. God's designed a man and a woman to experience sexual intimacy only after making a covenant of marriage to one another. How about a return to purity. Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder. And my bride was well worth the wait. Not that we weren't tempted, mind you, but considering the consequences of a selfish "me" choice were too great to compromise the truth of God's Word. He had our ultimate happiness and fulfillment in mind. So, now, we've been married 39 wonderful years. She's mine and I'm hers. And we don't have to regret decisions of our past. So, young folk, consider how to walk in purity and in love toward one another. You will be truly blessed.
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