You Are Redeemed

This topic may be uncomfortable for some of you, but something inside of my heart is telling me that I should share my thoughts on sex before marriage and purity with you.

Here's the deal friends, you are not evil or bad if you have had sex before marriage, but there is something so special and cool about saving it until you are married! Being 21 can be hard, especially if you are trying to save yourself before being married, when you know that most of your peers and friends have already lost their virginity.( to more than one person).  It sometimes feels like you are being left out. Except, you must remember the only thing that you would be doing, is trading a moment of passion for your identity in Christ. I understand that today's society looks at sex as just a fun thing to do with whoever you want and whenever you have those desires. It's sad that people look at it that way, rather than more of an intimate and beautiful thing you do with the one you know, will never leave your side, for better or for worse. I've always liked to think that I am a young woman of faith. I know whose I am and I know that my father up in heaven loves me.

Some of you may have lost your virginity before, and that's okay!  Having sex before marriage, doesn't make you less then or unworthy, but it also can make you feel that way if you have a guilty conscious for doing it, outside of marriage. If you are like me, and feel guilty for LITERALLY every sin you have ever committed, it may be best that you save it and stay pure in heart and physical activities with guys until marriage! I have made my fair share of mistakes with guys, things that most people my age wouldn't think twice about. BUT my heart knows those things I am doing, are not good for me, leading me to feel saddened by the sins that I commit/ed.

God doesn't say save sex until marriage for the fun of it, or to see who can go the longest, like survival of the fittest.  He says it to protect your heart from heartbreak and hurt. He says it in order to give you a life full of pure and holy experiences without the physical touch part. We need to start trusting God more and his plan for us. If we believe in the goodness and benefits of saving sex until marriage, I think that we have a lot less doubt and more hope that one day, we will find true love in the midst of what seems to be a somewhat lonely life at times.

So friends, I encourage you to go on this WILD ride with me! Letting our bodies be our bodies until marriage. Having less guilt and sin enter our hearts will have never felt so good! Remember, you are free and you are righteous. You are a child of God and nothing can change that! HE is your redemption story and there is nothing that you could ever do that would make him not want to be that for you.

What a life we get to live.
Enjoy it,

Maggie