David Anderson, Studio City, CA
I know that when I get married, my wife and I will have greater trust and respect for each other knowing that we had self-control when the temptations were the greatest. I know our marriage will be stronger by developing an intimate friendship and getting to know each other on the emotional level before marriage and saving sex for the honeymoon night.
I believe there are tremendous benefits in choosing abstinence until marriage. This decision has given me self-respect and the respect of others who have regretted the lack of self-control in their own lives. Abstinence has given me great freedom. I am free to pursue my job and my outside interests. I am free to develop friendships with women without an emotional entanglement at a time when I am not yet ready for marriage. I have many girl friends and we have many fun, creative dates. Most of all, I am free from worrying about birth control devices and sexually transmitted diseases.
Choosing abstinence until marriage as a goal has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. I have awesome parents who practiced this themselves and they have a fantastic marriage – which is a model that I hope to duplicate someday. I know that when I get married, my wife and I will have greater trust and respect for each other knowing that we had self-control when the temptations were the greatest. I know our marriage will be stronger by developing an intimate friendship and getting to know each other on the emotional level before marriage and saving sex for the honeymoon night. The maximum satisfaction for me, however, is in knowing that God is proud of me and that He wants the best for me. Abstinence until marriage is the best way.
To young people or singles that are faced with the pressures and temptations to have sex outside of marriage, I would tell them that it is very satisfying to know that you can have self-control. Others will look up to you as you show respect for others and for yourself. If teens and singles don’t wait, they will have to live with lifelong consequences and senseless regrets. Why not wait for the best possible sex – in marriage? That makes sense to me!
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David Anderson, Studio City, CA