Saving Yourself for Marriage

Continue from previous statement As I was saying everything I said I will do And will not do is in this article I promise myself I will not kiss have sex etc. etc. until marriage,I chose the first one God will choose the next time. IT WILL BE UNTIL DEATH DO US PART - WHY BECAUSE IT WILL BE ORDAINED BY GOD AND NOT ME OR MAN.Now I know for sure that I'm doing the right thing I'm not too over protective of myself by not touching kissing and all the above.Yes there are people who have great marriages after divorce I have seen and talk with them,they all say the same thing if I had wait on God I could have SAVE MYSELF HEARTACHE,and we would not have to compare Frank with Joe or Mary with Suzette get the picture, again Spiritual Soul Tides,thats ONE of the MAIN REASONS there are such a large number in the Divorce rate in church or out.Some people just can't be alone so they think and end up with the wrong person, again,again,and again,Thank You Mr. Wilson,God Bless You,Well Done :) Amen

I really like to address the first 2 comments stating that this article is unreal,I Thank God for this article and the young man that has taken his precious time to share this very important info. I am a divorcee for 6yrs.This article is very Inspiring to me, because I was starting to wonder was it worth the wait? and I was too picky,maybe I Miss God- God want me to be single, but in Prayer and Fasting with great teaching I found that God was trying to take away all the hurt,disappointment,rejection before I could move on to the NEW.Saints and people in general don't realize there is such as Spiritual Soul Tides, once you have been in relationship with a person and intimate with them that person becomes part of you and you of him,thats where Impartation of spirits comes from good or bad,really don't have much time to get into that right now,but saving yourself for the one God has for you will be worth the wait,another reason this article is so INSPIRING I ask God for,Continue

Tried to send this before, so I'll try again. I agree with those who think this article is unrealistic. It sounds like yet another "theory about being single and dating" that married people (particularly those who got hitched before they were 25) are so fond of writing. The main reason articles like these give me a headache is because there are christians who will look at this and take it to heart - then feel guilty because they've broken some sort of "rule." The second reason that I don't like articles like these are because very rarely do the people who write these things actually do them. They just make up a lot of stuff for other people to follow - now that they are married and don't have to worry about whether or not they kiss their spouse.

There are other good articles on this channel - and in the past there were a lot of really good ones that were realistic and helpful. But I found this one to be particularly odious.

I agree that this article is verging on ridiculous. Statistics show that Christians get divorced as often as non-Christians - 50/50. Whether or not you "saved" yourself doesn't mean that your marriage is automatically going to be free of "marriage harming issues."

"Trust me, people don't leave marriages like that. Why would they?"

People DO leave marriages like that... because they're human.
There are plenty of non-Christian couples who have healthy marriages, regardless if they saved themselves or not.

My husband of 33 years and I were not Christians when we met. Our past remains a constant battle. Giving yourself to another has life long effects. When you enter into serious relationships, you give that person a part of you no one else will receive. God planned for man and woman to become one flesh. If we allow ourselves to enter a relationship outside of God's blessing, we set ourselves up for a life-time of needless pain. God says to remember the love of your youth. I feel this means to save your love for marriage. Love is far more than a sexual relationship. Giving yourself in love binds you to another's Spirit. Once you give it, there is no taking it back. You can't divorce love. If you wait for God's best to love, you stay pure in heart. The pure in heart see God. If you haven't discoverd that Christ is enough, relationships with others will be
extremely difficult. Marriage is an extention of all relationships. Please, if you want true fulfillment, wait on the Lord.

This article, I believe ,is unrealistic. I believe that it is God's plan to wait until marraige before entering into a sexual relationship and this is the ideal situation. If we adhered to this there would be no STD's unplanned pregnancies and less emotional issues. But reality is that even couples who wait have at times other underlying issues re sexual hangups or perhaps misogny issues for example and all is not marital bliss. This article and the ideals discussed in it are verging on the ridiculous.

Unfortunately I have to post to convey that this concept is so far over the top as to be undeserving of commentary.

I can attest to the truth this article. My wife and I are both Christians and were commited to saving ourselves for marriage. However, through a number of circumstances and choices, when we began our relationship in our early 20's she had been in several dating relationships with both Christian's and non-christians and was no longer a virgin. My wife is the only woman I've kissed, dated, or said "I love you" too. We stand before God equal, as sinners saved by his grace, and "pure" not because of physical choices we made but because we have been washed by Christ's blood. Yet the fact of life remains that we reap what we sow. There are many unforeseen blessings my wife enjoys because of the decisions I made before marriage and also great emotional pain I've gone through, even now seven years into marriage, as a result of my wife's past. If you're waiting, it's worth it. If you've made mistakes, don't ever believe the devil's lie that "it's too late", start saving yourself today.