Saved Sex: A Pl I
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t’s a mystery—a great mystery, this two becoming one. This is about marriage and sex, which go together. Marriage without sex is crippled. Sex without marriage is devastating. Both are about the two becoming one, about as inseparable as you and your left arm. It’s not just an act. It’s far more profound. It’s about a bond of body and mind and emotion, a trust unlike any other, built over years of working hard to love each other. It’s a deep communion unlike any other relationship. See, one of the greatest curses in this world is being alone. A lifetime of loneliness is terribly painful. Marriage is meant to be the opposite— a union that’s so together that you’re incomplete without the other. That’s what God designed marriage and sex to be. Beyond that, I can’t explain it. It’s beyond words. It’s a mystery well worth waiting for.
It’s a powerful mystery for another reason, too: it’s how God brings life into the world. He could keep making people out of dust and ribs if He wanted; but He uses a man, woman and sex to create new life. Think about that: God has created you with sexuality and the capability to produce new life. That’s powerful stuff. That’s where virginity comes in. It’s not an unfortunate state you find yourself in because the Church frowns on fun. It’s not a mark of shame that you haven’t really lived. It’s part of the plan. God desires you to remain pure until you meet the one with whom you’ll become one for life. Thus my plea: save yourself. Go to your marriage bed a virgin. I understand that’s not a real popular thing to say. It’s a matter of believing God’s
