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Dear Annie,
I miss you. And I love you even more today. It’s funny
how I end up loving you with all my heart now. In my past relationships, I’ve
been a jerk and made lots of mistakes that I will never ever repeat it again in
the future. To tell you the truth, if the Holy Spirit doesn’t touched my heart
and if my God-given conscience about sex outside marriage doesn’t stopped my youthful
passion when I was young boy many years ago, I might cause a girl pregnant. Or two.
I was that bad. Only God can save someone like me. God’s grace alone. I hope
you still love me…
The decision to
have sex before I get married – or the decision to abstain from it – is a
choice that will most certainly impact the rest of my life. To do or not to do.
I know you knew about this too. That decision, Annie, will play an important
role in the way we see ourselves, and the way we view relationships with each
other. And if we not reminding ourselves and stand firm in God’s Word, our
decision to have sex before married might result in an unexpected “surprise”
pregnancy. Let’s not contribute to the statistics.
Annie, as for me personally, I’ve face many temptations.
The decision to consciously abstain from sex before married was a very
important and hard decision for me. It was a great struggle for me as I’m not
always ‘godly’ all the time. Even if I’m good with conducts, my thoughts were
sinful. So I looked to God for help. Only
He can gives me wisdom to make a decision that might just change the direction
of my life. “Happy is the person who
finds wisdom,” proclaimed the wise man, “the one who gets understanding” (Proverbs 3:13). As J.I.
Packer writes, “The fruit of wisdom is
Christlikeness, peace, humility, and love. And, the root of it is faith in
Christ as the manifested wisdom of God.”
So I say, I will not have sex until I’m married! I
must trust the inner voice of my conscience. I should be obedient to the
teaching of God’s Word. I respect God, myself and you. You’re precious to me
Annie. You’re my love one as much as you’re God’s special daughter. I write
this to you because I want you to know my stand (and I trust we have the same
conviction about no sex outside marriage) and because, if in the future I
behave improper in regard to sexual boundaries, you may remind me of my
commitment. And if necessary, slap my face hard, very hard so that I can be
reminded of God’s wrath against those who disobey Him.
I love you…
I love you…
I love you…
I can wait…
May
God’s strength empowered us,
Richard
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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