Worth Waiting For

I made a promise to God when I was in the 8th grade to remain pure from sex until marriage. I realized the importance of wanting to save this precious gift for the man i will marry and stuck to it.

My junior year of high school I started getting made fun of for not dating different guys and not flirting like most girls do. It got bad enough once that one of my friends moms started a rumor that I was a lesbian because I didnt have a "boyfriend" like all my other friends.

I always felt like it wasnt right to give my heart away to just any guy. I felt uncomfortable and awkward when a guy would put his arm around my waist or pressure me to kiss him when I wasnt ready.

Because of pressure from my friends and society, i always felt like I was the problem...(and growing up in a divorced home, I could have done anything and neither of my parents would have known. Not that they didnt pay attention to me.) So, I started to let loose and I got a boyfriend my senior year. I didnt like him, and he treated me terribly. Lowering my self esteem, he made my believe that he was the best i could get. It felt all wrong being with him, but still, I felt like i was the issue, and that since we havent "had sex" he is respecting me. (yeah right!)

This is so not true. Lately, I have learned that God gave me those feelings of being uncomfortable for a reason. He was saving me for something special and pure. He was making me feel uneasy about the situation I was in because he was protecting his daughter.

"Purity" does not only apply to SEX. It applies to emotional AND physical actions. When you promise to save yourself for marriage, its not only talking about saving sex for your future husband/wife...its talking about saving your emotions for him also.

Even the Christian standards have gone down extremely for whats accepted "physically"

Most youth groups these days are filled with girls chasing, tickling, and grabbing guys in ways that are inappropriate. I had a friend once who would make-out with any guy she came across...but yet called herself "close to God" and didnt feel bad about it once. Girls dont understand how much these things affect guys (im guilty myself)

These youth groups also have guys that are hugging, tickling, and touching girls also. This opens doors and lets them know that the girls are physically available (even if it doesnt mean going all the way) Guys dont understand that girls are very vulnerable and that we are MADE to pour out our emotions to a man. BUT ONLY ONE MAN. So dont take this for granted. A little piece of our heart gets ripped away everytime we pour ourselves into a guy and he turns his back to us.

Girls, a REAL man will respect you and want you to save yourself for marriage no matter if he is the one for you or not.(sex, oral, kissing, touching, hugging, emotions) He wont ask you to do anything with him because he wont want it himself. Dont feel like there are no more great guys out there with morals just like you. He is out there...just be patient.

Just remember.....I'm worth waiting for.

Song of Solomon 2:7
"Do not awaken love until the time is right"

2 Timothy 2:22
"Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."