For me, I know exactly what that thing is. (I'm sure there are many, but one sits at the forefront of my mind right now.) You see my church has been going through a relationship series, and a huge part of what has been talked about is sex. Inside the context of marriage, the way God designed it to be, it is beautiful and can be an act of worship. That's something you don't here very often, especially inside the church. On the flip-side of that though, sex outside of marriage is never what God intended. It ties 2 people together in a way that only husband and wife were intended to be.
My goal in writing this particular post is not to get into all the nitty-gritty details of all of that. I don't even particularly care if you completely disagree with me, because I know what the Bible says about sexual immorality (Song of Solomon, 1 Corinthians 6:13-20, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, Hebrews 13:4, Ephesians 5:5). If this is an area you are struggling in or have dealt with, please look further into this and know that that is between you and God.
The entire reason for writing right now is this. I have met several other Christian young ladies who say that they believe how I believe, in abstaining for sexual acts until marriage. As I implied above, this is something that I do not ever want to waver in. And I'm extremely grateful for the support of my 2 best friends in this matter. But some of those who have made the same claims here at school (and have been some of my closest friends at some point) were women I thought would stand with me. I thought we would support each other, rely on each other, and be a point of accountability to each other...and instead, I watch that slowly fade away.
I had a conversation with my mother yesterday, expressing how it feels like out of my friends here at school, I'm standing alone in this matter. What goes on in their lives is between them and God. I do not wish to express judgement towards them, mostly just the fact that I feel somewhat betrayed. I pray for them, but as Paul expresses, everything else is outside the body. You can't undo anything, but there are physical ramifications from sexual immorality, and I feel as though that has separated me from those who I at some point considered my closest friends.
It doesn't make me second guess my own choices, but it does sadden me. I miss having people to partner with...That's pretty much all I had. Just a flow of emotions both for myself and my friends.
You don't stand alone.
ReplyDeleteFor God did not give us a spirit of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.
Remember while wandering in the desert, she turned her heart back to Egypt?
God brought her to the land of milk and honey.
Remember when he ran in front of chariots to a mountain?
God spoke in a still, quite voice.
Remember when she was standing at a well, and a man asked her for a drink?
God is living water.
Remember when she stood at the edge of her country, all of her family dead, and declared, "Where you will go, I will go; your people, my people; your God, my God."?
God redeemed her.
Remember the story of Hosea?
God. kept. taking. her. back.
You.
Don't.
Stand.
Alone.