Marriage

When staying single isn't easy...

Saving Your Heart by Staying Single

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When I was in eighth grade, I made a commitment: I would be stay single and not participate in the “high school dating game.” I had just broken up with my first real boyfriend and decided that I wanted my next boyfriend to be my future husband. I didn’t want to date several guys in my teen years and only have little to offer my future husband when I met him. I also wanted to do as Song of Solomon 2:7 (MSG) suggests, “Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you’re ready.”   This commitment to…

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When Someone You Love Hurts You

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It can feel like a punch to your stomach.  Your heart breaks into what seems like a thousand little pieces.  It can even make your eyes burn from holding back the tears.  This awful feeling I’m talking about is what can happen when someone we love — or someone we thought loved us — hurts us. Have you ever been hurt by someone you care about? Most of us have or will at some point in our lives.  Some of us have even hurt those we love in this way. So how can we get past the hurt?  How can…

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Does a high school romance have any hope for the future?

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It’s the month of love and so we’re taking extra time to answer the dating and relationship questions we often get from teen girls. Below is a second perspective on the topic of planning your future. If you missed the previous answer to this question, you can find it here. I met my first boyfriend at one of my brother’s soccer games. He was a soccer player, too, and I thought he was so cute. We were both 14 years old and freshmen in high school. He took me to the Valentine’s Day dance that year (his mother drove and…

What Kind of Husband Are You Sowing?

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A few years ago I was listening to a sermon on singleness when the pastor told the story of a young woman who had emailed him. She said that one day she went to her parents’ house and started to tell her mom about this young man she had met. She went on and on about how he was such a godly man, a strong Christian, and everything she had ever dreamed of in a husband. Her mom listened attentively to her daughter. Then the young woman said, “But he doesn’t even know I exist.” She was discouraged and felt…

Embarrassing {But Real} Questions: Tackling the Topic of Sexual Purity

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A lot of people would rather crawl under their couch than to openly discuss some topics centering around sexuality and purity, but that won’t make the questions go away. Yes, questions from girls and moms (and boys and dads) like… I know the Bible says sex outside of marriage is wrong, so is heavy petting an appropriate substitute? Is anal or oral sex an OK substitute for sex until I get married? I’ve heard looking at porn is wrong, but what about stories that are erotic? What does the Bible say about masturbation? Is it an okay alternative for Christians? Does it…

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