"Do you not know
that your bodies are members of
Christ? Shall I then take the members
of Christ and make them members
of a harlot?" That is 1 Corinthians
5:15, and to me it is one of the
most important scriptures in the
Bible. When I heard about this essay,
the first thing that came to my
mind was this awesome verse. It
to me is the biggest reason why
I support abstinence. Not only do
I abstain because of my faith in
Christ, I abstain because I know
I have a bright future, and I do
not want to tamper with it by creating
a bank full of unforgiving emotions
and regrets that I will have forever.
I am a strong believer of not having
sex until your married. In today's
society, moral values have gone
down in such a way that you are
often teased for making this right
decision. "It is good for a
man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless,
because of sexual immorality, let
each man have his own wife and let
each woman have her own husband."
1 Corinthians 7:1-2.This verse hints
that you should wait until your
married. I think that these certain
things are made especially for your
husband or wife, and are only to
be enjoyed when marriage is in place.
I believe that God has someone special
out there for me, and until then,
I will save all I have for him.
Another great reason to practice
abstinence is because of the emotional
heartbreak you are setting yourself
up for. I have seen so many movies
where the girl and the guy have
sex, and then everything is back
to normal. Television today leads
you to believe that these things
are normal and that everything will
be ok afterwards. That's not the
way it is in the real life. When
you engage in these activities,
you are voluntarily giving away
a piece of your heart, something
you cannot easily gain back. As
I said before, I know I have a bright
future and I do not want to live
the rest of my life thinking about
how I made a mistake, and I was
taken advantage of.
Sometimes I wonder if teenagers
even think about the what-ifs. What
if you get pregnant? What if you
get a disease? What if you regret
this for the rest of your life?
There are so many possible problems
with not practicing abstinence,
that I wonder why more teenagers
don't practice it.
Regret: To remember with a feeling
of loss or sorrow; mourn.
That is exactly what I am talking
about when I say regret. I do not
want to live the rest of my life
feeling a sense of lost every day,
or feeling sorry, or mourning over
something that should have never
happened.
These are only few of my opinions
regarding abstinence, but they are
the most important to me. I don't
know if this essay will change anyone's
lives, and I don't know if it will
make any teens think differently
about abstinence from now on, but
what I do know, is that I am waiting
for the person that God has especially
for me, and until then I WILL abstain.
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