Today's post (and the next few) is for those young ladies who are waiting for the blessed day they become someone's wife. Did you realize intimacy in marriage can be broken before your vows are even spoken?

When I was young and single I had no clue that the life I was living would come back to haunt me years later when it could have the most damaging effect.  I, like so many young people today, lived for the moment.  YOLO is not unique to this decade.  Every generation since the fall of man has had the same thought.  You only live once, so enjoy the moment to its fullest.  Do what your heart desires.  Forget about tomorrow.  The consequences of today may never come because, really, you only have this moment.  And with that philosophy, so many have made decisions which wreak havoc on their lives when the moment passes and tomorrow comes.  I woke up with regret far too many times.  However, I learned to hide my shame and accept my decisions as positive educational experiences.  How little did I know!

When our purity has been defiled, it is difficult to know true, unadulterated intimacy.  You see, intimacy deals with our innermost being-our most private or personal parts.  It is a thorough familiarity with someone or something.  If, however, it is known so well by several people, it is no longer intimate.  Then it becomes public and superficial.  Something which should be cherished within the protective bonds of marriage is cheapened by a world who encourages sexual exploration outside of marriage.  Purity must be maintained if you hope to know the beautiful bond which ties a husband and wife together.

If you only live once, shouldn't that once be the best that life has to offer?  Is "casual" sex really what is best? How is becoming so intimately acquainted with someone who may or may not be in your future, developing the commitment which will be required for marriage?  How can you hope to know true intimacy with your future spouse if you have already given away the most precious, intimate gift you had to give?