The Benefits of Waiting for Sex (Beyond Hell Fire & Brimstone)

As a woman who is very open about my history of engaging in sex before marriage, it was a huge change for me to adopt a celibate lifestyle once I gave my heart to Christ. I didn’t grow up going to church and learning about the value of my body and knowing my worth. My examples of womanhood, for the most part, looked much different from what the word of God says.

For a long time, I didn’t realize it was even possible to carry on a happy and healthy relationship without sex being a part of it. Waiting was a completely foreign concept to me and honestly, I thought it was a recipe for disaster.

Though I am not proud of my misguided years, I do not hide them because I know many women out there are still trapped in wrong thinking.

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