Who Lied To You??



“A woman is not written in braille. You do not need to touch her to know her.”

Who told you that you had to cheapen your worth, giving away your body, to feel valuable? Who told you they could put their own price tag on you?

One of the the biggest lies of our current culture is that you gotta test the merchandise before you buy it. First of all, women are not merchandise (and neither are men), so this concept is repulsive to me. You are the living, breathing image of Almighty God. Do you know what that means? Would you go around attempting to convince God to “gimme some sugar” when you have no intentions of committing your life to him? 

It’s funny, people think that because I’m a virgin, it’s “easy” for me to be pure. What a joke. Sex is spiritual and magical and all of that I’m sure, but it is entirely physical and hormonal as well. Sorry to ruin the mystery. You can’t tell me there is a grown person alive who has never been turned on, barring a health or mental issue. So yeah, I go through struggles, the same as you. What it comes down to, real talk, is deciding that there is something worth more to you than the temporary pleasure of the moment. Deciding ahead of time, deep down inside, with certainty. 

There is a better plan my love. The God of the universe holds you in his heart and designed something so special for you, an experience beyond your imagination. I can’t tell you the end of my story yet, but I’ve never met one person who regretted choosing purity. Even if it is a second start. You are SO SO loved and everything that is not the best for you...is a counterfeit. It cheapens your dreams. It looks like the real thing, it almost feels like the real thing...but it is worthless. And you will know that when you give real LOVE the opportunity to change your world.

“I have called you by name; you are mine.”
Isaiah 43:1 NLT

“I’ve never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love, and more love!”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:3‬ ‭MSG‬‬

“There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.
We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:18-19‬ ‭MSG‬‬

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