Quote of the Day 11-18-10
For me, any level of dating would’ve been dating with a purpose in mind…. I knew I desired marriage. I knew I desired a family, and I knew I desired to do things the right way – a proper way – in that dating relationship.
So if someone wasn’t willing to accommodate those simple goals, then it just wasn’t worth it.
~Author of The Best Sex of My Life: A Guide to Purity, Dr. Lindsay Marsh Warren, on deciding not to date men who didn’t share her “moral code” prior to her marriage, as quoted by The Washington Post, November 14
Nov.18, 2010 11:10 am |
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
What a great witness! Thank you Dr. Warren. Does she lecture on purity/chastity at the middle and high schools like Jason and Christalina Evert?
Good for her!
…how many of us wish we had valued ourselves enough to make the right choices….
My mom always told us (4 daughters) dont date anyone you wouldn’t marry. It was the best advice she ever gave.
I think not having sex with someone until you’ve found the person you want to spend your life with is a good idea. However, I wish people would stop phrasing it in terms of “purity,” because then it’s all about who’s “pure” and who’s “impure,” and thinking that some people are less pure than others because of mistakes is just kind of offensive.
There are too many women who make the mistake of staying with men they know they never want to marry, because they’ve got the idea that they have to date a lot of guys and “live it up” before settling down. Then they get to the point where they want to settle down, and they’ve got to find men they want to marry before their biological clocks run out (provided they want kids, that is). If you want to get married and have kids, it is not a good idea to wait until you’re in your early thirties to start looking for a potential husband. You could find the love of your life right away or you could spend years looking and not find him until you’re old enough that you have problems getting pregnant.
No one’s sexier than a chaste woman.
Marauder,
I agree. “Pure” carries with it an air of arrogance and superiority. I prefer the words “chastity” or “virginity”.
Maybe because I’m a Christian, the word “purity” doesn’t carry a negative connotation; it doesn’t mean someone thinks they’re better than someone else. To me, it means someone is committed in walking in obedience to the Lord, to honoring Him in his/her daily life.
As I understand it, Dr. Marsh shares mistakes she now regrets in this book. It doesn’t sound to me as though she is arrogant, feels superior, etc.
I really wish I had had the maturity she has when I was a teen/young woman. God bless her! I hope her book encourages millions of teens and young women everywhere to think and act wisely, to live with integrity, not to fall for the lies which surround them.
Claire,
I see your point! I should probably read the book!
God bless “Dr. Warren and her new husband. Awesome!!