I think one of the reasons why many young Christian women are so
tormented by these desires is because today’s society is expecting men
and women to wait until their education is complete, their careers are
started, and their bank accounts are padded until they marry. This
means that most will not marry until their mid-20s to mid-30s. I am
certainly not in favor of Christians just marrying the first person who
comes along so they can have their sexual desires fulfilled. I’m also
not advocating that young Christians marry at 18, 19, 20 before they
have had time to mature and figure out who they are and what they want
to do with their lives. However, if at some point in your life, God
brings in a person with whom you relate well, share common values and
goals, and grow to love, what’s the point of waiting to marry until
you’ve finished college, your master’s, get your first job, can afford a
big wedding, etc.? Interminable waiting will just subject you to
greater and greater sexual frustration and temptation. Better to marry
at the court house and strike out together with faith in God, than to
fall into sexual sin.
--Comment on an interesting blog post "Sex & The Christian Woman" by Cassi Clerget
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