On the emptiness of pre-marital sex
Yesterday’s post was a challenge to men, today’s is a challenge to women. Touchstone’s blog points readers to articles (and a book) by Dawn Eden that and while witty and winsome, still seriously reminds of the costs of sex outside of marriage.
At base, the champions of the sexual revolution are cynical. They know in their tin hearts that casual sex doesn’t make women happy — that’s why they feel the need to continually promote it. All the sex I ever had, far from bringing me closer to the personal fulfillment and marriage that I sought, had only made me less capable of attaining marriage or even a committed relationship. I sacrificed what should have been the best years of my life for a black lie.
The challenge of creating the core of a person who will value themselves in the light of a creator begins in the heart—the mind is nice, but it can only be engaged with this reality if the heart is.