Wednesday, 2 September 2009

CHASTITY

'...chastity is God's very best for us. God created sex for marriage and that is where it belongs. Still many Christians who know about chastity have a hard time being chaste. Chastity may be instantly rewarding, but it doesn't always feel instantly rewarding, and, let's face it, we live in a therapeutic culture in which people often make decisions based on what seems right at the time. Too often the church, rather than giving unmarried Christians useful tools and thick theologies to live chastely, instead tosses off a few bromides - "True love waits" is not that compelling when you're twenty-nine and have been waitiung, and wonder what, really, you're waiting for.'
Lauren F Winner, Real Sex: the naked truth about chastity, p.15.