Many of you are committed to purity—meaning you’re willing to wait on God’s timing for love,

romance, and physical intimacy. That is until you’re tested and then it seems, all too often, those
plans for purity fly right out the window.

Before I go any further, let me give you my definition of purity. I’m not just talking about waiting
to cross the BIG line before you’re married, although that’s certainly a part of remaining pure.
I’m talking about waiting on God’s timing for romance, maintaining standards of physical contact
that reserve the very best of you for marriage, and protecting your heart and mind from ideas
about love that don’t line up with God’s standards. Under that definition of purity, we all have
work to do (even us old, married types). I’d guess that most of us are guilty of saying we stand
for purity until we get tired of waiting, or protecting, or guarding, and then we renege on our
decision to do things God’s way.