“A boy in high school isn’t a virgin because he respects women. It’s more likely just that he’s ugly.”
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I have two sons that just completed basic training and SOI for the Marine Corps. They are 19 and 20. Both have been taught to have the highest respect for women. They are virgins. They are incredibly fine looking young men who regularly had girls chasing them.
They gladly endured some ribbing from their fellow recruits and Marines.
I had the great privilege to see one of their fellow recruits become a Christian through their witness to him. I had the pleasure of preaching the service at which this young man was baptized.
There are plenty of fine virtuous young men and women around.
My 19 year old is dating a fine young lady who is also a virgin.
Thank you for your sons’ service to our nation and for your good upbringing of them.
Their testimonies are wonderful witnesses to their Christian faith.
Romans Nine, gonna tell you something...so glad my 41 year old son isn’t reading this, although he’d just make a snarky comment about his mom’s inability to keep comments to herself. LOL As I mentioned, he’s 41. And still a virgin. Yep. And not from my teaching. Prior to becoming a Christian I was a terrible mom, terrible wife and just plain terrible, in some ways while ethical in others. Life is complicated, know what I mean? Anyway, I used to tell him (once I became a Christian) that I petitioned the Lord God to keep him from meeting a nice Christian girl because I didn’t want her to be bound to a non-Christian. When he accepted Christ, I told him that I could now petition the Lord for a Christian for him. LOL Back to the virgin issue. Even before he became a Christian, he had told me he was a virgin and intended to stay a virgin until he got married. I was shocked. Because of his honesty and because I knew the wisdom wasn’t from me, though I wish it was... He advised me that he could not ask God to provide him for a bride who was a virgin and saved herself for him if he did not do the same for her. YEA! So. He is engaged to a 26 year old Filipina whom his father’s side has vetted on a personal basis and we communicate while waiting for her to be approved to come to the US. Actually, he’s waiting for his employer to grant approval for him to marry her before he can do so. “It’s complicated,” as Pres Trump would say. I advised him if he needs to go to the PI to marry and be with this bride provided by the Lord then he has his mother’s approval. I am so glad your sons are going the way of the Lord’s instructions. As a mom who is still in awe of the strength it takes for a young man to do so, I am glad to see other young men doing it! And my future daughter-by-love is so happy to keep herself for her husband! Good for both of their spirits!