@praywithoutstopping: Nobody talks about how uncomfortable it can feel to tell a man you're waiting until marriage when you're already a mother. One woman admitted something that deserves a deeper conversation: **“I don’t tell men that I’m abstaining. I already have kids and I feel like it’s backwards although I’m not having sex.”** Imagine making a decision to honour God with your body, but feeling embarrassed to explain that decision because of your past. It's not necessarily the abstinence that makes her uncomfortable. **It's the thought of having to explain why she's choosing to wait now when she didn't wait before.** Because what happens when a man asks: *“But you already have children?”* What do you say when your past seems to contradict the decision you're making today? And that's something we don't talk about enough in Christian conversations. Some women are choosing abstinence for the first time. Others are returning to a conviction they once abandoned. Some are mothers. Some have been married before. Some are carrying regret about decisions they made years ago. **But having a sexual past doesn't mean you have to continue making the same choices.** And having children doesn't make your decision to abstain any less meaningful. The Bible calls believers to sexual purity, but it also teaches us about repentance, forgiveness and grace. 1 John 1:9 reminds us that God is faithful to forgive those who confess their sins. You don't have to pretend your past never happened to make a different decision about your future. And you don't have to be ashamed of telling someone that your convictions have changed. **A woman can be a mother and still choose to wait until marriage. Both things can be true.** ❤️ To the woman who's quietly abstaining because she feels embarrassed explaining herself: your decision still matters. **Can we talk about why women sometimes feel embarrassed choosing abstinence later in life?** #ChristianWomen #WaitingUntilMarriage #Abstinence #ChristianDating #faithandrelationships

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