Why Being Celibate Shouldn’t Be Just a Spiritual Choice

There aren’t many women or men these days who remain celibate until marriage. At least, there isn’t many that I know. Everyone is having sex. Sex is in our everyday lives. We see it on social media and on television. We cannot let the sexual influence from our societies affect our lifestyle, whether you live for God or not. God says in 1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own hubsand. We are to refrain from our sexual desires and cling only to our spouses. God wants us to do this but personally we shouldn’t be celibate only because of a spiritual choice, and here’s why: 

STDs & STIs

Sexually transmitted diseases and infections are real! Don’t think because you think your sexual partner don’t have nothing that he really doesn’t have nothing. The most common types of STDs are HIV, gential herpes, and chlamydia. I know you might be hot for this guy but is it really worth having a STD for the rest of your life. In this generation, you don’t know what anybody got. You don’t know their health status. Some men don’t even go to the doctor. And its not because they don’t have insurance, it’s simply because they don’t care to go or don’t feel the need to go. Imagine a man, not going to the doctor, and he’s sleeping with you, not knowing who has been previously sleeping with before you. It’s just not worth it ladies. You are worth so much more than a STD diagnosis. If you remain celibate until marriage, you are guranteeing your future spouse a STD and STI free wife. Don’t be a fool. It doesn’t matter how long y’all have been together. It’s important that both of y’all get tested for all sexually transmitted diseases before saying “I do”.

Emotions

You don’t even have to have sex with anyone for major feelings to be involved. But I know from other people’s experiences that when you allow someone else to view a side of you that other people don’t see, it just does something to you. Things are said that may not be neccesarily true in the heat of the moment. The words I love you are so easily said than done. Everyone is going to feel some type emotion in a relationship even before engagement or marriage, but remaining celibate until marriage allows you to save your sexual vulnerability for the one who deserves it.

Pregnancy 

A baby doesn’t ask to be born. So why choose to lay down with someone who isn’t your spouse? Single parents are awesome. I grew up with a single Mom. But being a single mother is hard. You have to do everything on your own even with a great support system. It can be very tiring. Why go through that when you can just wait on God’s best for you? Anything worth having is worth waiting for. Two parents are better than one.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a good harvest if we do not give up. 

                                                                                     Galatians 6:9 NIV

Choose to wait on God’s best for you. It is better to know that you are preventing yourself from STDs, emtional stress, and unwanted pregnancy than to risk all of those things. I hope this post was very helpful to you today. Living God’s way isn’t easy sometimes. We’re human. We may fall short to temptation. But we must remember that once you know better, it is wise and beneficial to do better.