Family and Faith Magazine (Christmas Edition) | Page 17

HE SAID: SHE SAID
GRACE ANN
✽Q1: Why did you
wait until marriage
to have sex?

From an early age my mother
Faith Collins, had instilled in
me very strong morals and
values and how important it
was for me to value myself
and my body. We had had
talks about how priceless
my virginity was- a rare
'jewel' not to be given away
frivolously. She had also
expressed to me that a man
who truly valued me, would
respect me enough to wait for
me in every single way. When
I went to high school, I got to
see practically how the boys
thought of and treated girls

who they thought were 'easy',
had given up their virginity
or had allowed themselves to
be approached in a sexually
inappropriate manner- they
had absolutely no respect for
them. So at about 14 years
old, I vowed that I would
never be a girl that any young
man could talk about and
demean in the way that I had
seen these boys treat those
young ladies.
At age 18 when I became sold
out in my walk with the Lord,
my morals and convictions
about God's design for sex
to be shared in the context
of marriage were solidified
and I decided that I wanted

to honor God with my life and
body and honor my future
husband by waiting to give
him 'ALL' of me.

✽Q2: Are you happy
that you did? Why?

I am extremely happy that I
did. I feel proud knowing that
I can hold my head up high
wherever I go, knowing that
only one man knows and can
speak about me intimately
and he is my husband.
I have also grown to
understand
just