1986 March /April issue Part 4

Letters to Readers

More then one letter has come from a reader of Passion and Purity telling me how much he or she "loved" the book, "really got a lot out of it," etc., and then proceeding to tell the long tale about how the old lifestyle still goes on, sleeping around, "but she's a really neat girl," or "he's a good Christian guy,"

 and "I don't think God wants me to lose him/her," or "we were sleeping together before we read your book and now we don't know what to do," etc. One of those came in yesterday from a twenty-one-year old who had given away her virginity at seventeen . Both of them students in a Christian college, she and her current boyfriend go to bed often. But this was her prayer: "Lord, i am about as far from 'pure' as they come. Please forgive my constant attempts to justify compromises." Then she tells me she cannot even conceive of a relationship wothout sex. What to do?

My reply: "Thank you for your long letter. What more can i say that what i've tried to say in the book? You said you read it carefully and it made sense to you. So now you know what you have to do. The choice, of course, is yours. Will you choose to trust God to handle your future, or will you continue to attempt to run it yourself? Will you choose to obey Him, starting today, or will you have it your way? Nobody can make those choices for you, Marcia (not her real name). What you sow you will surely reap. my advice is SOW FOR ETERNITY. 'Happy are those who are strong in the Lord, who wants above everything else to follow your steps' (Psalm 84:5; Living Bible) The first thing you must decide is what you want above everything else. ONce you make that decision for life, many other things become very simple, and God will most certainly help you."