Hide Your Love Away

Attention Young Ladies!

Ever felt lonely and desperate to be in a relationship?  Have you ever done something with a guy just to keep a relationship going? Is purity a word you find yourself avoiding?

Well, I know exactly how you feel and my heart has a heavy burden to share. A burden that I carried for so long, until I allowed God to take that burden and pain away. This pain was not something that I volunteered myself for or allowed freely to happen. This pain began when I consciously chose to put my life before my relationship with God. The moment I turned my back on God was the moment I unconsciously told Satan I was willing to follow him.

Satan will not tempt you with something he knows you will overcome, he has been in this world for far to long to lose that easy. He targets each of us with what he knows will keep us away from a relationship with the Father and for me that was physical purity. For me, Satan put guys in my life that were nice, from good "Christian" homes, and were exactly what I "thought" I was looking for. He is going to tempt each of us differently, for you it may be mental purity, physical purity, or both. But there are 3 things young women desire: we want to be pursued by our prince charming, we want to be told we are beautiful, and we want to be heard/undivided attention.

Any boy that is willing to pursue you, tell you that you are beautiful, and give you his undivided attention over his relationship with the Lord, does not truly desire the Lord or your purity. He desires to know you and only you  and while his intentions may seem innocent at first, he is also a sinner and without a foundation built on the Lord, your relationship with him will lead down a path that leads to mental or physical sin, because that is what our sinful nature desires. A godly man is someone that is willing to guard your heart and pursue you only when he knows that it is the will of God, and he is the one worth waiting for.


Watch this first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRFAY7gEmM

From My Heart:
I watched this video the other night and it ripped my heart apart, mostly because this is something I have failed to do in my past, I didn't hide my love away and in this sinfallen world there is always going to be those painful memories, but God has restored my heart when I rededicated my purity. For me it is not just a physical purity but also a purity of mind as well. [1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.] 

I want to encourage you and let you know that you can take this back. Satan does not have control over you.  By surrendering your purity to Christ and your future husband you are surrendering to Gods plan. The more you pursue Gods will, the more he will heal your heart from the pain it holds on to. He will fill you with desires that you would have never seen if you were still following the world. Its okay to mess up, that is how God breaks our pride and uses us to reach others [James 1:2-3  Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.]

The most awesome example of this is in the Bible in John 8:2-11. Basically a woman was "caught in the act" of adultery and like today there was a double standard, they were more critical of a woman who was unfaithful, than of a man unfaithful. But Jesus knew that this woman had made a mistake, had committed a sin, but that she wanted to be forgiven. She deserved to be stoned, yet Jesus held every one accountable and said "Let those who have never sinned throw the first stones." John 8:7. Jesus is more than ready to forgive each one of us than we are ready to forgive each other.

You deserve to be treated with respect. You deserve to be treated in a loving manner. You deserve forgiveness. You deserve undivided attention. The desire of God's heart is a relationship and fellowship with others. Jesus sets the example for all godly men with respect to caring for women, however, no human relationship can satisfy the deep soul-need you have. A relationships with a man cannot match it. Only Jesus can satisfy that desire! You can start over and rededicate your purity to God and your future husband.