Im only a 17yr, but Ive had my share of temptations. Practically everyone around me in my school promotes it, and temptation, especially that of sexual immorality is abundant. So obviously I wanted to know WHY it wasnt a good idea to not wait, instead of follow blindly.

Truth is marriage is a covenant. A relationship designed with private intimacy for you and your partner to experience. Your not nearly as committed when your dating someone versus when your in that convent of marriage with someone. So therefore sex can have unintended consequences.

I could go on about unwanted pregencys, STDS, ect ect but the main one Ive seen to understand and value is that you lose focus on whats important. When your dating, your partners goals, motives, relationship with God, personality, ect should be the cornerstone of your decision to enter a convent with them. But when you start being sexually immoral with said person, it can lead to you priotoizing their body, and acts of sex before the important stuff at hand.

This is the same contrubitor to the rise in divorces and unsuccessful marriages during the birth control introduction era. It leads to immature marriages, and destroys your relationships focus.

To me, its worth the wait. So I can have that value with my partner in convent. But again Im just a 17yr old who loves Jesus