ABSTINENCE

Abstinence is more than just not doing something. Saving sex is caring about your future spouse. Avoiding drugs is caring about your body and the health of your future children. Abstaining is more than just restraining an impulse. It requires a conscious effort to care for yourself and others by making appropriate choices. Appropriate choices are legal, ethical, moral and considerate of others. They help achieve long and short-term goals. Saying no to illicit use of drugs and to sexual involvement until the time is right is necessary for the prevention of the spread of HIV.Sexual expression is part of an adult fulfilling marriage relationship. In a mutually (both partners) faithful (committed for life) monogamous relationship (both people involved with only their partner) the possible consequences of sex are limited to pregnancy. This kind of relationship eliminates concerns about any sexually transmitted diseases. For teens, sex is risky behaviour.

ADVANTAGES of ABSTINENCE
 Freedom from 
   exploitation of others
   sexually transmitted diseases
   the bother and dangers of contraceptives
   the pressure to marry before you are ready
   abortion
   the trauma of having to give up your baby for adoption
   guilt, doubt, disappointment, worry, rejection
 Freedom to 
   be in control of your life
   focus energy on establishing and realizing life goals
   develop respect for self
   develop unselfish sensitivity
   have greater trust in marriage
   postpone parenting
   enjoy being a teenager

Point form recent email sent to TLW:

I think the real joy of abstanence is that it means that when we do get married, sex will actually mean something. You will have given your wife/husband the most intamate experrience of yourself that no other person has even been able to lay claim to, and never will. I mean, you realy can't get any closer after sex, there's just no where else to go.