Young w godly bf heading towards marriage, have struggles on when to marry, and am battling lust
Q: I’m 20, and want to get married now. I was taken advantage of throughout my childhood so while it may seem as though I haven’t had to wait long for marriage, I have, as I was exposed to sexuality as early as 8, and have been wrestling against lust for 12 long years now. Instead of playing with dolls and growing up as a kid should, I was exposed to sex, pornography, masturbation, toys, etc. (all the while raising my siblings). Once I surrendered my life to God I realized that I needed to die to my hypersexuality and wait til marriage, but I am fighting every second of the day to not sin against my own body, (though I’ve been free from pornography and masturbation for a little over a year now). I am currently in a Godly relationship (1 year next month) and the fruit does show for it in our lives: we’re both waiting til marriage, and were before we knew the other person existed, we study our Bibles daily with the aim of learning more in Christ, and we uphold the Bible ...