Praying for Your Teen’s Purity and Future Spouse

“Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.  He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.  Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac.  She got down from her camel and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”  “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.  The servant told Isaac all he had done.  Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah.  So she became his wife and he loved her.”  Genesis 24:62-67a

So she took her veil and covered herself.  I love that.  Purity.

Sometimes in a culture that screams “Do what thou wilt” without any regret or consequence, the thought of a purity so authentic as for a young woman to veil her face when she sees her future husband for the first time almost escapes us.   But how romantic—to actually leave something to be desired, something untouched.  When Isaac married Rebekah, none of his household (except the servant who found her), had ever seen her beauty—none before Isaac.

I also love that Rebekah caught a glimpse of Isaac when he was still afar off.  In the years of waiting, when your teen son is anxious to know what she will look like, or your daughter what he enjoys doing—in the years of waiting, when we as parents beg the Lord to take great care in choosing just the one for our girl or when we ask Him to please keep her hidden well enough that no one would misuse or mistreat her before she meets our boy—in those waiting years, I pray that He would allow us a glimpse from afar to encourage and remind us that He is a true romantic.  He is the author of history’s most beautiful love stories, and He has most certainly not forgotten our children.

Lord, help us to teach our teens the beauty and the power of purity.  Help us to believe You for our children’s coming spouses and trust that You have their very best interests at heart.  We know You will never let us down.  You desire to give them the desire of their hearts, and it is beautiful.  There is power that comes with purity as well.  A person who allows You to veil their heart in waiting and who trusts You to develop in them self-control and character, will see the power of Your presence in their marriage.  And Lord, as you continue to script the love story for my teens, I know You are aware of how very much this mom loves them.  It’s hard for a mama who has wiped tears and doctored bruised knees and bruised egos to release those holy duties to another.  But I will do it, Lord, because I know that You have prepared a young man to be my daughter’s prince and You have fashioned a young lady to veil her heart for my son.  I trust You with their purity and with their promises.  We pray for that kind of love for our teens.  Someday, Lord.  We love You.

Psalm 45:11—“Let the king be enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.”

Romans 12:2—“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

I Peter 2:9—“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

I Peter 3: 15-17—“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”

I Corinthians 6:18—“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”

I Corinthians 10:13—“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

I Thessalonians 4:3-5—“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God….”

Thank you for joining me in prayer for our teens’ purity.  It is vital to our culture that we focus on His beauty and His promises for our children.

My love,

 

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