Dear young couple,
When we were engaged we sought direction from married couples and the current popular Christian books on the subject of contraception in marriage. We desired with all our hearts to worship and honor God in our sexual union. From many books and leaders of Evangelical Christianity, we got the same message that the Bible did not speak specifically about this issue. Therefore, it was a “personal” decision to be made with your doctor’s advice.
We muddled along but kept searching for the truth. How could the most significant physical/spiritual act in creation, “procreation” be something in which only my physician could give me direction? It is obvious to us now how the secular world with its “culture of death” is winning the battle against Life, when Christians only see the sexual union as something physical to be under the direction of a physician. Sadly, to many Christians, fertility is just something to be manipulated like a runny nose. But in reality, it is a precious gift and privilege from God.
Primarily, Natural Family Planning is about inviting the Holy Spirit into the marriage bed. Practically, NFP is about “fertility awareness” and responsible parenthood. Practicing NFP, especially in our overly sexualized culture, gives couples a powerful tool in unselfishly honoring one another in physical intimacy. Statistically, even for purely health conscious reasons, couples that practice this method have less than a 5% chance of divorce. It is even less when couples have a genuine desire to be in harmony with the way God designed us to live out the marriage covenant in self-giving love.
Our prayer is that you, as a couple, will be generous in the service of life and be a witness to the world of what a godly marriage should be!
Choose Life!
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