“I have to say I’m a little surprised to see birth control being discussed on a blog for encouraging single women…it seems a bit off-topic.”

I received a comment with this thought in it, so I wanted to respond as to why I decided to approach this subject on VD.

Yes, Virtuous Daughters is a site to encourage young ladies. But that is not all that VD’s is. Virtuous Daughters is here to also help prepare young ladies for wife and motherhood and to know what scripture says.

The reason why I decided to approach the whole subject is because I believe it’s a topic that girls need to think about. I am trying to make young ladies think about different things, mainly about what Yahweh’s word has to say.  I personally can not even tell you how many young ladies I know who have no idea about these things or even what Yahweh’s word says about it. Many young moms that I know got on one birth control method or another, never having any idea what those methods actually do.  Not only that, but I have seen countless couples who never thought to even discuss this, let alone what they thought about the matter, so when they were married, one wanted to use one kind or another, and the other did not. This is a serious issue that Christians need to know about.  Young ladies, in preparation for marriage, also need to be thinking about such things.

I realize that there are probably a lot of you who do not think the same way as I do about it, and that is fine. That is between Yahweh and you.  But what I mainly want you to do is to THINK. Study it out. Find out what you believe about it and when the time comes, talk to your young man about it and make sure you are on the same page. Girls, I can’t tell you how much this one subject has been the cause of tension within a couple. It DOES need to be talked about and thought about.

I also realize that I have a lot of younger readers on here and I tried my absolute best to hit the subject in a delicate manner. I am aware that there are other forms of birth prevention out there and different things that couples can do. There was a reason that I felt that I should not touch on them, due to the age range I have reading this. But what I want those of you who are old enough to think about is this Genesis 38:9.

Also, another reason why I decided to talk about this subject, which I didn’t mention yesterday, is the fact that I know of quite a number of girls who their doctor is placing them on the Pill to regulate their cycles. Something to consider is this, the pill is hormone based. I personally know of a young lady who was on it for this reason and just found out that it caused some of her hormones to literally not even register on the hormone test! It really wreaks havoc on your body. Not only that, but it generally takes about 5 years for your body to get rid of all of the chemicals.  If conception happens within this time frame, there is a big chance that either miscarriage or deformity will happen. And again, I don’t think many realize the long-term danger of these things.

So yes, I did feel that this subject needed to be approached.  I pray I touched on it in a sensitive enough manner. If not, I am sorry. I really did try.

Love always,

Samantha