investment in your happiness and the happiness of your future partner. Why? Because purity now paves the way to intimacy later. One of the most memorable conversations I’ve had on the subject of sex and singleness took place early in my career while I was working for my dad. From time to time he would invite me to preach in his absence. On one such occasion I made an off-the-cuff remark about teenagers and abstinence. The next day a woman called my office and asked to meet with me ASAP.