Converastion: Standards

I could sit here and complain, once again, about everything in my life. However, I want to share with you a very encouraging conversation that I had at work today.

There is a college student who works at the Y by the name of Dave. He is a great guy. He is so involved with his community and loves children. I really enjoy working with him! Plus, he is a Christian!!

So today we were sitting in our back office working on whatever nominal task we needed to finish and I asked him if it smelled like alcohol in here. We joked around about how different employees might be throwing back shots and that could cause the smell. He joked and said that it was probably me after a long swim lesson. Of course, I kindly replied, it could not be me because I have never had a drop of alcohol in my life. He was shocked. I mean shocked. He asked me why that was. I explained to him that I believe God gives us law makers for a reason. He allowed someone to determine that the legal drinking age would be 21. I am not 21 and until I turn 21 I do not plan on drinking. He thought that was amazing.

He asked about my family and if those things were taught in my family. I explained that my mother was a Drug and Alcohol Counselor and that my youngest brother was caught drinking at the age of 13 in our Christian School. So to answer his questions it was taught in my family but it was something that I had decided on my own.

He explained to me that it was very refreshing to hear that there are still people in this world who honestly hold true to many standards. He admitted that he was drinking before he got his permit to drive. I then felt this need to tell him how "weird" I truly was. I told him that my first kiss was with Roger, my finance, when I was 19. He almost fell out of his chair!! His first question was did I date in HS? Of course I dated, I loved being around boys, but never felt the need to kiss.

I strongly believe in waiting for your first kiss. I explained that I would day dream about meeting my husband and how it would break my heart to tell him that I had kissed several other guys. I wanted my husband to know that I waited for him. I wanted him to know how special this first kiss truly was. And trust me, when I was kissed for the first time, it was magical. He then came to the conclusion that Roger and I have not slept together, which is true. He was so encouraged by the actions that I had taken in my life. He kept saying how refreshing it was. He then said that he had a good girl like me when he was younger and let her go. He admits regretting ever doing that. I can understand why. I shared with him that a guy has recently approached me and told me that he wished he could have dated me. He said that the girls that he runs around with are temporary. I am the kind of girl that he wants to marry. Dave said the same thing. He was impressed with me and with Roger. He was impressed, even as a Christian, with our standards.

I am not too sure where I am going with this post anymore. I feel like there are so many things that I could talk about off of this conversation. So what to end with? I am thankful that I was able to grow up in a positive Christian home and hold myself to these standards, standards that the rest of the world cannot even imagine. Standards that make many guys come back to me and say that they messed up. Standards that make me who I am today. Standards that even now, encourage me in my Christian walk.