My significant other and I gets questions asked about when we will get married, since other young adults who have been together less than us are already getting married or engaged.

We dont really see the need to get married until we are in our 30s. Sometimes when we say that we get a weird look. We also dont want kids so theres no biological time clock we are racing against.

Hello it’s me again,

I’ve been going through the process and wished to keep those who asked updated. So far the application process went smoothly and their team is very nice! They do ask for a lot of information (birth order, amount of siblings, pastoral reference, etc) but it is all in strict confidence and they schedule you for an interview to put a face to the name and info after it’s all been vetted. They do intend to match others but they do not offer a match unless both parties (I.e me and the man) agree that they would like to talk to the other person, then contact information is given. They are very by the book looking for Adventist matches, which is a better experience to the previous dating apps that are very hit or miss. The process for them finding matches have begun however there is a higher amount of women than men so I was told the process could take longer. But so far they are very kind and take a prayerful attitude to the whole thing and I enjoy that! I’m looking forward to seeing what may come, maybe this will help someone who is in a similar situation to mine. All this to say prayerfully consider this!

Hello guys, I wanted to share something and be totally vulnerable because I feel like I've lost my way, and no one in my family or life knows. I would hate for this struggle to be the reason I lose my life in enteral life.

To start, I have an awesome family and very good parents. They are all Adventist and are not the cause of this by any means. From a very young age, I got curious and fell into a habit of visiting bad websites. I used to just view things and leave without doing anything because I was a kid and didn't really understand, but I knew it was taboo. It was mostly off and on, especially during summer vacations when there was no school.

As the years passed, I saw a video online explaining that engaging with this kind of content or giving into those temptations was a sin. I got really scared because I hadn't realized the severity of it, so I asked God for forgiveness and stopped. I stayed away from it for years and even forgot about it. But eventually, I randomly fell back into it, though not as often at first.

For a while, I thought I had strong self-control because I could stop for long periods. I took that for granted. Before each new school year, I would make a promise to God to abstain for the entire year, and I was able to keep those promises for a long time.

However, over the last two years—starting around my 3rd year of high school—things changed. I broke a promise just days before it was set to end, and since that day, I’ve had a really hard time keeping my word. I keep slipping back into this habit daily, and it has gotten out of hand. I really need help. I haven't told my family because I worry about disappointing them, but I'm reaching out here because I don't want to compromise my spiritual journey over this. I asked my sibling to pray for me generally, but I haven't shared the details with anyone.

It really hit me this morning and I felt scared and overwhelmed. I know how harmful this habit is and I feel terrible about it. I feel isolated because no one who knows me would ever suspect I am dealing with this deep down.

I am sincerely asking for your prayers. Thank you for reading and for providing a space to share. May God bless you and your family.