In this era of ours, it is very difficult to come across virgins. Gone were the days when our parents could wait until they are married off before they break their virginity. Virginity was even more like a requirement for marriage in their days.
However, in our present day, the ‘forbidden fruit’ is being consumed by the Youth anyhow— the idea of sex after marriage also now seems outmoded.
Well, it will interest you to know that although sexual immorality is on the rise, there are people capable of keeping themselves holy until they marry.
This is the case of a couple who got married over the weekend as virgins. The man is 29 and the bride, 28.
Pastor Oghale Ighele, and his bride, Dr. Clementina Agbate, as they have been identified, marriage without first testing the waters to see.
The couple exchanged vows at the Holy Spirit Mission at Marcillina’s Place, GRA Ikeja where the officiating Minister and Presiding Bishop, Charles Ighele, revealed to the guests that both the bride and groom were virgins at their ages till they got married.
Concurring to his statement, the newly married man said the factor that made him to keep his virginity is his strong Christian background.
He admitted that there were temptation which he could have given in to. But counselling always get him focused to remain chaste until marriage.
“While I was growing up, my parents kept hammering on the need for me to keep myself and never mess up and I heeded their advice. I tried to make friends who would not deceive me into having sex before marriage. I was also fully involved in church activities and I thank God for guiding me.”he told The Sun
On her part, the bride said fulfilling the vow to keep herself until marriage was one of the best things that would happen to her.
“I am happy and fulfilled marrying as a virgin, though it was not an easy thing to do. I took the decision of remaining a virgin till I get married when I was a teenager. Meanwhile, I grew up in a Christian home. So, I had to keep myself.
It was not easy for me. I was severally tempted by my lecturers while in the university. Friends also tried to lure me into fornication and men asked me out. In fact, I went through so many challenges. But what guided me was God and my principle.” he said
Bishop Ighele, who is the father of the groom, said the groom was not the only one among his children that married as a virgin.
“That is who my children are . The one that wedded last year in United States of America at 25 was a virgin. I make them my friends. As I speak, there is a girl we adopted as our child, she never had sex before. She is now in her final year at the university. When she was in secondary school, she met my wife and said, mummy, I have feelings towards one boy.
You know that it is not easy for a child to meet her mother and say such a thing. The reason is that we created an atmosphere of friendship with our children, that is why they were able to tell us what they are passing through.
The warning I used to give to my daughters was that, if they mess up sexually, I would not like them to mess up sexually. But, in case they misbehave and get pregnant, I will take care of that child. In fact, they saw the love more than the stick. So, with that, when they are tempted, they say no because they do not disappoint me.”he said
