Call Me Old Fashion, if you will...

I was reading another blog not to long ago that had the subject title, "Is It Time for Christians to Celebrate Pre-Marital Sex?" In it the author talked about how archaic the biblical view of sex is and how the modern church ought to translate it into modern society, rather then it being the other way around. In other words, we need to think up a new sexual ethic for Christians. Needless to say, I was applaud that a "christian" (emphasis on the little c) would even suggests that sin should be celebrated. Now, I know abstinence before marriage is not a popular approach to the subject, not even in many churches... But the fact of the matter is... It's the only biblical approach. What was particularly disturbing to me about the article was the comments people were leaving... A great majority were completely on board. 
There was a small portion that did catch my unbiased attention... The author, Tony Jones, says in the article that:

"Human beings are sexual beings. There’s no way around it. And the fact that, in the West, the age of marriage has been steadily creeping upward means that our bodies are ready for sex long before we’re walking down the aisle. In the U.S., men get married at 29 and women at 27, on average. And we reach puberty a good decade-and-a-half before that."

Because this was more of a  factual statement (the only one that existed in the article, in my honest opinion), And the only portion I actually agreed with, I thought it was worth a bit more attention. So I began listening to sermons my Dr. Voddie Baucham and read several comments left on a Facebook thread posted by The American Vision on this specific blog article. One person said something that really stuck. They said,  "Perhaps the problem is we're not encouraging our kids to honor marriage, and rather than waiting until nearly 30 to get married so they can have a "fairy tale" (i.e. EXPENSIVE) wedding, we should be more willing to encourage our kids to marry at 19, 20, 22, and marry more simply." This person was on to something. I mean really, that is a great solution to the problem, and... what's so wrong with getting married young anyway?
I know from experience what it is like to get married at such a young age... I became engaged at 18 and was married at 19. So technically, I can relate. But you know, every time I tell people that, they get wide eyed or say something like "wow, that's really young." As a matter of fact, before I was married a lady at a church I frequented tried talking me out of getting married so young.  Her reasons; Well, she thought I should get to know him more as a boyfriend since we were strictly friends for the passed two and a half years and the majority of our dating experience, which was only a little over 4 months, was mostly parcel. She argued that being a couple is so much different then just being friends... I didn't listen to her, obviously. My husband and I ended up marrying 10 months later and have been married ever since. 
Today when we talk to people about our daughters and what we expect from them when they get older, there seems to be that overwhelming pressure that we should save up money for their college education. Nobody ever mentions that we should probably put some money aside to help them out with there wedding... Why not? What is so taboo about marriage?!?!?! The answer to Mr. Jones question should be quite clear... It became so to me.
My conclusion, as a parent and a Christian, is that we should train our sons to be honorable, respectable, hard working, Godly men and husbands from the very get go. And our daughters should be trained from their youth to be good  Godly wives and mothers. This is the answer. Lets teach our children to be great spouses and encourage them to marry young if the temptation for sex is that great. After all 1 Corinthians 7 does tell us that "if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion." 
                Yours Truely, Brenda