I Need more Than Five Minutes... (#WifeWorthy Diaries)

Would you ever put yourself and your life and livelihood in jeopardy for five minutes?
If it were me being asked the question, by reply would be, "It depends on what happens in the five minutes".
Well, you may be closer to that than you think...
You are a beautiful, intelligent, saved-sanctified-and-Holy-Ghost filled woman, right? You go to work/school everyday, give your tithes and offering and you are just... good. You are a good woman. You very rarely curse, you give homeless people your spare change. You are just the bee's knees. And let's just say that you, being the fab woman that you are, have been dating someone exclusively. I dare call him, your boyfriend.
Well, now....
You like his eyes and his strength. You love that he loves the Lord and he pays for your dinner when you all go out. You spend time with him, and you enjoy him. His mother likes you, promising to give you the secret ingredient to her peach cobbler, and  his little sister follows you on Instagram. You think about him when you wake up in the morning, while you are on the treadmill at the gym after work and before you go to bed at night. You think about him a lot more than you would like to admit.
Daresay, are you in love with him?
Fabulous! But, before you start picking out china patterns and baby names, let's step back into reality. Love is a very general term and picking a man to have and to hold for life based on a few dates and some bomb peach cobbler may not be the best idea. Even though you and your Mr. Right spend go on date and textual day long does not change the fact that you may not have the best foundation necessary to build your life on.
I'm gonna need you to have a little more than five minutes with this guy before we talk wedding rings...

2 Peter 3:8

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends:

A day is like a thousand years to the Lord,

and a thousand years is like a day.

You have time to make the right decision about the rest of your life. The bottom line is, the divorce rate in America is astounding these days. Between certain celebrities planning weddings for the biggest checks and primetime television shows and getting pregnant THEN deciding to get hitched, marriage had gained a very shady reputation. Have you every wondered why marriages don't last like they used to when out grandparents and great-grandparents were of the marrying age? I can tell you, but I guarantee you won't like the answer that I have to give. I have three words for you.
Pre. Marital. Sex.
Okay so that's two words, but, work with me.
People would meet, fall in love, get married THEN move in together and start a family. And in addition to that, divorce was not a pastime. People stayed married until death, because they understood the value of the vows that they took. They took them seriously!
We have a lack of seriousness in marriage these days.
Let's try to look past the tall, dark and handsome, nice cologne wearing 401K having man and see if he really has the qualities that we need for the long haul. And hold off on the sexy time. It's truly not that big of a deal, I don't care what you say. Especially seeing as how God has already declared His stance on the subject (see 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 for that info).
Take the time to see what he believes, what his values are. Understand what his belief system tells you and how close of a relationship with God he truly has. You have time; biological clocks have nothing on God.
Compared to the cost of a divorce lawyer and the price of rent, I think I can wait a lot longer than the five minutes of sexy time and the other five minutes of dating to see if he is worthy of my value.
Because I'm valuable, and so are you....