There is the way of the world and God's way of holiness. The world gets engaged with a party, drinking and boozing, but we as Christians do it in God's house with prayer and in holiness. Some say that there are many ways to celebrate an engagement. Yes, there certainly are many ways to hell but only one way to heaven. The ring the young man gives to his future bride is a token and promise that he will keep himself pure for her until the day of marriage; in receiving the ring, the girl makes the same promise. Young people should live like Mary the mother of Jesus. When the angel told her that she would bare a son, she replied, How can this be, since I do not know a man? Luke 1:34 She lived a holy and pure life as we read in 1Cor 7:34, The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
