The world is a big mystery with its mysteries to be discovered, its secrets to be explored, its mysteries to be solved. It may be the case that if we follow in God's footsteps and follow His directions we will be led to learn something new. Because there is so much yet to be learned. But if we are lukewarm and indifferent in this life - and if we forget that our life is short - we will miss the importance of God's desires to teach us and give us our daily bread. For so many years I believed my values were deeply Biblical and therefore the value of respecting women. One of the hardest realities I had to face was the fact that I was seriously putting that Bible Value to the test. As a victim of rape in college, I had been in counseling for the damage I had endured as a result of it, had been praying about what I was to do, was at peace with whatever decision I was going to make. Then I met a guy. We dated for a little bit and he knew something about my situation, and we agreed that if we had sex, we'd use