“If I could give God one of the most tempting areas of life, anything else is possible.” “I learned self-control and loved myself in a more meaningful way,” she says. For Meagan, it was a chance to know herself in new ways. DeVon, 37, and Meagan, 34, both credit their waiting season as pivotal in their journey and in strengthening their ability to be patient. Yet growing discipline could be the key to unlocking lasting love and joy.

In our on-demand, express-delivery and microwave-meal society, waiting for anything, especially sex, can seem inconvenient. “When I stopped and focused on the hardest thing, which is sex, I watched my life and career change.” “Everything has changed dramatically since I stopped picking and choosing which parts of the Bible I would follow,” Meagan writes. In the tome, the two are honest about their undertaking. Now they are offering all the details of their experience and encouraging others to consider celibacy before marriage in their new book, The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love (Howard), due out February 2. Their story made headlines and many articles covering their personal choice followed. The couple, who’ve been married for three years, attribute their professional success, solid union and inner peace to one major decision: waiting to have sex until after they married. Her prayers to do a sci-fi action project were answered with the TV adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s international blockbuster. Meagan, who stars in Fox’s Minority Report, has just returned from Canada, where the series is filmed. In his inaugural 11 months, he has produced the new film Miracles from Heaven, featuring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah, and a pilot for the FYI network in which he counsels couples. It’s his first year as CEO of his own venture after stepping down as senior vice-president of production for Columbia Pictures. “Franklin Entertainment” is scrawled on the wall behind them. On a sunny Sunday last November, the couple go over 2015, their best year yet, while sitting in DeVon’s Los Angeles office on the Sony lot. The set of one of their film projects, a church where DeVon preaches the word or the red carpet during awards season are just few of their regular stops. On any given Sunday, you can find film producer DeVon Franklin and actress Meagan Good just about anywhere. REGISTER NOW FOR DEVON FRANKLIN & MEAGAN GOOD’S E-LEARNING COURSE: “THE WAIT: GUIDE TO DISCOVERING LASTING LOVE THROUGH CELIBACY”

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