Rings have always been a beautiful symbol of life's promises, commitments and celebrations. One of the most wonderful of these is your wedding day.

Everyone holds in their heart a cherished dream of offering themselves on that special day, pure in body and spirit. Ask for the strength to keep that promise, then symbolize it with a Chastity Ring made of precious gold or silver, to wear until that special day when you celebrate your marriage with your spouse.

This is the thinking behind many of the Purity ring sites or abstinence groups that promote sexual purity until biblical marriage. The True Love commitment ring originally created as a chastity - purity ring symbolizing the devotion to remain sexually pure until marriage.

However many people are giving and wearing these rings as commitment rings to symbolize their monogamous relationship. Many different rings are symbolic of purity from sterling silver to gold and in many different shapes from hearts to solid bands.

Some rings even have text to remind you of your vow of purity or that true love awaits. A promise, or purity, ring is an outward symbol of a promise made between a person and God to remain pure until marriage.

Promise rings have their origins in the ancient custom of betrothals. Biblically, the betrothal was a legally binding contract between two people and was seen as a public declaration followed by a contract for marriage. During this public announcement, the groom to be would present his future bride with a ring as a sign of his intent.

Betrothal rings were replaced by engagement rings between the 18th and 19th centuries. The term "promise ring" was coined during the 1990s and according to Our Promise Rings, is a Christian custom that denotes the intent to marry.

Purity rings, also known as chastity rings, are the most recent variety of promise ring. They denote a commitment to abstain from sexual activity until marriage.

These are worn mostly by teenagers and either given by a parent or purchased as a sign of sexual purity. According to Engraving Ideas, purity rings began as inexpensive objects but have developed in their style with rings in platinum, gold and titanium.

Promise rings have in the past and currently are viewed as a tangible and demonstrative way of showing affection. As human beings, we constantly make promises to one another and for different reasons and some of these are viewed as being significant enough to have a ring associated with them.

They serve as poignant reminders of the relationships we have forged in our lives.

It is a promise not to have sex prior to standing before your friends, family and God and saying the words "I DO" to the one you intend to spend the remainder of your days with. Many times there are even special ceremonies where children get up in front of their family and church to verbally proclaim their desire to keep their virginity until they are married.

If you are searching for the best place to find these rings, they are available at many different places online as well as in stores. There are many Christian websites that offer a variety of choices of styles.

Some rings say "True Love Waits" while others have symbols. They can be gold, white gold, or sterling silver and range in prices beginning at less than $10.

If you are looking for something unique to engrave in your ring, you could try a Latin translation.

"True Love Waits" is the most common and popular inscription on purity rings. Curiously, this phrase does not have a direct correlation with any Bible verse (which is not a problem per se).

This makes it more difficult to deal with common request to translate the words "True Love waits" into Latin (something one might wish to do for a personalized purity ring).

First of all, the Latin nouns that denote "love" have many undesirable connotations, some of them quite distant from the idea of purity. "Amor", seemingly the most obvious candidate, very often specifically means "sexual love" - not exactly proper for a ring that promotes abstinence.

Conversely, the sense of Love in "True Love Waits" is more encompassing and contains sexual love only as a component that is supposed to be fully revealed when the time is right. However, amor is still the most widely used word for love.

At its core it has the proper meaning. Ancient Christian sources use "amor verus" (true love) a number of times.