World Aids Day

“Please don’t harm yourselves, we are all here, abstaining”

Today the world remembers those infected by the HIV/AIDS and also raises awareness globally about the deadly pandemic. As the BCYD we are not ignorant of the fact that HIV/AIDS is one of the major problems affecting our youth and has robbed many of their potential and future.

According to the UNAids, it is estimated that 5.7 million people in South Africa are living with HIV, these are shocking stats, but the main question remains, have we done or are we doing enough as the young people, the bible says we are the light of the world, and Jesus is the Light (John 1:7-8), in other words, we are reflecting & diffusing Jesus to this world through our actions daily.

Paul tells Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:12 that “Let no man despise you because you are young, but be an EXAMPLE to all believers, in word, conversation, charity, spirit, faith and lastly PURITY”.The world and governments can preach about abstainance, but it will mean nothing to people if there seems to be no living example of those who can abstain from sexual intercourse.

But we the BCYD, we are the relevant generation and instruments to proof to the world that it is possible to abstain from sexual intercourse before marriage, because it is not by power nor by might that we can abstain, but by the Spirit of the Lord.

We as the BCYD are the living proof that it is possible for a young person to live a pure life and like Paul & Silas, we are ready to shout to our fellow young people out there who believe that its impossible to abstain that “Don’t harm yourself , for we are all here, we are abstaining”. We did not run loose like other young people who are living in immorality, but we are all here, abstaining.

So let our lives speak to other young people, that “Please don’t harm yourselves”