Hey, guys! You might've noticed in my previous post that I've been practicing alot recently (and looking for cheap Mixers). Practicing for what, you ask? (You didn't really, but I'm going to tell you anyway) Our annual (now on our 11th year) True Love Waits Campaign. It seems like it was only yesterday when I first attended my first TLW concert and TLW seminar. I wouldn't have thought it likely that I would be one of those spearheading the campaign, like, ever. But the thing about life is that you just never know what God puts you up to. I'm so blessed to be able to share this to others. It seems like it was only yesterday when my friend, Ezzy, invited me to a TLW seminar.
It is unfortunate that our society today condones, even encourages, pre-marital sex. We live in a very hedonistic world where we are urged to do anything we want because 'you only live once'. People do whatever they want, without thinking of the consequences of their actions. In this case, they engage in PMS in their own screwed interpretation of freedom. Best friends tell their BFF, "it's ok so long as you don't get pregnant" or "what?! You're still a virgin? If you don't hurry, you're gonna miss the bus". Why exactly do people think this way? Do they think that sex is a sport, that the more you practice, the better you get at it? In the end what makes sex wonderful isn't putting on the right moves, it's sharing it with the right person, at the right time.
If you think I'm saying this only because i'm a prude, think again. I used to think that virginity was no big deal. (I'm not gonna be a hypocrite about it.) After all, we see people in the movies do it a lot and we know adults did it all the time, sometimes even with people who were worst than not their spouses--someone else's! But I realized that sex is a gift from God and should only be enjoyed in the context of marriage. Some say sex is an expression of love. No arguments there, but do we really know what love is?
We have a lot of concepts about love but for me, the perfect example of love is what Jesus showed me, dying for someone so not worth dying for. Is there greater love than that? Love willing to overlook mistakes and patient enough to allow another to grow, love completely trusting so there is never insecurity nor jealousy. Love that goes beyond feeling, about honoring one's word. Four years ago, I told myself I wanted to look for love like that. No, I'm not going to look for the perfect person, I'm going to look for the person I can love like that and who's willing to love me like that. Until then, I won't stop waiting. And one day, I will stand in front of him at the altar, able to look him in the eye and pledge him not bits and pieces of my heart, but whole.
So that's why we do this every year. To tell others not they're not alone when they declare themselves part of the chastity club :)
We invited mostly high school students from different campuses on the 21st and 28th. We spoke a little before we began singing. Most of them can relate with the little plotline we had going on. I'm not very good at explaining this, LOL.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to doing this again next year!
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