Why you should treasure your virginity and that of others

By Anne Mukei

• Virginity is a rare thing today. Many youth want to lose theirs immediately they become teenagers. Some will lose theirs out of curiosity, while others simply succumb to peer pressure.

• The best way to stay afloat of matters sexuality is to be your own person. Refrain from doing what your peers are doing and stay true to yourself. There will come the right time to have sex and lose your virginity, hopefully to your future husband or wife.

• Sex is a scared thing. That is how God intended it to be, and that is why the Bible is against fornication. Sex should be experienced in the confines of marriage for the specific reason that it should be between husband and wife.

• Keep in mind that once you lose it, there is nothing you can do to bring it back. Even secondary virginity is not the same.

• It is important that you wait for your future husband or wife to lose their virginity to them. Couples tend to value each other more when they marry each other as virgins.

•The best time to have sex is when you want to have a baby. Losing your virginity means you are having sex and that could lead to an unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

•Staying a virgin means that you steer away from the repercussions that come with having sex. The emotional implications of careless sex can cause emotional turmoil, disrupting your normal day-to-day life.