Youth 1 – What
do you think is there?
Hi, my dear friends, how are you? Starting this
week I will be writing about the young people
of the Bible. Which one will you identify yourself with? I want to read your comments later, okay?
Well, I guess the subject is pretty common between us, right? Every
human being is born with a certain curiosity, a desire to know things and we
can see this clearly from our first years of life; Every child wants to touch,
to taste, to take everything that he sees in front of her, because everything
is new to her and she wants to know what is before her. But the curiosity of someone in the Bible caught my attention, let's see
who? Read with me:
“Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had
borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the
son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay
with her, and violated her.” Genesis
34:1-2
Let's take a look at this verse: Dinah was a
young woman, and she was curious to see the "daughters of the earth",
that is, I believe that she, being Jewish,
wanted to see their customs, the clothes, and so on... of the young women
of the land of Shechem: the Canaanites, who for sure were very different from them. Bringing to the present
day: a young woman in the Church, accustomed to the things of God, then the
devil blows
the curiosity to see "the
daughters of the earth", or things that the friends of the world do. Dinah paid a very high price for her curiosity. She
was raped and forced to move in with her rapist; Because of this humiliation,
her brothers made a massacre in that city and many people died. But even though they had
avenged their sister's rape, the evil was already done, she had already been
dishonored, who would marry her now? Her future
was damaged because of a simple
curiosity. Now, imagine if she had overcome this curiosity and stayed home with
her family! She could have been a great woman of God, mother of many children,
mentioned in the Bible, but ...
And now I ask you, my flower, Is it worth putting your future, your life at
risk because of a simple curiosity to know the things of the world? To know
what it's like to kiss a boy at school? To know the taste of an alcoholic beverage? To know what smoking feels like? To know how it feels to use drugs? To know
what it feels like to have sex? Simply because school girls, neighbors, cousins
comment and want to put that curiosity for you to do too? It is not worth my dear. Just watch Bishop
Sergio Correia’s program on Facebook and you will see how many people who have decided
to go to the world, do the will of their flesh, satisfying their curiosity that today they call for help to
be able to return to Jesus... Would you want to be one more in this immense sea
of those seeking for help? Think about it. Dinah wanted to satisfy her curiosity and paid a very high price, so do not follow her example.
And you, have you identified yourself with Dinah? Share your comments, who do you think
will be next week's youth? We have an appointment scheduled girls! A big kiss
and may Jesus bless you.
Juliana Furucho
Translated By: Tatia Oliveira
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