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Good topic..well i will be sharing a bit about me..
I have had quite and interesting up and down deal with the church in general..having been a part of church leadership..meeting people..did a little dating, i found that some christian females at least in the circles i have been to, it is really hard to meet them in a church setting for one, 2) you never know if you should even make it known you are interested because if you are rejected wow the whole congregation knows that so and so dissed Rauleetoe or wasn't feeling him..
3)sometimes they're just pretty faces and not very nice(this goes both ways, some guys in church are that way too)
I think many in the church just comprimise out of desperation and feeling its better to have something than nothing, wow its so not worth it people! I dated what i would consider in my taste and 'preferences' a really pretty girl, fun, socially capable, confident, outgoing,feminine, responsible..but she was not a christian, she was catholic but not even a really devout one at that.
I really really comprimised, it was a fast paced relationship but i feel it stole some of the zeal i had for God and it caused me a heap of trouble around that time..some of the effects of behavior around that time still have not gone away. It's really hard at times..saturday night at church i caught my eyes wandering..here i am trying to focus on God, and i see young ladies dressing kinda 'sexy' if i can say that word and i was not entering into worship..let me tell you. Tight fitting clothing or clothing that may reveal a little skin leaves a young guy's mind racing. I know, I could look away, i am just saying..Girls when you dress in a provacative manner in church, your brothers in Christ cannot and will not be able to enter into worship. He cannot, and you will be held responsible to God for being a stumbling block.
Not being legalistic, but i do feel if you want to edify your brothers in the faith, don't cause them to stumble by having them distracted by your revealing clothing. Just saying.
Yeah its tough, I want to do my best to focus on God, and for whatever reason..God's only allowing me to be a friend to other christian gals, i cannot even get a date. Which i feel it probably a good thing. Does it hurt my pride a little bit? Sure, but that's ok..maybe pride has to be beaten up a little. It's never a good thing to be too proud anyways..
My prayer is for sincere Male christian friends to fellowship with/keep accountable to during this time, so i can at least maintain a consistency about my walk, but i read daily..and keep to myself in the meantime socially speaking since i have no christian men in my life outside of my pastor right now.
I have had quite and interesting up and down deal with the church in general..having been a part of church leadership..meeting people..did a little dating, i found that some christian females at least in the circles i have been to, it is really hard to meet them in a church setting for one, 2) you never know if you should even make it known you are interested because if you are rejected wow the whole congregation knows that so and so dissed Rauleetoe or wasn't feeling him..
3)sometimes they're just pretty faces and not very nice(this goes both ways, some guys in church are that way too)
I think many in the church just comprimise out of desperation and feeling its better to have something than nothing, wow its so not worth it people! I dated what i would consider in my taste and 'preferences' a really pretty girl, fun, socially capable, confident, outgoing,feminine, responsible..but she was not a christian, she was catholic but not even a really devout one at that.
I really really comprimised, it was a fast paced relationship but i feel it stole some of the zeal i had for God and it caused me a heap of trouble around that time..some of the effects of behavior around that time still have not gone away. It's really hard at times..saturday night at church i caught my eyes wandering..here i am trying to focus on God, and i see young ladies dressing kinda 'sexy' if i can say that word and i was not entering into worship..let me tell you. Tight fitting clothing or clothing that may reveal a little skin leaves a young guy's mind racing. I know, I could look away, i am just saying..Girls when you dress in a provacative manner in church, your brothers in Christ cannot and will not be able to enter into worship. He cannot, and you will be held responsible to God for being a stumbling block.
Not being legalistic, but i do feel if you want to edify your brothers in the faith, don't cause them to stumble by having them distracted by your revealing clothing. Just saying.
Yeah its tough, I want to do my best to focus on God, and for whatever reason..God's only allowing me to be a friend to other christian gals, i cannot even get a date. Which i feel it probably a good thing. Does it hurt my pride a little bit? Sure, but that's ok..maybe pride has to be beaten up a little. It's never a good thing to be too proud anyways..
My prayer is for sincere Male christian friends to fellowship with/keep accountable to during this time, so i can at least maintain a consistency about my walk, but i read daily..and keep to myself in the meantime socially speaking since i have no christian men in my life outside of my pastor right now.