So at my church's college group, in the middle of worship we have a time called "Thank God Moments" where people can come up, take the mic, and publicly thank God for something He did in the past week.
Now more recently there have been some people pairing off, and sometimes you get someone (usually girls) coming up saying something like "I thank God for my awesome boyfriend __________, he's so encouraging/sweet/etc".
Personally I think it's kind of funny in that it's a bit out of place; probably 90% of the people there are single. I always jokingly pictured someone ending it by whispering menacingly "all the good ones are taken; you'll all die alone!" and then dropping the microphone on the ground. Of course they probably don't realize it, but my thoughts are that it's kind of like saying "I have a boyfriend/girlfriend and you don't, and I'm clearly happier than you".
On the other hand though, most of these folks are in Christian God-loving relationships, and it's an awesome and beautiful thing that they held out and continue to hold out for each other. God clearly brought them together, so why not thank Him publicly? At least they're attributing their happiness to God and not to their significant other.
What do you think; is it appropriate, or not? Do you do it or would you (if you had a significant other)?
Now more recently there have been some people pairing off, and sometimes you get someone (usually girls) coming up saying something like "I thank God for my awesome boyfriend __________, he's so encouraging/sweet/etc".
Personally I think it's kind of funny in that it's a bit out of place; probably 90% of the people there are single. I always jokingly pictured someone ending it by whispering menacingly "all the good ones are taken; you'll all die alone!" and then dropping the microphone on the ground. Of course they probably don't realize it, but my thoughts are that it's kind of like saying "I have a boyfriend/girlfriend and you don't, and I'm clearly happier than you".
On the other hand though, most of these folks are in Christian God-loving relationships, and it's an awesome and beautiful thing that they held out and continue to hold out for each other. God clearly brought them together, so why not thank Him publicly? At least they're attributing their happiness to God and not to their significant other.
What do you think; is it appropriate, or not? Do you do it or would you (if you had a significant other)?