I am a very transparent person.
If I liked you (woman or man), I would have definitely kept you in my life.
If I didn't like you, sooner or later, you would have known
because I wouldn't have bothered to take part in your life
as I would have made it obvious that I didn't want you in mine.
With all honesty, I've detested the company of "slow" people.
They would just bore the life out of me. I didn't really hate them but I hated being with them.
I hated how I had to try and laugh at their jokes when it was really not funny to me (etc.)
And because I don't want to offend them, I avoided their company.
I thought I got it all figured out. How to live life. People to be with. People to avoid..
The kind of people i would have no use of.. the kind of people who can help me a lot..
My social standards.. My preferences.. My principles.. My defense mechanism..
But when I came to know Jesus, He ruined everything.. and I love it
Now, this thread made me think a lot...
But what about the rest of the women/men? Can't a dumb/slow guy or ditzy girl be a christian?
Worldly standard:
dumb - Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words
- Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid
Ditzy - silly and scatterbrained
God's standard:
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Jeremiah 5:21
Yes. I'm friends with many of the former and I used to be one of the latter.
I'm not saying they became geniuses; I just realized I'm not either.
I'm now convinced foolish/dumb/ditzy people aren't here for the purpose
of being foolish, staying foolish and dying foolish.
Following Jesus changes a great deal of things if not everything in my life.
I guess it's from the realization that each of us were made fearfully and wonderfully..
from the understanding that God didn't screw up making me and succeeded
when He made Einstein or Shakespear or Paul or Peter or Elijah..
from the truth that each of us is unique BUT no one is above the other..
only then was acceptance made easier to grasp and LOVING made perfect sense.
Are they just doomed to be single for the rest of their lives?
doomed to being single? :s
(I actually googled the definition of "doomed"
)
I'm not sure about this. I'm not even sure about what my status would be for the rest of my life.
What I'm sure of is i DON'T want to be doomed eternally. He has a plan for me and for everyone else in this temporary world that will lead us to be with Him forever. When I ponder on that thought, everything else seems to fall insignificant. If He wills for me to marry a simple man with less intellectual capacity but would bring me closer to God and help me fulfill my purpose.. so be it.
Nothing could be more beautiful than a life according to His will.
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
John 13:34