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Well it seems to me according to all the stuff I've read on this forum over the years, the most popular advice to finding a good christian mate is to....
step 1. wait and pray
step 2. wait and pray some more
step 3. be happy being single (while waiting and praying)
step 4 (optional). buy a cat or a dog
step 5. accept your singleness as a gift (lucky you!)
step 6. accept the fact that you were probably chosen by God to be single for the rest of your life
step 7. rinse and repeat...
step 1. wait and pray
step 2. wait and pray some more
step 3. be happy being single (while waiting and praying)
step 4 (optional). buy a cat or a dog
step 5. accept your singleness as a gift (lucky you!)
step 6. accept the fact that you were probably chosen by God to be single for the rest of your life
step 7. rinse and repeat...
K
So there's this old joke about a guy asking God what a million years was to Him. God answered "Seems like just a second". The man asked Him what a million dollars was to Him. God answered "A mere penny". The man then asked God if He'd give him a million dollars and God said "Sure I will. Wait just a second".
The point of this is maybe asking what we're waiting on? Like it or not, we, as stewards of the Christian faith, are going to be judged on our actions, 2 Corinthians 5:10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. If God truly is our boss, how would it be if we stood before Him when He asked "Why did you never marry? I think it would have made you happy" and we answer Him by saying "I was waiting on You to choose someone for me". Why, He would ask? He makes no such promise. Matter of fact, there's really only one guy that just woke up and found a woman and that was Adam. There's really only one criteria we are to meet and that was that we marry a fellow believer, 2 Corinthians 6:14. As a matter of fact, we can even marry across a whole host of ministries because they will all be in one Spirit - 1 Corinthians 12:4,5,6.
I get frustrated at the never ending barrage of people thinking that Our One is someone God has on ... what? On layaway somewhere? Consignment? That He parses them out like so many playing cards? He DOESN'T. He makes so such promise. He leads and directs us but we have to be going somewhere in order to need the direction. In other words, "waiting" is on you. Inaction IS an action.
My list -
1. Look for a mate
2. Know what you want
3. Trust God to guide you
D. Know that marriage has no significance in heaven.
The point of this is maybe asking what we're waiting on? Like it or not, we, as stewards of the Christian faith, are going to be judged on our actions, 2 Corinthians 5:10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. If God truly is our boss, how would it be if we stood before Him when He asked "Why did you never marry? I think it would have made you happy" and we answer Him by saying "I was waiting on You to choose someone for me". Why, He would ask? He makes no such promise. Matter of fact, there's really only one guy that just woke up and found a woman and that was Adam. There's really only one criteria we are to meet and that was that we marry a fellow believer, 2 Corinthians 6:14. As a matter of fact, we can even marry across a whole host of ministries because they will all be in one Spirit - 1 Corinthians 12:4,5,6.
I get frustrated at the never ending barrage of people thinking that Our One is someone God has on ... what? On layaway somewhere? Consignment? That He parses them out like so many playing cards? He DOESN'T. He makes so such promise. He leads and directs us but we have to be going somewhere in order to need the direction. In other words, "waiting" is on you. Inaction IS an action.
My list -
1. Look for a mate
2. Know what you want
3. Trust God to guide you
D. Know that marriage has no significance in heaven.
I've just plugged my MP3 Player in to charge before I leave. I'm heading to this beautiful new-ish park about 15 minutes drive away. It is one of my favourite places, period.
I have a 'spot' which is towards the back of the park, a hundred metres off the path, behind the lake. I've been yearning to go there again lately like I used to. This time I have unpackaged a beautiful sketch book my cousin bought me for Christmas, and have unearthed my old artist pencils from the forgotten places of my bedroom, pencils that have been abandoned for years.
It's time to draw again. I've been scared to, I can't explain this feeling I have, but its kind of like that moment when the roller coaster ride starts moving. Fear and excitement.
It is the same feeling I faced with my violin playing. With drawing, with writing, with music, I reveal my heart. I have been so scared of the possibilities of the things it yearns to say.
But... here's to trusting, to knowing, to believing, I truly have a new heart.
I have a 'spot' which is towards the back of the park, a hundred metres off the path, behind the lake. I've been yearning to go there again lately like I used to. This time I have unpackaged a beautiful sketch book my cousin bought me for Christmas, and have unearthed my old artist pencils from the forgotten places of my bedroom, pencils that have been abandoned for years.
It's time to draw again. I've been scared to, I can't explain this feeling I have, but its kind of like that moment when the roller coaster ride starts moving. Fear and excitement.
It is the same feeling I faced with my violin playing. With drawing, with writing, with music, I reveal my heart. I have been so scared of the possibilities of the things it yearns to say.
But... here's to trusting, to knowing, to believing, I truly have a new heart.
S
Yes, french fries. Although, the specific preparation you describe is a Canadian dish called poutine that is considered somewhat exotic to Americans. If I go to any restaurant that has it on the menu (which is rare, being as far away from Canada as I am), I order it without hesitation. It's really the cheese curds that put it over the top.
Double rainbow with lightning striking around and through it. And an awesome lightning show afterwards. Yeah tonight was a decent evening to sit on my balcony and enjoy the onset of storm season.
(Wish I could have gotten a picture of lightning cutting through the rainbow, but that's like a one in several billion lucky shot)
(Wish I could have gotten a picture of lightning cutting through the rainbow, but that's like a one in several billion lucky shot)