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My whole life I have been told direct things and they happened. So many people around me have seen these things happen. I could probably write a mini book of some life events, not tragic huge ones, but just mini events. I know God wants me to wait, I have honestly heard him, felt him, laid on my heart, all the above.......
One time, I decided I was bored and I got on a Christian dating website, just to make friends and every single time I went on there I felt convicted and just knew in my heart "What are you doing". I was so uneasy and I knew I needed to get off and focus on God.

To be honest, Im pretty sure that I think when I get to the next chapter in my life Ill be happy, but I know that's not what God thinks or wants. He wants me to be content right here, right now in my life. If my dream man came knocking on the door right now, I know I wouldn't be ready to be with him, but I just hate in those weak moments of being lonely and tired of waiting, I don't want to go against God. I was with my ex husband since 15 and we got divorced when I was 26. I never was alone during the most biggest time of my life and I bounced from guy to guy as friends and hang out that I never was alone....they just filled my time. Now I know GOd wants me to be alone and to focus on Him and to trust Him and I have been doing good, but I hate when I have "those moments".
Am I allow to give just suggestions? if you start jumping to it you could be deprived from lasting things only friendship will teach you well. Know you more and during that process, He would appear the best moment.

Avoid those who were married or had children, spare yourself some touble and pray to GOD to see what He likes (always the best, I guess).

Watch movies like Fireproof and read how we men had the mind wired.

Bye! Bye!
 

maxwel

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What do you do when your "waiting" on God to send you someone? I feel like God wants me to wait, but I have my moments, like Im sure everyone else does where I want to go find it myself. I know Im not ready. I know I don't have a desire to be with anyone particular, but I know Im getting older and I just thought at 29 I would be married with a family by now. I don't know what God is doing. I just sometimes feel betrayed by God at times.

What do you do though when you want to seek or grow impatient?
What do I do when I'm waiting on God to send me someone?

I enjoy the time off.

:)
 
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That's fair. :) I suppose the thing with that is whether you consider the accounts of the Garden of Eden as literal/historical or allegorical. Personally, I don't think the inclusion of the female gender is a surefire indication of the sentiment that 'there's someone for everyone.' But that's besides the point! I don't think anyone here meant to imply that you won't find anyone. The key thing to take away is to be patient and let Him work, if you really trust Him. :) You seem like a lovely girl, so I believe the odds of settling down with a lovely man are in your favor.
There was a time I saw that account allegorical, like a tale, it took me time to believe it was literal and purposelly done. I do believe a woman and her man can be found, not by human will, necessarily, and I´m also sure he or she can say: "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" because he found out she had all he knew and wanted. And just see an old woman like Sarah had her human longings (Gen 18:12)
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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There was a time I saw that account allegorical, like a tale, it took me time to believe it was literal and purposelly done.
Really? I would like to hear more if you don't mind regaling me! Feel free to PM me about what changed your mind. :)
 
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Isaiah 34 Verse 16 " None of these will be missing not one will lack her mate. For it is His mouth that has given the order and His spirit will gather them together"

you said this is what "God will NEVER do"......are you sure about your statement?
Regardless of whether Gsusjunkie is sure about his statement or not, I am 100% sure that you took that verse 100% of context. Isaiah 34 has absolutely NOTHING to do about lacking a mate. That chapter is about judgement on sinful nations, and how God will eventually lay all of them so desolate that the only things that will inhabit their lands are UNCLEAN ANIMALS. Read the whole chapter, and Isaiah lists all the animals that will inhabit the lands of sinful nations after God has laid waste to them, and they are animals that are listed as unclean in Levitical law. The specific verse you reference has Isaiah pointing out that every single one of these unclean animals will not lack for a mate, so that they can basically populate and take over the land.

That verse had absolutely NOTHING to do with God promising us "The One."

"The One" is NOT Biblical. Christ makes this perfectly clear when He deals with the Sadducees' question about the widow with seven husbands.
 
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Gsusjunkie

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very sure. read the context of the chapter containing the verse you quoted. It has nothing to do with bringing people together as mates. We see in the previous verse that hawks were the mates being brought together. The context of the chapter is the infiltration of animal life into the desolation of a kingdom that has been brought down by God.
Be very careful about assuming the meaning of a verse by iitself, without taking into consideration the context it is written in.
 

Lynx

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Regardless of whether Gsusjunkie is sure about his statement or not, I am 100% sure that you took that verse 100% of context. Isaiah 34 has absolutely NOTHING to do about lacking a mate. That chapter is about judgement on sinful nations, and how God will eventually lay all of them so desolate that the only things that will inhabit their lands are UNCLEAN ANIMALS. Read the whole chapter, and Isaiah lists all the animals that will inhabit the lands of sinful nations after God has laid waste to them, and they are animals that are listed as unclean in Levitical law. The specific verse you reference has Isaiah pointing out that every single one of these unclean animals will not lack for a mate, so that they can basically populate and take over the land.

That verse had absolutely NOTHING to do with God promising us "The One."

"The One" is NOT Biblical. Christ makes this perfectly clear when He deals with the Sadducees' question about the widow with seven husbands.
Awwwwww.... but I LIKE thinking somewhere out there is The One for me. Somewhere at the edge of the bell curve.
 
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Shouryu

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Awwwwww.... but I LIKE thinking somewhere out there is The One for me. Somewhere at the edge of the bell curve.
*pats Lynx on his fuzzy head*

A quaint notion, sure...but...*sigh*

My friend Lisa...her mom died from cancer when she was 14. Their family was devoutly Christian; her parents' union, happy and blessed by God; their love and devotion, undeniable. Her father remarried another woman in their church, and it's been 15 years. They are still devoutly Christian; their union, happy and blessed by God; their love and devotion, undeniable.

Which of the wives is The One? If one of them is NOT The One, does that make their marriage less important, less significant, less blessed, less ordained?

Just a thought to chew on.

(Not made up, either. Real people.)
 
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Gsusjunkie

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I would think people would be encouraged, knowing we have options...
 

IBDesmond

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Isaiah 34 Verse 16 " None of these will be missing not one will lack her mate. For it is His mouth that has given the order and His spirit will gather them together"

you said this is what "God will NEVER do"......are you sure about your statement?

Yeh I'm sure about that. That scripture doesn't say anything about "The One", nor is it specifically about a wife finding a husband.
 

IBDesmond

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Awwwwww.... but I LIKE thinking somewhere out there is The One for me. Somewhere at the edge of the bell curve.

I believe that there is someone out there for everyone. When God created Eve, the reason he did that was because he said "It is not right for man to be alone". We were created for companionship (not just intimately but at least relationally with friends and such). Here's a little curveball in what I believe: I believe that God knows that purely a relationship with him won't suffice. If we were to live without any other form of interaction (whether that be from an animal lol), we would literally go insane. Before I digress let me bring it back.
If God had "The One" for us, that means there is ONE person, ONE destiny, ONE choice etc.....but doesn't that go against free will. Surely free will is the options to pick and choose. I believe that if you pray for a partner, God will honour that and allow us to cross paths with an incredible partner, but I struggle to believe that anyone that doesn't marry the ONE person God had for us, is falling short in some way or another.....do you get what I'm saying?
 

Lynx

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Er... what I said was very tongue-in-cheek. In other words, not to be taken seriously. Actually very little of what I say is to be taken seriously. ;)
 

IBDesmond

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I apologise if I've come across in any way argumentative or defensive.....not my intentions at all.

Your post didn't come across very tongue in cheek. Maybe sneak in a cheeky lol or haha here and there...or a smiley face. That softens me up like butter on toast :p
 
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Regardless of whether Gsusjunkie is sure about his statement or not, I am 100% sure that you took that verse 100% of context. Isaiah 34 has absolutely NOTHING to do about lacking a mate. That chapter is about judgement on sinful nations, and how God will eventually lay all of them so desolate that the only things that will inhabit their lands are UNCLEAN ANIMALS. Read the whole chapter, and Isaiah lists all the animals that will inhabit the lands of sinful nations after God has laid waste to them, and they are animals that are listed as unclean in Levitical law. The specific verse you reference has Isaiah pointing out that every single one of these unclean animals will not lack for a mate, so that they can basically populate and take over the land.

That verse had absolutely NOTHING to do with God promising us "The One."

"The One" is NOT Biblical. Christ makes this perfectly clear when He deals with the Sadducees' question about the widow with seven husbands.
Ironically the correct and literal interpretation of that verse actually more adequately sums up my love life.


Bwahahaha. I'm just kidding. Why just the other day a street light asked me out. It was winking at me... or was it flickering. Either way I've still got it!
 

gypsygirl

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Awwwwww.... but I LIKE thinking somewhere out there is The One for me. Somewhere at the edge of the bell curve.
hmmm... i don't know why that is so comforting. i think it is even MORE comforting that there are potentially MANY somebodies out there for me. ; p

many smart, godly, free-thinking, insightful, playful somebodies out there...

bwahahahahaaha!

for some reason, that never sounds quite right...
 
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RachelP03

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This is my take on things, lol:

I believe if Im walking with Christ and I have my eyes on Christ and Im trusting him and his timing for a mate in my life, when He knows that Im ready and my mate is ready, and also my mate has his eyes on Christ and praying and waiting and trusting God also, that God will unite us, bring us together, bump into each other, have us in the same place at the same time and we will be shown. Whether its spark, a common interest, talking about God, I mean.....something!!!! Only God knows and Im allowing Him to put all the pieces together. I trust God enough that in His time and his place that will happen.

I actually, personally don't find any comfort in knowing that there could be multiple people for me. I would always think that one could be easier, or better than the other or that I possibly chose the wrong person. Maybe each individual is different? That could be an option. Maybe with me, God is telling me to wait that he wants to bring the mate to me, but he might be telling Susie to go out and mingle.

Also, when I think of "the one", in a way I don't really think of ONE. I think more of the one that God wants me to be with, who he has chosen for me at that certain time, MEANING, if my mate was to die, God could potentially give me another THE ONE at the moment in life that matches up with me. I know it might sound confusing or contradicting, but its honestly not hard. Its trusting God and I get things happen with death and I know God can give us someone else to be with in life, not saying one is less than the other, but just different chapters and parts of our lives.

Ive been married before and can I say he was "the one", no, for multiple reasons. I didn't give him to Christ in our whole 6 year before we got married relationship. In fact when we did our counselling before marriage, I remember my preacher asking us to go home and make sure that this is who God has for us, and I remember being so scared to pray to God because I didn't want to hear a no. I never put laid him at Christs feet and allowed His will to be done, so I made that choice, because I wanted to be with him.

Now years later I came across this guy, who I didn't want to be. He just so happened to tumble across my life, who liked me and I wasn't interested. He was interested in me and finally after trying to pursue me for long and asked me to pray for God to open or close this door because I was showing no hope of us ever being together. In fact I didn't want to be, I wasn't ready and he was kinda on the dorky side for me. Well I went ahead and prayed that prayer and not with inthusiasm at all. Lets just say, my world did a 360 within weeks of that prayer. God started tearing down walls, made me see this man in a way I never thought I could ever possible, had friends and his friends and family tell us that we are God given to each other, which really blew us away cause we started praying together. What did it for me, is when I hard him teach Sunday school to his college class one day and I cant even explain it. God put this love in my heart that I didn't want to feel, that I never EVER felt in my life, even to my ex husband. It was a gift, it was a God giving gift of love towards this man that I fought to be with. I saw him from that moment in a total different view. That love has yet to go away as hard as I have tried to get rid of it.

So my thing is really, I chose to be with my husband because I Wanted it, but never had that spark, that peace, even tho he was a godly man. Then the man I didn't want to be with, God put a love there that I was forever shaken with and has yet to go away. Theres so much more to the story but, I just wanted to share with anyone who may not have had that seed planting love for ONE individual and it never go away, why is it ONE?
 
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Gsusjunkie

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that is insanely complicated...i dont envy you all that interior turmoil...Hope you soon find what you are looking for. <backs slowly out of this thread >
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RachelP03

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Ive been married before and can I say he was "the one", no, for multiple reasons.

Correction: CANT say that he was "the one".
 

Lynx

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Hmmm... perhaps it's time to mention that the topic of this thread is basically "What do I do while I wait?"