I am changing some things
I'm taking the plunge. I'm jumping off the deep end. I'm going to let it all go and see what happens. I have decided not to date (at least not in the conventional way that the world does). I have been reading the book "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" and I know it's true. I have had this book for many years and have read it before, but lets just say I didn't heed it very well the first time.
Does she not want to date? Does she want to get married? Is she crazy? Yes, yes, and most likely (but that would be unrelated to this). I want to be in a realtionship with someone very much and there are guys around me that I think could work, but I don't want to spend all my time worrying about it, or getting myself into one silly relationship after another. One thing that the book said was to do was to stop looking at the guys around me as potential boyfriend material (guilty) and start looking at them as brothers in Christ that I can be a blessing to. I'm only going to be with one man (unless he dies or something) for the rest of my life, so why get too close to anybody until I God shows him to me?
The only thing I'm still confused on is God's timing, but I trust Him. Honestly, I would like to be in "the" relationship by the time I am getting ready to graduate, which is only about a year and eight months from now, but if that's not God's plan, that's ok. You see the book says that if your not ready to get married you shouldn't ask for anyone's commitment to you and I perfectly agree. However, how am I going to know when that is? I know I'm just going to have to trust God. He has a perfect plan that I need to just relax and let Him handle. I mean, my God is so big that I don't even have to worry about finding this man, God can have him find me. And if this whole not dating thing works, then he will be on board with it too. This post of mine is starting to sound like a personal or something, but I promise it's not. It just seems that if I post stuff on here I am more apt to stick with it. Well, I'd appreciate your feedback . . .
BTW - the only real hard part is just seeing all you dumb couples around me and wondering why that's not for me, but knowing all the while that I just have to follow His plan. I know this is the direction He is leading me in and I just have to trust Him.
Does she not want to date? Does she want to get married? Is she crazy? Yes, yes, and most likely (but that would be unrelated to this). I want to be in a realtionship with someone very much and there are guys around me that I think could work, but I don't want to spend all my time worrying about it, or getting myself into one silly relationship after another. One thing that the book said was to do was to stop looking at the guys around me as potential boyfriend material (guilty) and start looking at them as brothers in Christ that I can be a blessing to. I'm only going to be with one man (unless he dies or something) for the rest of my life, so why get too close to anybody until I God shows him to me?
The only thing I'm still confused on is God's timing, but I trust Him. Honestly, I would like to be in "the" relationship by the time I am getting ready to graduate, which is only about a year and eight months from now, but if that's not God's plan, that's ok. You see the book says that if your not ready to get married you shouldn't ask for anyone's commitment to you and I perfectly agree. However, how am I going to know when that is? I know I'm just going to have to trust God. He has a perfect plan that I need to just relax and let Him handle. I mean, my God is so big that I don't even have to worry about finding this man, God can have him find me. And if this whole not dating thing works, then he will be on board with it too. This post of mine is starting to sound like a personal or something, but I promise it's not. It just seems that if I post stuff on here I am more apt to stick with it. Well, I'd appreciate your feedback . . .
BTW - the only real hard part is just seeing all you dumb couples around me and wondering why that's not for me, but knowing all the while that I just have to follow His plan. I know this is the direction He is leading me in and I just have to trust Him.

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"I'm only going to be with one man (unless he dies or something)"
Something?? :-Þ
ok, no something . . .
didn't know what to really put, I wonder who deleted a coment . . .
Well, I having never dated, know how you feel. It is really lonely sometimes, but I still don't think I'm ready. I know I have to finish another year and a half of undergrad then at least another year or two of grad school before I can get married. Is it fair for me to date anyone for that long? That's asking for a lot of commitment right off the bat. I have two or three main expectations that eliminate the majority of the field. Anyway, it's a good decision. Let him find you - I really liked that part :)
I deleted a comment. I realized a mistake after posting it.
Proud member of the DCA (Dumb Couples Anonymous)
hmm, donnie, not so much anonymous anymore...
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