Last night....

hi!

Last night I went to loft, knowing I'd have a good time, but I didn't realize I WOULD have a amazing time their.

When a musician is there, he usually sings and Pastor Matt is teaching, but Jay Michael did a wonderful time teaching!

Yes, it was about dating and to some people, they say Christians are obsessed with dating but it's good to talk about it. When you're dating a person, you're taking a big risk and the thing...there's another person. Dating is harder for Christians because Christians "should" not sleep with anybody but only their spouse. People who are not Christians can sleep around and it's not big deal.

There are three lies when it comes to dating:

1) Dating is all about me
* like I said there's another person....
2) Love is just a feeling
* true, but it is MORE than that! A lot of marriages, I've read usually die when the passion dies. It's also love is dating your best friend, which sometimes is hard because it's always perfect; there's anger, hurt feelings, annoyance, and mis-communication. When I dated my ex, we knew love is more than feeling. We also fought after breaking up.
3) Love is beyond my control. People will say "I'm madly in love with....[fill in the blank] and it's beyond my control" or "destiny" or "love at first sight" especially in inspired princess chickflicks. He used the analogy of how someone falls in pit and they can't get out.

He also talked about Proverbs 4:23 "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life" in my opinion it doesn't mean to avoid all together but make sure you're wise about who you want to date. I know a lot of girls fall over the charmer, but he usually doesn't have the best character. I remember working with one, and he asked me to sleep with him when he had a girlfriend. Later on, he asked another girl out when she had a boyfriend and he was still dating his now ex-girlfriend. Anyway, I knew right away and I have self respect and I knew since everybody is created in His image that He wouldn't want me to date my former co-worker unless he repented and decided to not to have sex till marriage (the irony is, he's married now)

Most of you saw my posts and saw my struggle with this. But yesterday, I thirst for God, because the whole dating thing was making me feel lonely and empty, but I shouldn't feel either because I am not empty and alone!


Lately, I had to remind myself that I am blessed, but instead I should know I am blessed.

"Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart" Psalm 37:4


"Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires" Song of Songs 2:7

well....you're wondering when that is, but we (including me) should instead:

"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances" Phil. 4:11

It's hard trust but remember..."I can do all things...."


I'm running out of time. I need to take my like grandmother (she's biologically mine, but I consider her mine) for lunch so she can get her nails. While, she's getting her nails, I'll be reading a fun fiction book. Yes, I am a geek.

Yes, the book of Song of Songs is about marriage sex, but I see this verse as an allegory about God's love for us; also it can be used as a verse of what the world thinks of ladies and can be applied of how guy should view the girl they like.

"Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women." Song of Songs 2:2

Ladies don't feel "unspecial", God sees as lilies when the world thinks of us girls as thorns. Trust me, especially women think me as a thorn, but we know deep in our hears not only does the future husband thinks of us as Lilies, so does our Heavenly Father.

Don't feel left out guys! God sees you as beautiful too.

Okay, talk to you later!

Blessings, Faith.