As promised. It's intense. Guys, this has been a really relationshippy couple of posts recently. I'm kind of sorry but also kind of not. I really, really wish I could make every woman at this college read this. OK, you'll need to take a deep breath before you read this. This is possibly one of the most intense things ever.
The talents, abilities and passions God has put inside of me direct me toward a strong vision for the way I want to live my life*. This drive in my life right now is stronger than my desire to be emotionally and sexually intimate with a husband. Until or unless God gives me a man who shares a similar vision, I will not buy into this culture's lie that I need to date someone at this college. I refuse to feel sorry for myself and my singleness. I REFUSE to apologize or compromise my big dreams, personality or opinions for men who do not love the Lord as much as I do or who have smaller visions for their lives. I also will rely on God for giving me a flexibly open mind and a wise heart that is not afraid of pain or loss of my own control over my future. I will depend on the Spirit within me to approach the men around as brothers, equals, friends and gifts, and to open my soul more and more to have room for the love He is already filling me up to the brim with for them. I will celebrate the relationships around me uncynically. And above all, I will ask God daily to help me offer up my heart as a living sacrifice, keeping at the core of everything I do Jesus' sacrifice of love for me, and the freedom I now live in because of Him -- and that my entire life is about bringing others into that freedom. amen.
*Ask me about it sometime
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