From the archives
Since I wrote about relationships in my latest post, I decided to dig up my archives for a few related posts I wrote last year.
- You see, when I was 16 I read a true story that really, really impressed me. It impressed me so much that I prayed and asked God to guard my heart until He brings the right man to me and it is the right time for us to be together... [more]
- I don't want to meet someone "for practice's sake". Why play with fire? Hearts are fragile things, easily bruised. Friends have told me, "Oh, we're just trying it out, we'll see where it goes." I think that's a pretty short-sighted attitude, coz what happens when it goes nowhere, and you have no choice but to break up? [more]
- It goes without saying that my future partner should be a Christian (I have more to say about this don't I always? but I'll save it for a later post). That's the first and foremost thing, which my friend, CK, didn't dispute.
However, we ran into problems when I mentioned that I would like my future partner to have a sense of humour that is similar to mine... [more]
- I want ONENESS in my marriage, that we would truly be "one flesh". And that is why, to me, it goes without saying that my future partner should be a Christian. Not just because God insists on it, but simply because it only makes sense. [more]
- Def Leppard's voice came over the airwaves. (Not that I knew it was him; I looked up the song on Google.com!) "Please release me, let me go / For I don't love you any more / To waste our lives would be a sin / Release me and let me love again," he begged.
What kind of love is that? In MY book, love is a commitment, not an emotion! How long before the guy in this song says the same thing to his "new love", and moves on to yet another? Can you imagine the devastation he leaves behind? [more]
- In Quest For Love, Elisabeth Elliot writes:
"Except for those far ahead of most of us in sanctity, waiting is a form of suffering the difficulty of self-restraint, the anguish of unfulfilled longing, the bewilderment of unanswered prayer, my flesh and my heart failing, my soul breaking. These are indeed tribulations, and tribulation is the curriculum if we are to learn patience."... [more]
- I'm lonely. The theory is that God is always with me, so I should never again be lonely. He promised He'd never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). But somehow that doesn't preclude me being lonely.
The funny thing is that I don't mind being alone that much. I just wish I had more of an option, I guess. I can handle things on my own, but sometimes it would be a relief to have someone to lean on and share the burdens with. Mom says I'm too romantic. Sure I am. I admit it. [more]