Wednesday, December 15, 2010
unrealistic expectations
My whole life I've been asked, "What kind of guy are you looking for?" I always thought about it and gave my selfish point of view of what kind of man that I always wanted. The typical immature female answer is the perfect guy, who basically is prince charming with no flaws or imperfections and does everything I ask him to do with no complaining or questions asked. Well, I have to say that was my really young point of view on what I wanted for my future husband. As I have been discovering who God is and who I am in God... I have discovered a few things across different materials that I am reading and viewing. Because I am single, I really have no right to decide what standards my future husband should have. I mean, I know that I am not perfect and why should I expect him to be that way? God should be what sets my standards. If my heart wants what God wants, then God will give me someone that I never would have chosen for myself and that makes everything better. "God gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him." This quote is SOOO true. There are so many times in my life (not romantically) where God provided for me or my family in a way that we never thought possible. We prayed and left our lives up to Him and He gave us what we needed and then some. He is always faithful. So from here on out, I am praying that my mind and my heart change with the kind of guy that "I" want to who is the man that God has for me? I have been listening to Mark Driscoll's series on "The Peasant Princess" and he had many questions relayed to him about what a single person's standard of beauty should be. Mark's response was that a single's standard of beauty for their spouse should be that of what God wants for that person. We, singles, should not have a standard of beauty because then we are letting the world decide what that is. When we let God take over our minds and hearts then what reflects in our everyday lives will then reflect who God is. When we do this, we see people in a different light and the "standard of beauty" that the world may have could be all washed away because now you are looking through the eyes of the one who created you. Your standard of beauty is now what God wants for you instead of what you or others want for you. I cannot wait for that day when God reveals to me who my future spouse is because after that, I know that my standard for my future spouse will have exceeded my expectations (because I didn't have any in the first place, other than God is taking care of it). That will be a gorgeous day!
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