I just recently started reading Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris once again. I read the first half in highschool my senior year and discovered I was not ready to be in a relationship. However I desired it and out of my sin I stayed in it. God intervened and my boyfriend at the time broke up with me while we were both going through the book. I used to despise the book and call it the reason why we broke up. Man I was so naive and selfish. I didn't get what I wanted, but if God gave me what I wanted I would not be where I am at today. I now will never take back the lessons learned from this book and the lessons that I'm re-learning by going through it again.
As time goes by I realize there's things I need to work on before God brings me my mate. I am seeking Him and trying to be real with Him in confessing my broken heart, fears and doubts while sorting through my thoughts at the same time. Oh He is satisfying me so. I believe as the days go by that God is prepping me for marriage. To be honest, there are days I think I'm ready then God shows me I need to grow in one area or another. This doesn't mean I should stop pursuing being all that I can be, it makes me fight harder to become the person I want to meet. There will always be room for growing and I know once I'm married there will be opportunities where that can be done.
I have been reading the book and have been learning from it about the difference between Romance and Wisdom. My desire is to be full of the latter, and when I feel that the first is reigning over me thats when I have to repent to God for acting out of selfishness. He is faithful and always moves me back to wisdom. So here's what I learned:
1) Romance says, "I want it now!" Wisdom urges patience.
2) Romance says, "Let feelings decide what happens." Wisdom leads us to pursue a purposeful relationship.
3) Romance says, "Enjoy the fantasy." Wisdom calls us to base our emotions and perceptions in reality.
I am COMING CLEAN...I am confessing that in my nature I am a hopeless romantic. My flesh wants it now. My flesh wants my feelings to decide, and my flesh wants to have a romance that is like a dream. These are all things I initially want at first glance. What can we say our culture does everything surrounding romance and not wisdom...movies, music, etc. Even though my flesh gravitates to romance my soul speaks to me louder and pulls me back toward wisdom. I want to wait for the right time and the right person. I want to pursue a purposeful relationship that has its emotions and perceptions based in reality. There is knowledge and there is living out that knowledge (wisdom). I chose wisdom, and I seek it with prayer.
Anyhow, I highly recommend this book if you are desiring marriage or looking forward to a courtship. I will definitely be coming clean a lot more in these blogs as I read through the book. God is making my flaws and sins more aware to me and I am chosing to take action and work on them. I hope as you read you are encouraged and prompted to change or grow where needed.
-To Hear Him Sing-
As time goes by I realize there's things I need to work on before God brings me my mate. I am seeking Him and trying to be real with Him in confessing my broken heart, fears and doubts while sorting through my thoughts at the same time. Oh He is satisfying me so. I believe as the days go by that God is prepping me for marriage. To be honest, there are days I think I'm ready then God shows me I need to grow in one area or another. This doesn't mean I should stop pursuing being all that I can be, it makes me fight harder to become the person I want to meet. There will always be room for growing and I know once I'm married there will be opportunities where that can be done.
I have been reading the book and have been learning from it about the difference between Romance and Wisdom. My desire is to be full of the latter, and when I feel that the first is reigning over me thats when I have to repent to God for acting out of selfishness. He is faithful and always moves me back to wisdom. So here's what I learned:
1) Romance says, "I want it now!" Wisdom urges patience.
2) Romance says, "Let feelings decide what happens." Wisdom leads us to pursue a purposeful relationship.
3) Romance says, "Enjoy the fantasy." Wisdom calls us to base our emotions and perceptions in reality.
I am COMING CLEAN...I am confessing that in my nature I am a hopeless romantic. My flesh wants it now. My flesh wants my feelings to decide, and my flesh wants to have a romance that is like a dream. These are all things I initially want at first glance. What can we say our culture does everything surrounding romance and not wisdom...movies, music, etc. Even though my flesh gravitates to romance my soul speaks to me louder and pulls me back toward wisdom. I want to wait for the right time and the right person. I want to pursue a purposeful relationship that has its emotions and perceptions based in reality. There is knowledge and there is living out that knowledge (wisdom). I chose wisdom, and I seek it with prayer.
Anyhow, I highly recommend this book if you are desiring marriage or looking forward to a courtship. I will definitely be coming clean a lot more in these blogs as I read through the book. God is making my flaws and sins more aware to me and I am chosing to take action and work on them. I hope as you read you are encouraged and prompted to change or grow where needed.
-To Hear Him Sing-
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