By: Tata Artazo
I received this from a friend and thought of sharing this to all the singles in the community.
If you’re in mid-20s chances are, you felt the pressure of being in a relationship or getting married (men and women alike), with all the influences around nagging to be part of the crowd. It could be difficult for those in the community to find true love by the following God’s standards.
1. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life (Proverbs 4:23).
If singles do not guard their heart well and focus more of being in a relationship, worse could happen as they may end up with someone which God has not prepared for them. A heart for the Lord is set on things according to His plans not for something dictated by world standards.
2. Choose the road less traveled.
Evidently, nowadays we can see how purity becomes crushed by world’s growing trend of wantonness. It seemed that those who strive for purity are the ones who are weird and are laughed at, when in fact they ought to be emulated. Singles in the community hold this good view in relationships.
3. Choose well and be Faithful.
Dating circle is common in today’s generation perhaps as cure for aching emptiness of singlehood. If one is not dating, people would likely find that strange. But in a deeper sense, there is no such thing as trial and error relationship. Faithfulness begins even before you meet the person who is meant for you. If we base relationship wholly on physical attraction, then it is bound to fail. And it is not a strong foundation for a permanent relationship.
The truth is, singlehood is gift. It is a period to evaluate oneself growing as a single in godly character and this can not be done if one tries to “force the wrong pieces into the puzzle”. It is also a time to improve one’s personality and to prepare for greater blessings and bigger responsibilities. To strengthen spiritual life, comfort troubled friends, serve in the community, pursue advance studies, keep fit and pursue a hobby and most importantly – allow God to use singles wherever and whenever He wants. Actually, there are still lots of things all of us need to work on as one ought to be a Christian single.
The truth about finding true love by God’s standards is in trusting Him that there is no need to “search” for the right one by dating around but believing in a God who is at work in our life as the Lord promised in Jeremiah 29:11, thus - “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
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