As I began reading a new book, I was hit with a thought that goes against what most people are taught. I read that there is no man/woman that will ever complete you. We are meant to be completed in Christ and not any other person. This is so contrary to what the world and a lot of Christians teach also. I may not have been taught this but I grew up with the idea that you would be complete once you met the right guy and settled down and had children. This is not what God wants for us. Yes, He wants us to find the right guy and settle down but that should not be what completes us God should be. I was thinking about all of the time in my life that I have spent getting to know a guy I was interested in and dating guys that I probably shouldn't have been dating. What if I took that much time into pursuing Christ and his will and getting to know him and reading his word and talking to him all day. What a difference that would make in my daily interactions with others as well as my spiritual walk and my ability to be a leader.
I have made a commitment to not date anyone for a year and focus solely on my relationship with Christ. I will be spending any free time reading about him and learning and renewing my mind about who he is and what he did for me and all of us so that I can serve him! I would love for you all to keep me accountable. Remind me to keep my focus! I am SO EXTREMELY excited for what God is going to teach me in the next year! I hope to journal a lot about what I'm learning. One of my roommates has also made the choice to focus on God for a year so pray for us as it will get hard in the days ahead but it will be so totally worth it! This is the start of no regrets and following HIM wholeheartedly!
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This is so exciting, Beth! You have our prayers and encouragement. Grow like a weed!
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