Just thought of sharing with you some points I learned from the 3 part video series of Joshua Harris about True Love, Purity and Trust.
On True Love
Selfless. If you love him, you will think of his future and will be careful in all your actions. You will not do anything that will damage his future.
Sincere. You will not put your best foot forward. You will be yourself. And you will not manipulate other people’s feelings.
On Purity
When you get closer to someone more than what you should be, you are actually robbing him from his future wife.
You should consider his closeness to God. How can i help him get closer to God? Or are you actually distracting his relationship with the Lord. If he is walking with God, don’t refocus his attention to you.
Treat him as you would treat your brother.
Check the way you dress up. It’s hard to keep men’s eyes away from sexy and revealing clothes of women. (Makisama ka naman!)
On Trust
The hardest part is waiting for God’s perfect timing...
If you wait for the perfect timing, you will get something better.
You must redeem the time. Make the most of today. If you rush things, you will not learn and understand what God is telling you “now”.
View singleness as a blessing. You can use this time for serving God. This is a perfect time. No distraction!
Be content in any circumstance. Complaining is a sin. When you complain that you don’t have a this and that (boyfriend or girlfriend), you are actually telling God... “God I don’t think you are sure of what you are doing. Why does she have a boyfriend while I don’t? Are you ok, God?
Make God your source of hope, comfort and refuge.
God has given His only begotten son... Isn’t it enough proof of His love for us? He can provide our lesser needs.... we must trust.
Some other learnings....
When you are too close...
God might be preparing someone else for you and you might not realize the right man has come because you are so focused on the wrong man.
When you are thinking so much about him...
The time you spend thinking of him can be the time you might have spent in memorizing verses, extension for your quiet time, sharing the gospel, teaching in Sunday school etc.
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