Last Sunday, my pastor did a sermon (in the evening service) about finding the person you're going to marry. Personally, I found it incredibly interesting (being single and all, LOL); he made some good points too. One was to not continually search for someone, partly because it stresses you out and partly because the opposite sex can usually pick up if you're looking at them as a potential partner. Another is to ensure that you know what you want in a wife/husband: a Christian, loves children, didn't vote for Obama (hahahaha!), etc. I don't know if this list approach to cataloging what you want in a spouse is something that everyone would agree with or even end up using, but it seems to me to be a good idea. It wouldn't be that great if you rushed into marriage without knowing where the other person stands on areas that you're quite adamant on.
"Some people," my pastor said, "are called to be single." My friends and I immediately decided we didn't have that calling. Funny that. But seriously, there are some people who never get married, and have no urge to do so. Myself, I think I'd find that to be quite a lonely life, but that's me.
7 comments:
I think that would have been an interesting sermon, but I didn't want to go. I'd be too scared to write a list in case I met the right person but he didn't match my criteria!
On a lighter note, are there any nice girls at uni?
None that I know. There might be some who go to the Christian group I *occasionally* attend, but since I've only been to a few of their Bible studies (which don't really involve much in the way of socialising) I don't know many Christian girls on campus. Of course, my non-Christian friends feel like they're spoiled for choice!
You could always find a girl and then convert her before you marry her?
Why? :-P
LOL, Matthew!! :P
'"Some people," my pastor said, "are called to be single." My friends and I immediately decided we didn't have that calling.'
LOL, yep, I can identify with that. . . :D
Sounds like it would have been a very interesting sermon.
LOL Matthew! That would be an interesting way to begin a relationship...
Sounds like your pastor made some good points! As far as the list thing goes, I think that it's a good idea to a certain extent. I think that having a list of things on which one refuses to compromise when it comes to a spouse is a wise thing to do (even if you don't write it down, just knowing which issues are that important). But if one starts cataloging current "preferences" as a list of requirements, I think maybe that's not such a great idea (one reason being along the lines of what Cherry mentioned)...So all that to say basically that I agree with you on it, if I read what you implied correctly. :-P (I love that line about Obama, BTW - was that yours or your pastor's? Brilliant!)
Editrix: It was interesting! Afterwards, the pastor spent some time with some of the teenagers/young adults (me included) so we could discuss the sermon. He's a really neat guy.
NotMyOwn: Yes, you've interpreted what I meant correctly. ;-)
I claim full responsibility for the Obama line. :-D
Post a Comment