Wandering

I don't feel like my posts have been obviously relevant to any sort of dating or relationships at the moment, so I just want to clarify (in case someone is actually reading all of these!) The first few chapters really focus on where a person's heart should be before a relationship comes along. The love we show others comes only from the overflow of our love for our Savior. When you devote your heart to him and follow Him, you desire to love others in the same way we are loved by Christ. If your relationship with Christ is not solid, nothing else will be. I am a great example of that. When I got to college I sort of dated this guy. Honestly, I was only using him for dates on the weekends. I didn't treat him like a christian should treat another person, and it's not something I'm proud of at all. When I finally came to my senses I told him the truth, and I got called more names than I've ever been called in my life. It was awful, but a great reality check. I didn't want to be those things, I know better than to be those things. It was a great learning experience, though it came at a terrible expense for that guy. After that, I told myself I was done with the dating game. I figured out that what I needed at that point wasn't another date on Saturday night, but I needed to get myself back on track and right with my Father.
After I did that and I really started growing in my faith, I was happy being just me. I was satisfied way beyond the feeling I felt when I knew I had secured yet another saturday and I wouldn't be the "lame" girl home on a saturday night, even though that's really where I like to be. I'm probably rambling now, so I'll finish up. This is more than likely going to sound like a brag, so I want to say first of all that I by no means believe that I have done everything perfect. But I can testify that my relationship now is only what it is because we continue to keep Christ first. It's hard, and we've made mistakes here and there, but it would not be a fraction of what it is now, had we both not had our foundations in our Lord and Savior first. OK, I'm done talking about my relationship now...and I think I'm just going to end this post for now.

"so we will not go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. turn us again, o Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved." -psalm 80:18,19