Today I met this guy. He’s so perfect. We talked for hours on the phone. Then we chatted on facebook until 6am. We talked about everything under the sun. I feel like he knows me better than anyone. He just gets me.
Love,
Me
I’m sure most of us have met that person that we’ve had an instant bond with. Someone who we thought, “Whoa. They just get me. This is awesome.” So we instantly throw caution to the wind and we dive in head first, sharing our deepest darkest secrets to each other. Now you might be thinking, “Yeah, so what’s the harm? It’s not like we’re having sex? Or even kissing?” And you would be correct. Your physical purity is still intact. But too often we forget about our emotional purity. Especially as Christians we tend to think that if we aren’t having sex or making out every time we are with our significant other than we can’t be doing anything wrong. But God calls us to a higher standard, and more importantly, he calls us to “Guard your heart, for it is the well-spring of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)
We so willing give our emotions to someone, but guard our physical purity. Why do we think that our emotions do not matter? Unfortunately, I have met too many people who have given away parts of their heart to people and wish they could take it back. I am completely aware that it is hard not to. But I want to challenge you with a question that a very wise friend asked me once, “What would your future spouse think of what you were doing right now?” That thought is constantly weighing on my mind. Whenever I think about interactions with the opposite sex, I ask myself two questions. 1. Is this honoring and glorifying to God? 2. Would my future husband be okay with what I was doing? If the answer to either of those questions is ‘No’, then I know I shouldn’t be doing it, and I try not to.
I am not saying I am perfect. I definitely have made mistakes, and when I do meet my future husband, at some point I will share with him the things that I have done without thinking about him, and ask him for his forgiveness. But as of now, I’m trying to live in such a way where I won’t have hours upon hours of confessions to share.
So my encouragement and challenge to you as you start your day is to think about your future spouse—whether you are single or in a relationship, is what you doing honoring your relationship with them?
We so willing give our emotions to someone, but guard our physical purity. Why do we think that our emotions do not matter? Unfortunately, I have met too many people who have given away parts of their heart to people and wish they could take it back. I am completely aware that it is hard not to. But I want to challenge you with a question that a very wise friend asked me once, “What would your future spouse think of what you were doing right now?” That thought is constantly weighing on my mind. Whenever I think about interactions with the opposite sex, I ask myself two questions. 1. Is this honoring and glorifying to God? 2. Would my future husband be okay with what I was doing? If the answer to either of those questions is ‘No’, then I know I shouldn’t be doing it, and I try not to.
I am not saying I am perfect. I definitely have made mistakes, and when I do meet my future husband, at some point I will share with him the things that I have done without thinking about him, and ask him for his forgiveness. But as of now, I’m trying to live in such a way where I won’t have hours upon hours of confessions to share.
So my encouragement and challenge to you as you start your day is to think about your future spouse—whether you are single or in a relationship, is what you doing honoring your relationship with them?
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