Finally, part of guarding your heart is not letting someone into the intimate areas of your life foolishly. This is true with just about anything in life. If you stay close to God throughout the process, you will be safe. Allow the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to guard, guide and direct your dating path. So I know some people will vehemently disagree with this viewpoint, but these are honest conversations we need to start having in the Christian community.
The goal should never be to collect a bunch of girlfriends and boyfriends or an endless supply of free meals, but a BFF and life partner. Telling someone to date only with the intent to marry is erroneous, but so is casual dating with no end-game in mind. Relationships are tricky, but we have the Holy Spirit to help us navigate them wisely and in the best way possible. However, if we take God with us on the journey every step of the way, we will be in no greater hands.
Join Beliefnet Today! See all our uplifting newsletters! I hope that the lessons he's learned and the scars he's earned can become a source of wisdom and healing for you wherever you are on your journey. Reading this book has been a great delight as Eric has written in a very open and vulnerable gritty and genuine way.
There is no pretentiousness here, no judgment, or criticism, or a list of dos and don'ts! It is like having a good coach coming alongside to encourage and hopefully advise, but always with your success and very best at heart. Wisdom learned from life's experiences, not just from reading a book. Eric gives wise guidelines of how to live and love by celebrating singleness, cultivating friendships, and building good foundations and character before finding a future good mate.
Becoming emotionally healthy is key to marrying out of want, not out of need. He doesn't try to prescribe a template for the way to date, but rather offers helpful prompts for those wishing to pursue healthy dating relationships. If you've been around the dating block or are new to the process, I recommend you give this book a read! Eric gives us biblically sound advice for growing ourselves, respecting others, and honoring God in a culture that says 'anything goes.
Middle Grade Bible Studies Fiction. He was horrible at interviews, but by the 38th one, he had learned how to engage with good questions, talk about himself an appropriate amount and gauge interest from himself and the interviewer. Dating can be like that too. What if you completely jettison the idea of finding your husband or wife via dating, at least for the first five dates? What if dating is about getting to know someone and gauging interest, not lifelong compatibility?
The great thing about changing expectations is that it lowers the pressure on grabbing dinner together and figuring out if the two of you even like talking to one another! In truth, kindness is not about passivity.
Kindness is honoring someone in your treatment of them, but kindness is also honoring them by ending a dating relationship if needed. Will it be awkward? Sure, it will! But you can start somewhere—slowly, and casually—and trust God to lead you into more.
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