I've been thinking lately (heck who am I kidding, try several times each day) about "meeting the right one" and how that might happen. I have to say at the outset that I don't know why I'm still single at this late stage in life but that I'm trusting in God to fix that one up for me in His timimg and not mine. Not only that I'm utilizing Pastor Ashley's message that "praise comes first" and praising God for where I'm at rather than blaming Him. Hey, God's timimng is perfect (He invented time didn't He?) so who am I to set myself up to say that it isn't? That's original sin right there.

So I have to look at where I'm at with church. I'm figuring that meeting "that special someone" is pretty much going to happen in a church context, I'm noy marrying a non-Christian for starters, so you look around and if the "special someone" isn't readily apparent you can wonder "Am I in the right ministry?" or "Am I in the right church?". After you start wondering that the next step is looking over the fence to the grass on the other side and wondering if she might be over there and then maybe going there.

I look at it like this: I'm where God wants me, doing what He wants me to do with the gifts and talents He has given me for this purpose and with the passion and drive to do the work He has given me. Why would I want to go somewhere else to meet someone whose passions and drives lie in completely another direction? I'd be miseable (and disobedient) and I'd be meeting someone who was going in a different direction to where God wanted me, what a mess that could be.

No I figure I'll stay right where God wants me and trust Him to bring along the right someone at the right time who will share and partner with me in the direction that God wants me to go. After all what better place to meet someone who shares the ministry that God has given me than right in the middle of what He wants me to do? Food for thought.



posted by Peter at 6:47 PM

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I am a 40 year old Christian lady seeking likeminded eligible Christian man. If you have any suggestions let me know as our church is in short supply. My name is Caroline Hampton I canbe reached at engris@dodo.com.au

By caroline hampton, at 10:42 AM  

Hmmm, I'm going to answer for everybody here rather than to a specific situation.

There are two possible answers to your question: Spiritual and Practical.

Spiritually: Serve God with all your heart where you are. You hear all thos sermons on the advantages of the sinle life - live them! It may be hard to understand but it is worth making the effort. Seek first His kingdom.

Practically: Small churches can be tough (I'm in a large church now but I used to be in a small one) so you need to think outside the box a bit. You need to find places where Christians from other churches are like social clubs or Christian Adventure Travel. One word of advice: make yourself accountable to people in your local church. In seeking people outside you are going outside your social circle which removes some of your accountability. Also remember that if you meet someone and all goes well at least one of you is going to have to leave the church you are in so make sure God is calling you to look somewhere else.

By Peter, at 10:19 PM  

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