Friday, September 01, 2006
Preparing spiritually before dating
Evangelical Catholicism has an interesting post on the importance of developing a spiritual life while single. It's a lesson that I've been trying to learn, but all too often don't practice.
As women, we experience many things throughout the day and take them in, but because we are always so busy with work or school, we never find time to just sit down and reflect on the impact that those experiences have in our hearts and minds. Another source of our busyness that prevents us from getting to know ourselves is when we keep looking around for the “perfect” Catholic man, so our frustration grows even more when our search turns out to be unsuccessful. Let God be God and let Him take you where He wants you to be. Before dating anyone, it is essential that you understand the priorities in your life so you can align them with those of someone else. Thus, you will be able to distinguish that person from all the others who will grow with you in holiness.
I know about the frustrations of not being able to find the "perfect Catholic man." All too often, I let them get in the way of letting God direct things. It's good to be reminded that perseverance has it's own rewards - it may never produce the man I'm looking for (but, then again, maybe it will), but it will develop a trust in God that lets him take me where he wants me to be.
Hat tip to Melanie B.
As women, we experience many things throughout the day and take them in, but because we are always so busy with work or school, we never find time to just sit down and reflect on the impact that those experiences have in our hearts and minds. Another source of our busyness that prevents us from getting to know ourselves is when we keep looking around for the “perfect” Catholic man, so our frustration grows even more when our search turns out to be unsuccessful. Let God be God and let Him take you where He wants you to be. Before dating anyone, it is essential that you understand the priorities in your life so you can align them with those of someone else. Thus, you will be able to distinguish that person from all the others who will grow with you in holiness.
I know about the frustrations of not being able to find the "perfect Catholic man." All too often, I let them get in the way of letting God direct things. It's good to be reminded that perseverance has it's own rewards - it may never produce the man I'm looking for (but, then again, maybe it will), but it will develop a trust in God that lets him take me where he wants me to be.
Hat tip to Melanie B.
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Thanks for the post Wimsey.
However, while placing trust in God seems simple enough to do, it seems to me that we often get in our own way and trip ourselves up.
It's difficult in practice (at least for some of us) to put our trust in God, so it seems best to practice placing our trust in God before we are put to the test or before our relationships are put to the test.
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However, while placing trust in God seems simple enough to do, it seems to me that we often get in our own way and trip ourselves up.
It's difficult in practice (at least for some of us) to put our trust in God, so it seems best to practice placing our trust in God before we are put to the test or before our relationships are put to the test.
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