Yes, I have a boyfriend.
His name is Michael. I call him The Doctor. We connected over our love for Doctor Who. xD And then I got to know him better and better, and God was showing me that he was the type of man I should be looking for in a boyfriend/future husband. Michael's first love? Jesus. He loves God with his whole heart, AND he likes Doctor Who? Uh, yes please.
His name is Michael. I call him The Doctor. We connected over our love for Doctor Who. xD And then I got to know him better and better, and God was showing me that he was the type of man I should be looking for in a boyfriend/future husband. Michael's first love? Jesus. He loves God with his whole heart, AND he likes Doctor Who? Uh, yes please.
But in all seriousness, the Lord has decided to take this new chapter of my life to teach me a few things.
So, I drove home from church today, and I just started praying as I was driving. I was enjoying the beautiful country road complete with green grass, rolling hills, and a setting sun over the becautiful Rocky Mountains. I thanked the Lord for everything He had made and for my eyes, that I could see the grandeur. And then, I started praying for and about Michael. I started praying about connecting with him more, learning to cherish him more, and about becoming his best friend more and more. In response, God laid some stuff on my heart:
1) I need to be seeking Him as my best friend first...Put more clearly, before seeking to be Michael's best friend, I need to be seeking the Lord Jesus as my best friend first. This was a big "HEY!" moment for me. I need to be talking to God about the important and non-important things, and I need to be reading His word so He can talk to me; just like best friends.
2) I need to have God be the most important thing in my life, that means He needs to be even more important than Michael. Now you might be thinking, "Hannah! Hah! That's a given. I mean seriously, how could Michael even be close to the most important thing, before God?" You know what, I would probably be saying the exact same thing as you if it was before I started dating Michael. The thing you are going to realize, the thing you need to WATCH OUT for, is that when you get a boyfirend, or a girlfriend, and even when you're married; your significant other starts to become something so special to you that it's EASY to place them on a pedastal. But today, God was warning/whispering to me about this fact.
I think about Michael a lot, my brain is always on him. But what if I had God on my mind like that? What if I was thinking about God; how I could better serve Him, or how I could better please Him. I'd be doing a lot more stuff for the Lord, if my thoughts were constantly on Him.
In conclusion, I'm very thankful for Michael. I'm thankful for his love for Christ, and his heart to serve God. And I'm thankful that Jesus has put him in my life. But more importantly I'm thankful for his Creator. I dont deserve Christ, yet He is there every second of the day for me. The question is: am I there for him? Am I putting Him first? Is He my best friend? 'Cause ultimately, He's the one who put me here, and He's the one who cares about me the most. :)
So, I drove home from church today, and I just started praying as I was driving. I was enjoying the beautiful country road complete with green grass, rolling hills, and a setting sun over the becautiful Rocky Mountains. I thanked the Lord for everything He had made and for my eyes, that I could see the grandeur. And then, I started praying for and about Michael. I started praying about connecting with him more, learning to cherish him more, and about becoming his best friend more and more. In response, God laid some stuff on my heart:
1) I need to be seeking Him as my best friend first...Put more clearly, before seeking to be Michael's best friend, I need to be seeking the Lord Jesus as my best friend first. This was a big "HEY!" moment for me. I need to be talking to God about the important and non-important things, and I need to be reading His word so He can talk to me; just like best friends.
2) I need to have God be the most important thing in my life, that means He needs to be even more important than Michael. Now you might be thinking, "Hannah! Hah! That's a given. I mean seriously, how could Michael even be close to the most important thing, before God?" You know what, I would probably be saying the exact same thing as you if it was before I started dating Michael. The thing you are going to realize, the thing you need to WATCH OUT for, is that when you get a boyfirend, or a girlfriend, and even when you're married; your significant other starts to become something so special to you that it's EASY to place them on a pedastal. But today, God was warning/whispering to me about this fact.
I think about Michael a lot, my brain is always on him. But what if I had God on my mind like that? What if I was thinking about God; how I could better serve Him, or how I could better please Him. I'd be doing a lot more stuff for the Lord, if my thoughts were constantly on Him.
In conclusion, I'm very thankful for Michael. I'm thankful for his love for Christ, and his heart to serve God. And I'm thankful that Jesus has put him in my life. But more importantly I'm thankful for his Creator. I dont deserve Christ, yet He is there every second of the day for me. The question is: am I there for him? Am I putting Him first? Is He my best friend? 'Cause ultimately, He's the one who put me here, and He's the one who cares about me the most. :)
