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| SMART LOVE When will I meet the person for me? When will I fall in love? When will I marry? "How do we find answers to these questions? This is where 'smart love' comes in. God want us to seek guidance from scriptural truth, not feeling. Smart love looks beyond personal desires and the gratification of the moment. It looks at the big picture: serving others and glorifying God." "'What about me?' you might be asking. 'What about my needs?' This is the awesome part: When we make God's glory and other peoples' needs our priority, we position ourselves to receive God's best in our lives as well. Let me explain." "In the past I made the starting point of my relationships, what I wanted instead of what God wanted. I looked out for my needs and fit others to my agenda. Did I find fulfillment? No, I only found compromise and heartache. I not only hurt others, I hurt myself, and most seriously, I sinned against God." "But when I reversed my attitude and made my main priority in relationships pleasing God and blessing others, I found true peace and joy. Smart love unlocks God's best for our lives. When I stopped viewing girls as potential girlfriends and started treating them as sisters in Christ, I discovered the richness of true friendship. When I stopped worrying about who I was going to marry and began to trust God's timing, I uncovered the incredible potential of serving God as a single. And when I stopped flirting with temptation in one-on-one dating relationships and started pursuing righteousness, I uncovered the peace and power that comes from purity. I kissed dating good-bye because I found out that God has something better in store!" "You and I will never experience God's best in singleness or in marriage until we give God our all. We've held unto old attitudes, foolishly clutching a lifestyle that the world tells us will bring fulfillment. God asks us to hand them all over to him." Excerpt from Joshua Harris' I Kissed Dating Goodbye |