Mar 22, 2006 13:55
No one ever uses live journal anymore! Accept Bethany! Which is great, I am very amused by her entries. I am reading a few books at the moment, wait till you get a load of these titles....
I kissed Dating Goodbye
Boundaries in Dating
His Needs her needs
love busters
yes, self help books are the best....some of them are agonizing to the point of hilariousness and the others are quite hilarious. And the matter of it all, I am waiting to date to persue a comitted relationship. Something that doesnt seem to exist these days. Almost every single married person I know has been divorced and I am tired of the short term selfish dating. I was so selfish in the dating scene. I wanted everything and got it and if not i was willing to put myself in some pretty stupid situations to get it. Thank God I am a christian and God sent his own son to die for my sins. Lucky me. I am loved, and it is my goal to follow God's will and way. Today was interesting, everyone seemed to have a good attitude which makes everything better. I drove to work praying for a good attitude and a want to do my best today and I guess I have to thank God for all this goodness. Of course! I was persuing relationships for the sake of the good experience, totally self-seeking. I was seeking romance, a good time, trying to find out what I'll want one day.When I get around to actually committing to one person. Not God's will at all! Physical and emotional hookups! All my emotions and relationships were counterfeit, in the words of joshua harris. According to him, the joy of intamacy is the reward of commitment. A self-sacrificial love that is dedicated to the long-term good of my mate. Thats what I want. Thats what I have been after and all the relationships I have had ended up in heartache and hurt. Intimacy with out obligation leads to sin and death. Intamcy without commitment is like icing without the cake. I have churned my stomach with too much icing and its time that I take my time and find the cake and the icing. I need to wait for romance until I can match my persuit of intamacy with my persuit of commitment.