The title: Today after reading over my share of courtship stories, I decided to get my Dad involved with this whole shabang....read for further understanding.
Moving Right Along: I've been fascinated with courtship stories for a few months now. As I grow stronger in Christ, I realize that there are certain things I take more seriously. Staying in His will is a big one, living a righteous life, and finally making sure when I do things that are earthly (career, relationships, etc), they edify God and His glory. So I'm taking marriage more seriously than how it's often taken in this world. I know that God has a perfect mate for me and I must be patient, I also don't want to get married anytime soon so I've got lots of time to focus on my relationship with God and getting this bomb-diggity career going. But what about these courtship stories?
Well I read them on this site: http://ylcf.org/courtship-stories/three/.
I was really excited to come across them, because their aren't a whole lot of examples of Christian dating readily available. And I don't mean the frivolous dating we do nowadays, where you say "Okay, let's try this out with no direction in sight." I mean the ultimate goal of dating is to get to know each other and decide if this is your life partner. So this database was great.... but then I couldn't find anything that I could relate to. All the people were in these ideal fantasy Christian, two parent home, and generally home schooled fairy tale, that I just couldn't relate to....
So I called my Dad, because these stories always have an interception, where the man talks to the father about courting his daughter and then ultimately things go from there. I expressed to my Dad that he needs to help me in this process. I told him he should find me a suitor when I'm close to the age of 27. He then asks that since we're doing this the old-fashioned way, would he be required to give the guy's family a cow... No, he will not be required to do this...unless my future husband is from a village.
But still, I wanted to relate to these stories. I wanted to hear from a Christian Woman that was more like me! Why wasn't there a story written from someone like me?! Well, I clicked around and "boom" there it was. A wedding photographer who prayed, got into a relationship with a God-loving videographer, who fell in love, got married, and are having a baby. Here's a link to her blog: http://www.evangelinerenee.com/
It was important for me to find an example from someone like her, because:
She feels like a real person. She has a creative job that she loves. She married another creative person. She travels a lot for work, yet was still able to find love. It reaffirms my belief that there is no cookie-cutter Christian. I don't have to be the daughter of a pastor, or aspire to be a stay-at-home mom, or any of those crazy "7th Heaven"-esque stereotypes that people (and accidentally I) throw on Christians. I was created by a God who loves me and knows what I want and will match me with the right person.
...and my Dad won't even have to buy a cow...but a goat, maybe.
Moving Right Along: I've been fascinated with courtship stories for a few months now. As I grow stronger in Christ, I realize that there are certain things I take more seriously. Staying in His will is a big one, living a righteous life, and finally making sure when I do things that are earthly (career, relationships, etc), they edify God and His glory. So I'm taking marriage more seriously than how it's often taken in this world. I know that God has a perfect mate for me and I must be patient, I also don't want to get married anytime soon so I've got lots of time to focus on my relationship with God and getting this bomb-diggity career going. But what about these courtship stories?
Well I read them on this site: http://ylcf.org/courtship-stories/three/.
I was really excited to come across them, because their aren't a whole lot of examples of Christian dating readily available. And I don't mean the frivolous dating we do nowadays, where you say "Okay, let's try this out with no direction in sight." I mean the ultimate goal of dating is to get to know each other and decide if this is your life partner. So this database was great.... but then I couldn't find anything that I could relate to. All the people were in these ideal fantasy Christian, two parent home, and generally home schooled fairy tale, that I just couldn't relate to....
So I called my Dad, because these stories always have an interception, where the man talks to the father about courting his daughter and then ultimately things go from there. I expressed to my Dad that he needs to help me in this process. I told him he should find me a suitor when I'm close to the age of 27. He then asks that since we're doing this the old-fashioned way, would he be required to give the guy's family a cow... No, he will not be required to do this...unless my future husband is from a village.
But still, I wanted to relate to these stories. I wanted to hear from a Christian Woman that was more like me! Why wasn't there a story written from someone like me?! Well, I clicked around and "boom" there it was. A wedding photographer who prayed, got into a relationship with a God-loving videographer, who fell in love, got married, and are having a baby. Here's a link to her blog: http://www.evangelinerenee.com/
It was important for me to find an example from someone like her, because:
She feels like a real person. She has a creative job that she loves. She married another creative person. She travels a lot for work, yet was still able to find love. It reaffirms my belief that there is no cookie-cutter Christian. I don't have to be the daughter of a pastor, or aspire to be a stay-at-home mom, or any of those crazy "7th Heaven"-esque stereotypes that people (and accidentally I) throw on Christians. I was created by a God who loves me and knows what I want and will match me with the right person.
...and my Dad won't even have to buy a cow...but a goat, maybe.
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