The chosen one verse the perfect one
I just realised I blog more nowadays than ever.. Nearly everyday I can blog something out of nothing. Nonetheless I do have one more thought in mind after observing how others behave. I would not say I would not have it but then I guess we are all human being, living in same manner, earthly, sinful and yet imperfect.
This thought came when we talk about BGR or in full "boy girl relationship" as we all are familiar with it. As a guy, I've listened quite a lot of topic concerning BGR. Each time such topic were bought people would invited us girl or guy alike to hear and understand what this topic is all about and how God would want a healthy Christlike relationship being ordained by Him. Well as much as I had listened a lot of time concerning this topic, I found out one thing that this topic to me is not proper guided.
Christians love to preach about BGR in terms of when we pray and ask God to direct us God will lead to the perfect partner for us. A lot of time I've heard this sentence and I find it quite misleading. So if we were to pray to God, God would choose for us a perfect partner? What happened if we do not hear from God? Means we are not supposed to get married. I don't like the way Christians preach bout it though although it may be "sounded" correct. Because for me no one is perfect. I'd rather hear Christians who preach about BGR to mention the right one. I guess that three word would be much more accurate. Cause I met quite a few single Christians especially ladies. They told me that they are still waiting for the God's perfect partner for them. As I said it earlier, no one is perfect, and no one but God. So unless and until you longed to get married might as well celibate for God. After all He is our Bridegroom.
Because of that a lot of them choose high standard over their future partner. I met one who told me that she wants to have a rich, handsome and spirit-filled Christian guy. I find it disturbing cause those kind of guy are either taken long long time ago, a non-believer perhaps (which disqualified her third criteria) or just a dream to her. I felt that the word perfect is disillusioned that those who are rich, handsome and spirit-filled are the perfect one. So what happened if only non-believer guy are rich, handsome and spirit-filled (my spirit filled here means religious but non-believer)? Would they go for them? I felt that these criteria are kind of biased towards the poor. I mean there are a lot of not-so-rich guys all around and they are spirit-filled too (in our Lord Jesus Christ). They might not be rich physically but they are rich in the eye of God cause they are rich in character, a righteous child of God. They might not be handsome in man's view but to God they are handsome because they reflect God's image. Unless of course we said God is not handsome la. Then that would be another interesting topic all by itself.
I believe that what God meant is a perfect partner to His children would be someone who would be there till death to us part and who would be there regardless of tiredness, hardship etc etc.. That's why I believe that for two to become one, the first party must accept the second party not because of their earthly belonging but rather because they can live together despite all sufferings, hardships and any negative outcome. Therefore I do urge my fellow Christian brothers and sisters, do preach BGR in a gentle and precise manner to avoid all future misunderstanding and misleading of understanding, Amen.
2 Comments:
Some good thoughts here - I believe strongly that those who hold out for 'mr. perfect' are missing the point of marriage. I believe those who take marriage as a relationship to model how Christ interacts with the church (Eph. 5) - we all would be given a window into exactly how a marriage should be. Take the church in the middle ages for example - here we have a wayward methodology that is played out by an unfaithful wife (the church) through the crusades. I'm not saying my wife kills on account of someone's faith, but saying that sometimes marriage can be dicey! Sometimes marriages between man and woman aren't perfect, rich, or good looking, and sometimes (albeit few and far between) it is all these things
My point is that hanging around for 'mr right' and putting two very distinct requirements on said suitor (handsome and rich) truly negates one's *own* spiritual depth (thus making them undesirable to the very 'spritually deep' person they are waiting for because they themselves are not so.)
Just as the relationship of Christ to his church is one of a changing landscape, always shifting and moving, so it is with any marriage, good bad, or ugly. For anyone to think otherwise is foolishness, and results in a person setting themselves up for failure before it even begins.
Thanks Pastor Andrew
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