Taken from Chapter 3 of " boy meets girl" by Joshua Harris:
Until Love So Desires Romance is a very good thing. But just because it's good doesn't mean that we can enjoy it whenever and however we please. Like all the other good gifts God has made, romantic love can be misued.
Even the song of songs, which revels in the ecstacy of romantic passion, is filled with reminders not to remove that passion from the boundaries of God's timing and purpose. " I charge you," Solomon's bride says, "Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires" (Song of Songs 8:4).
Rich and Christy's feelings for each other were real and deeply romantic. But were those feelings being awakened in God's timing and purpose? Christy's dad, Mike Farris, wasn't so sure. When he found out how emotionally involved Rich and Christy were, he decided to intervene.
Mike had the chance to interact with Rich on a regular basis - he was his boss. Mike was running for the office of lieutenant governor in Virginia and had hired Rich to drive him to the different rallies and events being held around the state. On most of these trips, Mike worked quietly in the backseat or made phone calls. But to Rich's surprise, one day Mike decided to sit up front. As soon as they were under way, Mike turned to Rich and asked,"So what's this I hear about you and Christy?"
Rich gulped. As Rich drove, Mike talked to him gently and with fatherly concern about the importance of wisdom in romance. Mike had many regrets about the years he had spent dating girls in high school and college. "When you're close emotionally, you give away part of your heart," he told Rich. "There are long-term consequences."
To his credit, Rich really listened to what Mike had to say. The truth sank in. Rich wasn't ready to support a family - both he and Christy still wanted to attend college. And it was also too soon for them to stoke the fires of romance. A premature romantice relationship would only distract them from preparing for their future.
"I had never heard anything like that before," Rich remembers, "Mike convinced me. It wasn't a case of him forcing me to break up with his daughter. As he shared his own understanding about relationships, I saw that he was right."
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shine Your light
For this is what the high
and lofty One says –
“I live in a high and
holy place,but also
with him who is contrite
and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit
of the lowly and to
revive the heart of the
contrite.”
-Isaiah 57:15
Be Humble and Obedient
Your truth
"Don't let anyone look
down on you because
you are young, but set
an example in speech,
in life, in love, in faith
and in purity"
-1 Timothy 4:12
