As men we are attracted to beauty. Always looking for someone or something to compliment us. As Godly men, we specifically look for a Godly woman to compliment us as we compliment her. Dating is such a long process when doing it biblically and waiting is probably an even longer process. As a young man, all I want is to find that someone. I just want to have a woman to get to know. Not for her appearance but for her heart for God. I realize that even though we might find plenty of Godly women, it doesn't mean any of them are rift for me. It is important to know you might have to fight a little to meet the one God put on this earth for you. In order to receive a blessing from God, you might have to first face Godly rejection.
My Story
Like most stories start, I saw a girl. For protection purposes we will call her Tara. I immediately fell into infatuation. I immediately saw myself taking her on a date which is ridiculous because I didn't even know her! Like always, I begin to overthink things. They way she said "hey" to me was already being dissected as soon as she said it. I was constantly reading my bible and being around people in fear of thinking about her too much. I begin to tell my friends about this girl and how much I liked her. The day before I was going to ask her, I figured out that a friend of mine had already asked her on a date. I heard he did in a terrible way as well. Through that, I also figured out that she didn't want to date anyone right now. After hearing that was devastated. Not only did a friend betray me, but I also learned that the "girl of my dreams" wasn't ready and I was. At first I thought this wasn't fair, but then I knew none of this was about me. I decided that the manly thing to do was to talk to her, so one day when she was by herself I walked up to her and said, " First of all, I want to say how sorry I am that my friend treated you that way. No woman should ever go through the that. As you know, I really like you. I've like you for a while and I was going to ask you on a date, but I know right now you might not be ready. I respect that and I want you to know that I am praying that when you are ready, someone will be there to treat you like the queen you are." She ended up taking the whole thing well.
In the end, I never got a date out of it. It sucked because I really liked this girl. I still do, but I realized that God's will is ultimate. I know that God will give me what I need in his timing and I have to be content. I also encourage you young men out there waiting. Be content with rejection because it is God's way of keeping you from what you do not need.
