I'm almost three whole months into my one year of "no dating, no pursuing" and I just realized that I have yet to write anything about this journey. Let me start off by saying, goodness gracious. This is, hands down, one of the more difficult things I've done in my 22 years on planet earth. However, in the same breath I want to say how much I've learned and grown from this three month experience already. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where I'm sitting in another nine months. God's got it all under control.
About a month and a half ago I was enjoying some Chinese take out with two friends when I received this message in my fortune cookie: "romance will come your way soon." Now, I don't put a lot of stock into what my fortune cookie says, but it did seem of some importance to me, for whatever reason. So I kept it and put it into my wallet with all of my other random things I pick up. As worthless as that little piece of paper is, it has been right thus far. A new romance has come into my life; my Bridgegroom has appeared in a new way and am excited to be able to devout an entire year to solely Him.
Anyways, I came across this article in Relevant Magazine that I wanted to pass along to whom ever might need to read it. There's some good thoughts about the single and dating life as well as a good prayer that I, myself needs to start praying..."instead of praying that God will bring you the right person, pray that He makes you the right person."
Just like I told a good friend last night, I knew that as soon as I made this decision to partake in this one year journey, every attractive girl would come running from all corners of the globe. I'm ok with that. What good is learning if you never get to put it into practice and be tested on what you learned? So here we go. Three months down. Nine to go.
With love,
---Thomas
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