It's not about finding your soulmate it's about being the right one, God making you into the right one, Godly home, Godly living, walking by faith.

Everyone is different. God treats everyone differently - Bc we're all different. Dating isn't wrong. Not dating isn't wrong. What's wrong is creating one absolute standard that people will fail- causing people to feel like they've sinned when they haven't.

Maybe your an exception, it may have worked for you that way but that doesnt mean that God is any less or any more sovereign if people choose to go on a date or two to get to know someone. There are people who did similar to what you did, and married a person that they found out was different in character after the marriage. There are stories of women who waited till their thirties and still didnt find a husband and wished that they would have been more proactive in their earlier years. Praise God brother for your marriage, and Im happy for you! But I would say nonetheless, God is sovereign regardless of how you initiate a relationship, but I dont see an issue with a person stepping out in faith to actively pursue someone the Lord may have for them. We take steps of faith in other areas of our life such as looking for work, looking for a good school, looking for a good church etc So I would argue that Mr. Todd, to a certain degree, isnt wrong on this one. Regardless, grace and peace.

@Corrinthian_

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What you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need. Lord Jesus, _Matthew 6:33_

Thank you, my brother for posting this! I am a new subscriber, and I NEEDED this!

I 100% agree. So many people are being hurt and hurting others trying to date around.

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In a culture where single adults are left to find a spouse without the community being involved how is one suppose to know a total stranger without dating or courtship? Not to add that people migrate from location to location due to various reasons ! I think yes you have to be bold to ask the phone number of that sister you saw in church or at a gathering and you may have to accept that invitation to walk in the park or a coffe drink cause Like Mike Tood said God won't ask the phone number on your behalf and he won't Go on that walk in your place. I think that this is what Mike meant. And yes if you have the desire to get married, and God place someone on your path you have to do your part of the job. If you pray for a job and you see a job advertisement you thank God for the opportunity to apply then apply for the job God won't send the resume you have to do it, and if you are invited for an interview you prepare yourself mentally physically and spiritually and go for the interview. PS: I do not equate marriage to a job but i wanted to illustrate that we have our part to play

So by this frame of thinking if God leads me to a covert Narcissist, that was his will for me to suffer and be mentally imposible to even focus on God?

This also depends on someone’s concept of dating. Relational dating, ofc, i see what you are coming from. How about just speaking with people, outside any type of commitment with a clear understanding on both sides that they are just friends speaking. Like God said it wasn’t good for man to be alone, then made and brought all these different creatures to Adam to see what he would call them. And all that led to Eve. God presented way more than Eve to Adam. And then after Eve was presented, Adam was like, AT LAST bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. So yeah, worldly dating sucks, or just the concept of dating in general. But I have to examine the person to see if they are bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.

Michael Todd is the same gentleman who actually stated the opposite one time. So it’s very hard to take him seriously as he contradicted himself. There was another popular sermon circulating where he said that the “concept of dating isn’t in the Bible” and that it puts us in “a habit of getting into things and out of things.” Like, where exactly does he stand on this? I like your view point though. God will actually lead two believers together and they will actually feel if a connection is growing or not. The rest is choice. Every man can only have one wife after all.

@evelynfrederick

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People are allowed to change WITHOUT your permission