"What do you mean you decided to get married?" Ashley blurted out. "Don't you mean God decided?" "Actually, it was kind of a corporate decision," Jenny answered with a smile. "I knew that a relationship with Doug was in God's will, but God didn't decide for me. I had a choice in the matter, and so did Doug. God loves us so much that He wants us to enjoy the desires of our heart as long as our number one desire is to delight in Him. Had I chosen not to marry Doug, or had he chosen not to marry me, I probably would have met another Christian man who would have been just as much in God's will for my life.”
Ashley didn't like what she was hearing. Next to God, Bobby was the desire of her heart. But what if Bobby didn't feel the same way about her? She wanted God to make the choice—namely, choosing Bobby for her and her for Bobby. It was becoming painfully clear to Ashley that she had to talk to about her future with Bobby.
Some Christians at my college challenged me to prove that the Bible was not accurate. As a skeptic, I spent 2 years trying to do this, and concluded that the Bible that we have today describes accurately what was said and done 2000 years ago. When I then read the Bible, I saw that God wanted a personal relationship with me. I want you to see that God also wants a personal relationship with you, one that you can depend upon in your life.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
I Thought God Decided
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abstinence,
Christian,
dating,
God’s will,
individual will,
Josh McDowell,
marriage,
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sexual purity,
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