[Faith-talk] Valentine's Day

[Everett Gavel]

Wow, I feel like I'm on some kind of dating service. 
That's quite a message.

Hello Eric, and all,

Eric, just keep praying.  There may be someone who fits 
right into your rather detailed list of demands.  God 
knows, not us.  As for saying you, "can't take 
rejection," well, I'm just glad Jesus didn't ever say 
that.

Though it's hard at times, and it's probably not what 
you want to hear, have you considered that the single 
life may be what God wants of you?  What I have been 
saying for the last few years (to remind myself) is, 
"If it's good enough for the Apostle Paul ("Saint 
Paul"), it's good enough for me!"  Even if I don't like 
it, if God wants it, I'll deal with it the best I can, 
you know?

Paul talks of how if we are single, to remain single, 
unless we are weak.  Better to get married than to sin 
and all that, you know?  Despite the negativity *this 
world* puts on "the single life," if you truly believe 
the Holy Bible to be the Inspired Word of God, then God 
is saying to us, stay single, unless you are weak and 
may sin.  Because He can use you better as a single 
person, and when we get married, our concerns, our 
worries, our thoughts, are split, necessarily so, 
between serving God and serving or loving our spouse. 
There's plenty in the Bible on being single.  Don't 
take my word for it on these points.  Go and read it 
for yourself, in the Bible, please.

Not to you directly here Eric, but to all reading this, 
I'll add, no one has any real excuses for not reading 
the Bible, if you're on this list.  One may not have 
access to print, or be able to read Braille, or even 
have a working cassette or CD player at the moment. 
But if you're reading this message, you can probably 
also read the Bible, verse-by-verse and 
chapter-by-chapter, at: http://www.biblegateway.com

Anyway, good luck with your future path, and God bless 
your efforts, Sir.  May He lead you exactly where He 
wants you to go, and if your desires and His desires 
are not exactly matched up at the moment, I pray He 
makes His desires yours.  I pray the same for myself 
regularly.  May God lead you down His narrow path, 
blessing you with His Godly wisdom and growing your 
faith in Him, each day, day by day.


God Be With You,
Everett
www.everettgavel.com



----- Original Message ----- 
> Fourteen days from now, it's gonna be Valentine's 
> Day.  I have no
> permanent valentine yet, but I hope the Lord sends me 
> a female, who loves
> the Lord and helps her man and doesn't harshly 
> criticize him.  I love my
> women, from 5 feet 1, through 6 feet, 5 inches tall. 
> I am attracted, both
> to high heeled shoes, and low heeled shoes.  I also 
> love perfume.
>
> The woman that I hope to look for need not be 
> sighted.  _but _she _must
> _love _dogs.
>
> The problem:  I'm gonna be 34 years old on Good 
> Friday, March 21, and I
> can't take rejection, just like the next person; I 
> can't take women who are
> only fixated on looks or high fashions, and I can't 
> take a woman who smokes
> or drinks.
>
> So let me hear it from the membership out there: what 
> do you want the
> Lord to send you, correction, who, in your life, and 
> why?
>
> Eric
> -