I have been working like mad for the past 7 days. I am thankful to God for the opportunity to rest for the next 2 days. My colleague Muthu will be back on 25th Jan for work & I think I should be less busy then.
I have a friend who has been trying to meet me for the past 1 week. But because I was busy I was unable to meet him. However I know what is on his agenda. He is trying to preach “Jesus” to me. That is what is making me frustrated. Maybe by chance he happened to read my blog & the comments I was exchanging with my friend. He seems to think that my friend who commented on my blog is absolutely right wor.
“Trust God”. “Don’t need to do anything”. “Find someone from church”. These are just some messages from him. Wow. Textbook answer sia. Tell me my dear friends, did the bible say “Thou shalt look for your partner in church” or “Thoult shalt not need to lift a finger coz the almighty is here to deliver”.
BULLSHIT lor. I can’t stand it lor when people try to hard sell things to me. One thing I have learnt is never to tell people something which you have never experienced. Not that I am trying to be cynical but hey if he has never had a girlfriend before, is he in a position to sell me his ideas? And mind you he is older than me somemore.
I don’t mean to be rude. Please forgive me God.
Your friend may have your best interests at heart. Whether you agree with what he says or not, at least give him a chance to share with you. Who knows, he might be right.
Personally, I would agree with the “Trust God” part, but not the “Don’t need to do anything” or “Find someone from church” part.
I definitely do not believe that one MUST find someone from church. I don’t believe this is written anywhere. Of course, it is good to find someone from church, no doubt about that, but if there is no one suitable, then I guess one has to start looking elsewhere, right? No hard and fast rule on this, I guess.
Even if he has never had a girlfriend before, I still think that he might be able to dish out good advice. Just that it is not “based on real-life experiences”, that’s all.
Just give him a chance to share with you lor. Up to you to decide whether you want to agree with what he says or not. If you don’t agree, you can tell him that you respectfully disagree with what he says.
Comment by Jeremy — January 17, 2010 @ 12:40 am
ok, by way of “church” does he mean a particular church or Christians in generally? If it’s the former, then if one can’t find in your own church, he/she can still look elsewhere. If it’s the latter, the Bible does state that one shall not be “unequally yoked”.
Anyway, the objective of church is not to find a partner. If a person (Christian) is really serious in getting someone from church, one has to get right with God first.
Of course cannot don’t do anything, but you still have to trust God to provide. If you don’t trust God to provide, then no matter what you do is fruitless.
Well, you can still give him a chance to chat with you. It’s up to you to decide if you agree or disagree and you can raise your queries with him. Amicably though.
Comment by LF — January 18, 2010 @ 9:39 am
Oh yes, after reading LF’s comments I realised that there was room for misinterpretation.
In my comments, I was referring to “Finding someone from your own church”. Only after reading LF’s comments did I realise that it could have also been taken to mean “Finding someone from church (as in, Christianity)”.
I don’t believe you need to find someone from your own church, but I definitely believe that you need to find someone of the same Christian faith.
Comment by Jeremy — January 18, 2010 @ 10:59 am
Actually I don’t even know why we are dwelling on this topic. My discussion with LF previously was on positive thinking. How come there is the intepretation of getting a gf?
Anyway to each his own
Comment by jerronlee — January 18, 2010 @ 9:08 pm