Hands up if that makes sense? No? Honestly, it's like you need context or something.
Dating.
Oh yes, the dreaded 'D' word.
I am beyond the age of simple and sweet high school crushes:
So do you like, like him??
Weeeell, I like him but I don't know if I like, like him.
I don't think things are much clearer now. Sure, my vocabulary and syntax are a little more sophisticated but it's still terrifying, uncertain and messy.
Add in my delightful baggage and you've got yourself a gen-u-ine adult relationship!
Attempting to navigate these waters is little like a "blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there" (thanks John Waller). I must constantly come back to God and entrust myself to Him or I am liable to go insane. I need Him to remind me again and again how valuable I am and that rejection does not mean I am "unlovable."
"Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
(Luke 12: 7)
To any young women reading this: You are valuable. You are precious to the Most High God and nothing and no one can take that away from you (Romans 8: 38-39).
And don't forget Gloria Gaynor ;)
What advice can you offer on the dreaded D word? Any good lesson learnt along the way?
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