I'm more than 45 pounds overweight, although I am working on losing the weight. I guess I've pretty much given up on finding a date, or love for that matter.
I'm sorry that I sounded like such a downer. I guess that I haven't really given up on looking for dates and love, but I've given up on doing the "stuff" like Eharmony and am just going out and enjoying life. I have often joked to friends that I don't think I could find a man who could keep up with me!
The problem is that most of the time, I'm meeting men that are involved with someone else.
Michelle
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I'm sorry that I sounded like such a downer. I guess that I haven't really given up on looking for dates and love, but I've given up on doing the "stuff" like Eharmony and am just going out and enjoying life. I have often joked to friends that I don't think I could find a man who could keep up with me!
The problem is that most of the time, I'm meeting men that are involved with someone else.
Michelle
Well, that actually sounds pretty good if you're out there having fun.
After 5 years of online dating services and being involved with single's groups and going to lots of Christian dances, I was through with the online dating sites after the guy I'd been dating confessed he had been living with his gf and she had just moved out ( I actually got to see some great answers to prayer and evidence of the Holy Spirit through this). That was the final straw. I'd met some other guys who seemed really great, but confounded me with their confusion. I was ready for a break and just wanted to go on some motorcycle rides. Along comes my future fiance hidden in the shape of a friend.
I do have an account with them but it’s not active as I’m not really looking right now. I do know of people who have met their spouse through online dating sites. I have a friend she meet her husband at Match.com in 2002, dated for two ½ years and got married and their son turned a year old March 17 this year. They were both in their early 30’s when they meet, neither had been married. I did go on one date through a dating site it was not Eharmony cant recall what it was really as it was 4 or 5 years ago. I figure if I am meant to get married one day that God will led me to that man in some way.
One of my closest friends met her husband on e-Harmony
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I have not been here in a LONG time but was asked to share my success story of eHarmony.
I was bored stiff out of my mind one night in late Oct three years ago this coming Oct, so I went on both Match.com and eHarmony and filled out the profile thingy. Match.com was nothing more than a singles bar meat market online from what I had seen, were as eHarmony was not IMHO. I was not matched up with anybody to start out with (guess I was a little to strick in what I was looking for ) hehe...
well about two weeks later I was contacted that I was matched with a young lady an hour north of me. I had still not "joined" at this time and had only done the free trail thing. I prayed about it and figured that it cost about the same as a really nice dinner and movie out, so what they hey may as well give it a shot (I had pretty much given up on trying to find someone at this point in my life BTW).
we went through the very detailed introduction phase and got to start talking w/ eachother on the phone early Dec. We met for the first time on Jan 6th 2007 and had our first date. Our first conversation that we had face to face was our thought and veiws on Eph 5:18-6:4 and 1 Peter 3:7. what a way to start out a relatioship hehe.
Well I knew from the very look eye to eye that she was the one that G-d had prepared for me and me for her. I talked with her dad the weekend of July 4th 2007 about marrying his last daughter, he had reservations about it and asked me to wait a little while. Early Sept 2007 I asked for her hand in marriage and she of course said yes.
We were married on June 21 2008 and we each Praise G-d about the way that He brought us together.
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and it is NEVER easy because we are victimized by that society.
we went on a mini vacation a few weeks ago to Lancaster PA and while we were @ the B&B we stayed in we found out that all three couples (including ourselves) had met their spouses on eHarmoy too
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God did not make woman from mans head to dominate him,
or from his feet to be trampled under him,
but from his side to be a companion with.~~Dr. Howard Hendricks
The door of opportunity swings
on the hinges of opposition.~~Dr. Adrian Rogers
We are to be living as Salt and Light in a decaying and dark society
God calls on us to live differently, then the society we are in,
and it is NEVER easy because we are victimized by that society.
Thanks Tenor for sharing your story! For us that are single it is always encouraging and hopeful to hear of couples that God puts together.
I myself have tried some dating sites after personally seeing some couples meet and get married. However, it didn't work so well for me. I was really disappointed to discover so many fake Christians too.
It was a great learning experience though and I did have a long distance relationship for almost a year with someone that turned out to just be stringing me on. If I was honest with myself I knew it wasn't right from the beginning, but I think going on the dating sites tend to put your focus on finding a mate as a priority in life, instead of keeping God #1.
I don't think the dating sites are bad and during my free weekend trial on Eharmony I did see a lot of great interesting guys.
However, I think it is important to keep God first and stay busy doing what it is He would have us to do. God knows what we need and want and is big enough to make it happen. We just need to do our part - pray, trust, and obey God... and then let God do His part!
I know - easier said than done - but isn't that the case with most things in life? :-)
If I was honest with myself I knew it wasn't right from the beginning, but I think going on the dating sites tend to put your focus on finding a mate as a priority in life, instead of keeping God #1.
However, I think it is important to keep God first and stay busy doing what it is He would have us to do. God knows what we need and want and is big enough to make it happen. We just need to do our part - pray, trust, and obey God... and then let God do His part!
Brenda
This is some good stuff. Listen to the red flags and promptings and save yourself some heartbreak and time.
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