- Mar 13, 2017
- 3,006
- 1,255
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Faith
- Christian
- Marital Status
- Single
A woman I had met recently at a Meetup event I had an interest in. She was a single Christian...well....Messianic Jew which is Jews for Jesus type of faith. In this area, it's a very small section of the community.
She claimed not to be Christian, but if it's a Jewish person that believes that Jesus is the Messiah, it's all the same to me. When I say Good morning to her, her responses are always, Shabbat Shalom and such. Her dialogue is always religious rhetoric....even in small talk sometimes.
I thought to myself, "Who talks like this?" Don't mean to sound blasphemous, just saying...
But that's not my point.
I asked her out, but she said that she's not dating, has no boyfriend, and she feels they are a "distraction." That she had chosen God over anything romantic. I told her it's hard to find a Christian or just a woman of God in these parts (smaller towns) that aren't married. SHe's new to the area, and figured I had a chance at going out with her.
She said I could come to her synagogue, but no date.
She then said: "For now, in front of me today in this season... I don’t see it. Why don’t you ask God if it’s Him urging you to ask me? Ask God to give me a sign..."
I never really had to ask God to ask a woman out, and I think I had mentioned this as a topic in the past or as part of a conversation here...where simply asking someone to lunch or to grab a bite is a major life altering, Godly experience that needs to be prayed about.
I tend to wonder if this is the Christian version, "Not interested" or some kind of form of rejection in the form of religious dialogue?
I also wanted to ask, does it make me any less Godly that I don't see the logic in this?
She claimed not to be Christian, but if it's a Jewish person that believes that Jesus is the Messiah, it's all the same to me. When I say Good morning to her, her responses are always, Shabbat Shalom and such. Her dialogue is always religious rhetoric....even in small talk sometimes.
I thought to myself, "Who talks like this?" Don't mean to sound blasphemous, just saying...
But that's not my point.
I asked her out, but she said that she's not dating, has no boyfriend, and she feels they are a "distraction." That she had chosen God over anything romantic. I told her it's hard to find a Christian or just a woman of God in these parts (smaller towns) that aren't married. SHe's new to the area, and figured I had a chance at going out with her.
She said I could come to her synagogue, but no date.
She then said: "For now, in front of me today in this season... I don’t see it. Why don’t you ask God if it’s Him urging you to ask me? Ask God to give me a sign..."
I never really had to ask God to ask a woman out, and I think I had mentioned this as a topic in the past or as part of a conversation here...where simply asking someone to lunch or to grab a bite is a major life altering, Godly experience that needs to be prayed about.
I tend to wonder if this is the Christian version, "Not interested" or some kind of form of rejection in the form of religious dialogue?
I also wanted to ask, does it make me any less Godly that I don't see the logic in this?
