My friend sent me this picture with the relationship status categories today. She texted and said she saw it on Facebook and thought it was funny. She happens to be in a relationship and I am not. And yes, I thought it was funny at first. Then I wondered…where do I fit in here?
I could check single. I could check divorced. And yeah, I probably do qualify for a few of the descriptions in the “unable to find love because” category. I do “fangirl” over my favorite musicians and authors (male and female) quite often so maybe my standards are unrealistically high. However I have one thing going for me so far…I am not an alcoholic.
I responded and told her I’d have to come up with my own description since I didn’t fit perfectly into any one box. But who really does? I am quite sure there are many people in the top four categories who are slightly psychopathic, alcoholics who swear too much, eat too much and aren’t particularly interesting or talented, and mentally date celebrities and/or fictional characters too. Just because you happen to fit into one of the “normal” categories doesn’t exactly make you normal. At least that is what I have observed through the years.
At some point or another in my life I could have checked every category I suppose. But after thinking about it for LESS THAN A MINUTE I responded and told her I’d have to add a new box that reads:
_ Waiting on God
When you allow God to orchestrate your love story, you stop focusing on your relationship status so much because you are too focused on your relationship with Him. And I have found out that this mindset has a way of weeding out the ones who are not meant for you really, really fast.
It’s not that I’m unable to find love. It’s more because I’m not forcing love that is not meant to be. I’m not pursuing relationships that don’t honor God. There’s nothing wrong with having high standards. And yeah, I do eat too much on occasion too.
Blessings,
Staacey ~ iamalive