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Waiting and Dating by Myles Munroe.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
This book was REALLY
helpful to me. Take a look at the
chapter titles: Preparing to Date,
Friendship-Building: The Purpose of
Dating, Myths of Mate-Finding, Discerning the Right Life Partner, Engagement: Preparing to Marry, and Engagement: Redeeming the Time.
I wasn’t expecting the book to give so much
information about working on yourself and growing in your relationship with God
BEFORE you even start dating. The things
Mr. Munroe wrote were very encouraging and helped me see dating in a different
light. I was expecting the book to just
give tips on dating and praying about dating, etc. but he REALLY does a great
job laying down some Biblical principles regarding relationships and EVEN
spends time in one of the engagement chapters teaching about engagement stories
from the Old Testament.
He breaks down myths about dating and marriage and reminds readers that God does not choose our life partners. We should seek Him regarding the matter and seek wise counsel from believers we can trust BUT the decision as to whom we spend the rest of our lives with is ours alone. He also spends quite a bit of page space on how to be a good friend (in general and in discerning during friendship if you want to be involved with someone) and the different levels of friendship. The different levels of friendship he describes are acquaintance, casual friendship, close friendship, and intimate friendship.
Here are some quotes I found interesting:
He breaks down myths about dating and marriage and reminds readers that God does not choose our life partners. We should seek Him regarding the matter and seek wise counsel from believers we can trust BUT the decision as to whom we spend the rest of our lives with is ours alone. He also spends quite a bit of page space on how to be a good friend (in general and in discerning during friendship if you want to be involved with someone) and the different levels of friendship. The different levels of friendship he describes are acquaintance, casual friendship, close friendship, and intimate friendship.
Here are some quotes I found interesting:
"The primary purpose of dating is to build friendships that help us discern the right life partner" (this contradicts Harris' argument in I Kissed Dating Goodbye if you read that post).
"God does not have one and only one special person for us."
"There are any number of people in the world who are potential mates for us because of similarities in personality, character, values, and interests to our own...If there are any number of 'suitable' candidates for us to marry, then marrying one of them becomes a choice that we make...The choice that we make to marry a particular person calls for a firm commitment on our part to be faithful to the one we choose...God does not choose the person He wants to marry."
"There are any number of people in the world who are potential mates for us because of similarities in personality, character, values, and interests to our own...If there are any number of 'suitable' candidates for us to marry, then marrying one of them becomes a choice that we make...The choice that we make to marry a particular person calls for a firm commitment on our part to be faithful to the one we choose...God does not choose the person He wants to marry."
To get the book, check local bookstores or amazon.com (link)…or even your local library. J
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