Thursday, February 12, 2009

God's Design for Dating...What are you looking for?

Have you ever thought about the qualities you want in a spouse?  Are you searching for a Christian?  Are you searching for someone "hot"?  Are you looking for a brainiac?  We all can learn something from Song of Songs 1:5-6...

I am dark but beautiful,
      O women of Jerusalem—
   dark as the tents of Kedar,
      dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
 6 Don’t stare at me because I am dark—
      the sun has darkened my skin.
   My brothers were angry with me;
      they forced me to care for their vineyards,
      so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.

Solomon thought his love was beautiful, even though she did not.  He thought she was perfect even though she could see her flaws.  Solomon found something better and more important than beauty...

More on this come Wednesday night at OverFlow!