The Best Dating Service Around

I had a good job, my home was paid for, and I could afford to take a woman out to a nice restaurant and not be concerned about the price of dinner she ordered. If you have read any of my other home pages you know I drive a 1993 40th anniversary edition corvette. I felt that driving this type of car presented a problem. I decided never to pick up a woman for our first date while driving the vette. After all, if I asked her out for the second date, how would I know she was going out because she liked my company or the car I was driving?

Other problems included but were not limited to what was expected on the first date? When I dated as a teenager I was not a Christian. I have been serving the Lord Jesus Christ for 23 years. When I left her off at the door, or when I left her house, did I shake her hand, did I give her a hug, or did I kiss her? If I kissed her was it on the lips or just a peck on the cheek? What was a Christian woman expecting? I even called a Christian woman with whom I had been friends for many years and ask her for advice about what a Christian woman expected on a date.

On my first date, I started off by inviting a single woman from our church out to dinner. This also presented a problem. Our church congregation only numbered about 100 people. I didn’t feel I had a very large pond to "fish in". I couldn’t very well go to another church and ask someone to point out all the single women in their congration.

Anyway, on my first date I couldn’t believe how nervous I was as I pulled up in front of her house. As we started out the door for the restaurant I apologized for any mistakes that I would probably be making that night. The third time I took out this same woman I brought her flowers. When she ask what they were for, I said I felt I needed to build up some "points" in case I said something to offend her while we were out for the evening. One thing I found fascinating was the fact that we could talk about any subject, and do it freely and openly. I chalked this up to our ages and the fact that we were both Christians.

Back to the dating service I used. I had learned a long time ago that my Heavenly Father always has my best interest at heart. The very best place to go for a dating service was to God!! I wrote down a prayer of what I was looking for in another wife. Listed below are the specific requirements that I wanted in a woman. I then prayed this prayer with my two children and my pastor. I then turned the entire dating situation over to the Lord, because I felt totally unqualified to try and pick the right date that could eventually lead to a relationship and even marriage.

Prayer for helpmeet

I want her to have the same qualities as Darlene even though she will never take the place of Darlene.
I want her to be born again and totally committed to serving God. Would like her to be Spirit filled.
I would like her to be of the Pentecostal faith, preferably Assembly of God or Church of God.
I want her to like to be in the house of God, like to worship God. God is first place in her life.
I want her to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and is easily lead by God’s Spirit. Is mature in the Spiritual things of the Lord. Able to share Jesus with others.
I want her to have her life based upon the Word of God, is a mighty woman of faith.
Has the attributes of the woman of Proverbs chapter 31.
Shows love and compassion to those she has contact with.
I want her to love my children as well as me.
I would like her to have a good singing voice and be able play the keyboard.
Age 44-53
Height 5’ 2" to 5’ 7"
Hair brunette or blonde
Weight 120 - 165
Good looking, nice figure.
I want her to have a smile that will light up the room
She should be soft-spoken, reserved, but yet outgoing, warm, and friendly personality
She should like to be held, touched, told she is wonderful. Enjoys just spending time with me.
She should be easy to talk to.
She should like to pet me and spoil me.
She should be a good cook.
She should like the water and being on a boat, likes to fish
I would like her to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation rather then the things created by man.

I will stand on the following scriptures for the answer to this prayer:

Gen 2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
Ps 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Prov 31:10-31
Matt 18:19 "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
I Jn 5:14-15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us-- whatever we ask-- we know that we have what we asked of him.
Heb 1:14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

God’s dating service has matched me up with the wonderful woman you see here. We will be married in October of 1998. By using God’s dating service I only dated the woman I am marrying. I had planned to do things differently. I thought I would date several women, but God in His wisdom, knew what was best for me. How did this woman match up to my "grocery list" as she called it? She meets and exceeds all the points except the one about playing the piano. Best of all, I had a piece about going out with her, falling in love with her, and asking her to marry me, because I knew that God had caused our paths to cross.

What was she praying for? Well, she was not looking for a husband. She had told God that He would have to send someone to her "door" if He wanted her to have someone in her life. Below is a prayer that she prayed and confessed every day for five years. I pray that it will encourage you if you are seeking that someone special to share your life with.

GOD’S PLANS FOR YOUR MATE

Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone - to have a deep fuller relationship with another - to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But God to the Christian says, "No, not until you are satisfied and fulfilled and content with being loved by me alone - with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me - to have an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone -I love you my child and until you discover that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, you will not be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you. You will never be united with Me - exclusive of anyone or anything else, exclusive of any other desire or longings. I want you to stop planning, stop wishing and allow Me to bring that person to you - you just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things - keep listening and learning the things I tell you - you just wait that's all."

"Don't be anxious, don't worry. Don't look around at the things others have or what I've given them. Don't look at the things you think you want. You just keep looking up to Me, or you'll miss what want to show you."

"And then, when you're ready, I’ll surprise you with a love more wonderful than you would ever have dreamed of. You see, until you are ready - I am working - I am working even this minute to have you both ready at the same time - until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I prepared for you, you won't be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me, and this is the perfect love."

"And dear one, I want you to have this wonderful love. I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me, and enjoy maturely and concretely the everlasting union of beauty and perfection and love that I offer you with Myself."

"Please know that I love you utterly. Believe it and be satisfied."

PS. This wonderful blessing that God has provided me with likes boating and is learning to fish. I hope I can just train her to let me catch the biggest fish It just doesn’t get any better than this!!

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