Talking
with a friend, she noted that her male friends had told her that
sometimes when woman are overly forward about how content they are,
it seems as if they don't want to be pursued, or that they may have
no time for it.
Wait,
what?!
At
first I was confused...I mean, if we're not content in Christ, then
how can we even be pursuable? Who would want to pursue a woman who
wasn't completely sold out to her savior and creator?
But
then I realized the pressure of pursuit, and what must go into a
man's pursuit of a woman. I contemplated how difficult it would
be in the first place, and then how much more difficult it would be
if a woman seemed emotionally distant because she was so secure in
her “contentment.”
Praise
God for this moment of teaching, because I really don't want to miss
the boat....the love boat that is!
I am
unashamed to say that I am a woman who is finding what it really
means to be content in God. But, I am learning that I can be content
and still inviting.
I can
be content and available.
I
don't have to be content and emotionally distant. I think my mode of
thought was centered around the idea that I just needed to be
focused on Christ all the time. And, while that's true, I need to
see Christ in every aspect of my life, and that includes the people
that step into it, and those that He most likely has put in my path.
I've
looked at this scenario in one of two ways: either you're content, or
you're desperate. I drew a line in the sand, making it up as I went
along instead of seeking out what the essence of a woman after God's
heart really is.
I need
to live in the middle of these two crazy extremes. I want to be a
woman who is content in Christ, but who is inviting to those that He
brings into the picture. I don't want to avoid being pursued, but I
want to embrace it when I know that it is exactly what God has for
me.
In
Christ,
Lilia
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