Posts Tagged ‘Love’
It’s the Holidays and your single. Everywhere around you there are couples in love wearing cheerful sweaters and sipping hot chocolate and peppermint mocha’s. Couples are grouping up, getting married, having babies and pretty much living a life that leaves you feeling lonely and excluded. You are standing under the mistletoe, lips puckered, but with no one to kiss…
Your friends all tell you “Don’t get into a rush, you’ll find the ‘Right One’ soon…” but you expected “soon” to have happened years ago and so you have grown impatient and maybe even a little angry. Trust me. I know. At 35 I’m still single. I’ve had a lot of great relationships (and a few not-so-great) but for some reason (God) they never worked out. I tried various dating sites and participated in various singles groups at church, but here I am, still single – just where God wants me.
I think that as I’ve gotten older I’ve learned to appreciate the freedom that being single provides, but more than that, I’ve learned to understand that there can be a joy in the anticipation of waiting. Immediate gratification starts to sour after a while and always getting what we want can really take the fun out of waiting for something great…
This Holiday season is the first year that I have heard of Advent. I’ve been a Christian for 30 years and very active in church and ministry and so how has this wonderful tradition escaped me? While attending The Village Church in Denton they showed us this great video. It is a “must-watch” this Holiday season.
Advent: God With Us from The Village Church on Vimeo.
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait…
I love this video and how it repeatedly says that the Israelites “Waited”. They waited on a Savior, they waited on Jesus. They waited for this Messiah that was going to set them free from the curse of the law. Abraham and Sarah waited. Over and over in the Bible we see people waiting for the Lord and when they wait patiently, there is this great blessing. But what happens when we get impatient? What happened with Abraham, Sarah and Hagar? We try to come up with alternative solutions that circumvent God’s perfect plan for us and in the end it only leaves us miserable and in pain.
So this year I rejoice in knowing that the Lord has something great in store for me whether that is a single life which allows me much more freedom and flexibility or a wife (and kids?) that will allow for more challenges and opportunity to grow. Either way I’m complete in Jesus Christ. This year I’m not looking around for a woman to fill some Holiday void. There are no voids this season. This year I’m focused on Jesus, His birth and His ultimate gift and I wait patiently, but with much anticipation and joy, for his return.
Be blessed this Holiday Season!
-Eddie Renz
Eddie is an avid fan of Lord of the Rings, Adobe Software, Dr. Pepper and Apple products. He is the graphic and web designer for The Hub.
“Finding Love has never been easier” I came up with this tag line when I designed Misha’s new website.
If you are single then you have probably tried or thought about trying an online dating service. I tried eHarmony and Match.com without much success. You talk to multiple girls, you go out on dates and you end up wasting a lot of time and money in the process.
There are also sites like Great Expectations where they set you up with individuals, but they don’t really give you personalized service – that is where Misha comes in. He does background checks and actually listens to his clients needs and then finds them a match. If you request a date that is taller than 5′ 2″ then he won’t send a 4′ 8″ guy or girl to your door.
It’s really a great setup and for the low price of $500 a year you can get a general membership. That is cheaper than a year of eHarmony and very comparable to a year of Match.com but you don’t have to do the legwork. You don’t have to spend countless hours reading through personality profiles and looking at pictures that are 8 years old and photoshopped.
Misha’s website is http://www.mishawilliams.biz and here is some more information:
Membership
Platinum Membership Includes:
• 1 year of unlimited matching from general matching pool as well as other platinum members
• Personalized Compatibility Assessment
• 1 hour date coaching/date planning session with the dating coach
• 1 hour image consulting session with the image consultant
• Post Date Evaluation
• Access to all local events & mixers per year
• 2 month freeze (you can put your membership on hold up to 2 months if you meet a match through us or outside the service)
General Membership Includes:
• Admittance to 4 mixers and events per year
• Ability to be matched with Platinum members with whom you are considered compatible
• Other services are individual add-ons
I’m currently in the process of wooing someone into loving me, but if it doesn’t workout, I’m probably going to have to give Misha a call myself!