Standards, Request & Expectations… No Compromise!!

Times may have changed, but my standards & beliefs will not waver… 3 years ago it has been, now it is, 3 years down the road it will still be…

I was asked these questions: “what are the things you look for in a life partner?” I used to have a list of how my Mr. Right should turn out to be… He must be such and such, he should know this and that… Is it difficult being a Christian? Not only being a Christian, but also one who would stand up for my beliefs? It depends entirely on the individual involve… perhaps it’s the way I’ve been brought up, the teachings that have been instilled in me way back… I believe with these teachings, the one lesson I learned is never to go against the will of God *winkz*

4 years ago when I hit the big TWO, friends have started teasing me about my other half… Some have even tried offering help intro-ing “leng chai’s” to me telling me that they have done what they could and it’s now up to me to cease the opportunity… Childish!! What, match-making session?? Do they actually think that I will simply fall for any tom, dick and harry just coz they are leng chai, so to say? Or just coz I’m unattached?? Gosh, haha… Looks without godly character equals zero *lol* Anyways, this topic somehow surfaced while in a conversation with kenji and even he was teasing me about it, hmm… somehow, I admitted that I was actually eyeing someone *winkz* he’d asked about my progress with this guy and stuff… shall I take it that he’s just being concern? Haha… I don’t know, to me, he probably sounded surprised that I would give such a response… yes, I do know that times have changed, but I’d prefer to live it like the Bible says rather than getting myself into hot soup… prevention is better than cure, heheh :p he outright told me that I was being conservative when I said that the guy has to be the one who initiates, hah!! No way am I giving in to the idea of making the first move…

Another instance was when a friend tried to intro someone to me and my first question to her was, “Is he a christian?” Right then, “Alamak elaine, why you so old-fashioned one? He’s quite leng chai you know? Don’t tell me just coz he’s an unbeliever, you brush off the possibility of getting to be with someone who would make a good companion?” Now that’s the whole point!! How would I know he would make a good companion, unless he is God-fearing? Moreover, if he isnt a believer, how else could he be God-fearing? Having seen and heard people with these experiences, it is an object lesson for me to stay focus and not be distracted… “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we asked…” despite my eyeing someone, all He might say is ‘I have someone better!!’ Having known that, why settle for second best? Why compromise and jeopardize my future when I know that it could and will be safe in the hands of my life’s Director??

Setting standards means sticking to it til the end without COMPROMISE… the discernment to know and shut off all the voice of the enemy, even when the offer seems welcoming… temptation may sometimes look good (it definitely does!!) but at the end of the day, would I rather value the NOW, or cherish the FOREVER AFTER? Would I aim to please God or would I succumb to flesh and regret? Would I wanna be proud to announce my success or ashamed to confess past mistakes? Practice what I preach!! If I told my Ranger Kids to do what pleases God, I would have to live them out myself first, haha :p

2 Cor 6:14 ~~> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers…