Being 22, and single, I do tend to think about getting married a lot. Especially here, because people at this school are SO couples-minded. If you don't have a boyfriend, well, you must be rebelling against God or something, since he hasn't blessed you that way. Or there's something wrong with you. (Or maybe you haven't met a man you respected enough to date/court/whatever yet. No wait. That CAN'T be it.)
But the idea of just waiting for Mr. Right to magically come along and conveniently notice me for no good reason while I'm sitting around on my behind doesn't really sound that great to me. I'd rather be actively waiting, as in preparing and that sort of thing. So I'm rereading Preparing to be a Help Meet (Debi Pearl) and enjoying it just as much as I did the first time, only this time, I decided that I'm going to take her suggestions for preparing literally (as much as I can). Some of them won't work - I can't just drop school and work and help another family with kids out for a week. I don't have a kitchen so I can't cook meals for a family for a week. But there are some that work. The first thing I'm taking on is my mouth (and if you know me . . . pray, haha), specifically, complaining. I'm not a whiny complainer, which I think is why I let myself get away with it. But I do tend to focus on the negative side of things. So I'm working on stopping the complaining first up. Because really, how unattractive is a complainer?! And my mom always says the way to stop complaining is to be thankful, so every time I complain I'm going to find three things to be thankful for about the situation. I've got about 4 people (the people I hang out with the most) helping me (AKA putting the smackdown on me when I complain) and I'm looking up Bible verses on it so we shall see how this goes. I'll let you know:)
Leah
That's awesome!
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