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I'm a teenage girl who LUVS music (and I cant spel, aparentlee). I especially luv Christian music, I just think it's great that God gave us the gift of music to use to praise His name! I also luv to read, luv my family, luv other people, and especially LUV my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Sep. 20, 2009 - What Completes You? - Posted in Stuff God Has Taught Me

Who doesn’t like a good love song? I know that I do, in fact I LOVE a good love song! One where the lyrics are just right and make your heart pound as you think of your future love story. One with words like "You know when the sun forgets to shine I’ll be there to hold you through the night" (Jonas Brothers) or "Do you ever think when you’re all alone of all that we could be, where this thing could go?" (David Archuleta) or even "If you could see that I’m the one who understands you; been here all along, so why can’t you see you belong with me?" (Taylor Swift). Yes, we all love good love songs.

But something has struck me lately. A question that a few months ago I would have thought myself crazy for asking.

Why?

Why is every popular song nowadays is about romantic love? Why is every other thought in the teenage mind is about romantic love? Why do we hold this concept so high in our minds and in our hearts?

Now, you probably think I’m crazy for asking that. You’re thinking something like, "Well, SeaChel, it’s like this: IT’S ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS GOD HAS CREATED! He made Adam and Eve, so obviously He wants us to fall in love with someone someday and have a romantic relationship. What is wrong with you, SeaChel???"

Well, I’m not here to tell you that romantic love is wrong. Far from it! I really want to experience romantic love someday! I really want to get married someday! There is nothing wrong with the concept, in fact it’s quite beautiful! But why is this never far from our teenage (or close to teenage) minds?

Recently I developed a crush on a guy in my Youth Group. And what I always do when this happens to me is I start reading books like "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" (Joshua Harris) so as to strengthen my convictions in the area of romantic love in the teenage years (I’m not really going to go into that in this post, but here’s the short story: I believe that one should not enter into a romantic relationship until he/she is ready for marriage). So I read three books on the subject and then started into a fourth one, called "Boy Meets Girl, Saying Hello To Courtship" (Joshua Harris).

The first two chapters of this book were devoted to knowing when you’re ready for a relationship and knowing if you have the right motives for said relationship. Well, long story short, I realized I didn’t have the right motives. In fact, I realized that I had a problem. Idolatry.

"Now wait, SeaChel", I can hear you think (yes, I am telepathic), "You read a book about guy/girl relationships and you learned that you’ve been worshiping an idol?" Sounds weird, huh? Well, I haven’t bowed down to a false god, or sung the praises of one, so don’t worry. But what does idolatry mean, exactly? Does it just mean bowing down to or worshiping an idol? I think it means more.

To me, idolatry means raising someone or something up to a place that belongs to God. And that’s what God convicted me of as I read those two chapters. See, I’ve always thought of romantic love as something that would fill a hole inside of me, something that would make me complete. But only God can ever truly fill the void inside a person. Yet I had set aside a small part of that hole to be filled by my future husband, not God. That’s where I slipped into idolatry.

Again, I’m not here to tell you that guy/girl relationships are bad (because they aren’t!) or that marriage isn’t an incredible, wonderful gift from God to people (because it is!). However, a relationship cannot be what makes us feel complete! We cannot be thinking "Once I find the perfect person, then I will truly be whole!" No, God is the only One who can complete us! And if we raise a relationship to that place in our hearts, then it has become an idol in our lives.

Slowly, God has been helping me to take my hopes and dreams for a future relationship down off the pedestal I’ve placed it on. It’s not easy, I still have crushes and I still stumble in this area, but it is worth it! Only when you take out your false idols can God truly fill those holes! God wants so desperately to be the One who will truly complete you. Will you let Him be that one?

"Marriage is not the completion of two people. Rather, marriage is the joining of two people who are already complete in God into one who is complete in God."

~SeaChel

• What Do You Think?

Sep. 21, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 01charger

I am not in the habit of reading full posts on my friends' blogs, but this one was one I read the whole post! You should be VERY proud of me! :P

I agree with you whole-heartedly! You are saying this the way that I would've said it! I read some of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye", as well, and I enjoyed it- but I couldn't get into it, because I don't have a major crush right now.

But a few years back, I was obsessed with the Jonas Brothers. They were all I thought about. They were every thought in my mind. I didn't think about anything but them, had over 600 pictures on my computer (way faster now that they're not there anymore), and posters all over my walls. I was really bad.

And when I decided that they weren't good enough to spend all my time on, I deleted all my pictures off the computer, took all but one poster down, and put everything I had of them, into a folder, which I only look at when I think about how bad my obsession was. I have yet to get rid of the stuff, because it's a memory.

Well, anyway, I know now that I was committing Idolatry as well. I was spending WAY more time thinking about the Jonas Brothers (or Nick JOnas, really), than I was thinking about Christ, or even praying. And if I prayed, it was about meeting the Jonas', or something as strange as that. I have never admitted that to anyone before, but now I feel that I can, because it seems so stupid. I don't know. It's really hard, and I'm glad that I gave that up.

I loved this post, and I think that I'll post something similar on my blog soon.

~Ashley

Sep. 21, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Created4CHRIST

We are like swiss cheese! You see....we have big holes and little holes.....the smaller holes are the things we need to start on, to fix the big ones......That is God and we start on, because it is a team effort..... it is good that you are fixing that hole......Work on your little problems and God'll fix the big problems.

Sep. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by DrewzCluez

Wow. I absolutely LOVE your blog! Its very encouraging =]
May I add you as a friend?

--Emmy ♥ =]

Sep. 24, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by DrewzCluez

Thanks! I added you too =]

Sep. 28, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by SimplyMe

ha, oh I was joking. They don't require DNA samples. And I was joking about the thumb, too, they don't need that until you get your actual license.

:)

Sep. 30, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Catcher818

First of all: Thanks for the comment! That really built me up!
Secondly: I agree with you on this matter 100,000,0000000 trillion gazillion percent. Sure, I do have crushes too, but lately in my life, I know that it's more important to develop my relationship with God then with any guy. I also think that teenage dating leads to stuff it shouldn't. Glad we share the same views! =)
-ash

Oct. 1, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 01charger

Sorry it took me so long to reply to your comment on my blog about my Jonas obsession. Thanks! I'm so glad that I'm not obsessed anymore- because that was a horrible thing to get into!
Thanks so much for helping me get up the 'courage' to post that. I don't think i ever would've, if you wouldn't have posted about idolatry.
Thanks so much!
Love,
Ash

Oct. 3, 2009 - Hey there...

Posted by rjdjohn316

I know I haven't posted any comments on your blog in SO long... to tell you the truth, I don't hardly post comments any more on anyone's blog. Trying to get back into that.

I will try to make sure that I post on my blog... :) so you can read it. Glad you liked the recipe and the photos. The rice is actually very simple to make and is very rewarding. :)

May Yahovah bless and keep you and may He shine his light upon you,
~Miss Rachel
for more recent entries, you can go to this blog - http://dixonhomestead.com/rachel

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