#minglingofsouls

[weareallsinners11]

Your loneliness now is monumentally better than your loneliness with a man in the house who has no intention of knowing and serving you like Christ loved the church. -Matt Chandler

[twinj1]

I just see no reason to agree with the worldly romantic notion that every person has just one "soul mate" out there waiting for him or her. In fact, I find that idea to be anticovenantal, contrary to grace. It forces prospective spouses into a routine of measuring up, of being investigated or even interrogated rather than considered. It turns the search for a godly spouse into an audition to be the one who "completes" you. Do you see the subtle pride at work there, the arrogance? Instead of appropriately considering the character of a potential spouse, the romantic relationship becomes about scrutinizing every potential spouse to see if he or she is "the one" for you, as if you are the be-all and end-all. No spouse can complete you. Don't look for a spouse to do what only Jesus can.

Matt Chandler from The Mingling of Souls