Earlier today, my friend Eneida have birth to her little girl Abigail. She's a little sweetheart with a head full of dark hair. Hopefully, I'll be able to Eneida, Rudy, and the baby in person soon; I get the feeling it may be a while. We're all sending a lot of love and prayers their way.
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I've written about this before, but I find much of my thoughts occupied with the idea of pursuing a girlfriend. Admittedly, I've not felt ready to pursue anyone in part because I have some sin issues I've been dealing with. Namely, they are issues regarding lust. Lustful things are a very easy temptation for me. I don't like that I'm so easily tempted in this idea, but that's how I'm tempted and I'm learning how I ought to flee from it, to resist the devil that he may depart from me and to draw near to God in those moments, to paraphrase James 4:7-8.
I realize that when I start dating somebody, I will face moments where I will be tempted to do things that I know I shouldn't do. I want to go into a potential relationship with my eyes open, and for me, I need to be able to recognize those moments when they come. I want to be able to say that I did right by whomever God leads into my life, and that I honored God in that relationship. In Matthew 5:30, Jesus says, "(I)f your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it more profitable that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell." Sin needs to be dealt with drastically, because its influence and affects are so pervasive.
I want do the right thing in that relationship when the time comes. There are some things that I will only learn when the relationship begins, but that doesn't mean that I can't be working toward that right now. I pray that God is making me ready for a relationship and for "her", whoever she is. I also pray that He is preparing her, too.
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