So, I'm so sorry if I haven't told you all this! But I became a Christian on may 10th!!! :D Wow I just can't begin to explain the things God has shown me since then! It hasn't been easy or a sudden change either! But through so many things God has begun to mold me into the person He wants me to become. I want to share with you guys one of those areas which I’m hoping you can all relate to...Having a crush/liking guys/flirting etc.
I have decided that I no longer want to like a guys or try to make them like me because I want God to be the most important thing in my life and I don't want to pull them into sin! I want to be a friend and someone who they admire and respect. I don't to be a Christian who has non-Christian guys liking me. How can that be a good thing? To me that is where you look at yourself and the way you have been acting around that person. I want to guard my heart for the one and only person that God Himself has chosen for me. I don't want to need the approval of guys. To me to need something like that is degrading. I don't want my life to revolve around anyone but God. But by all means I want to pray for my guy friends and do everything to help them become a Christian or improve as one. And think about this just when you are about to get dressed or flirt with a guy, Are you a Christian? Does that guy know that? Is he a Christian? If he is do everything to protect his mind! Help him! And if he is a true Christian he will love and respect you for it. If he is not a Christian but knows that you are, think about the fact that everything you wear, say and how you act is telling him that you say you are a Christian and are happy to do this/wear that. Let's face the fact that once we say we are a Christian people and particularly guys in this case are going to start judging us! Thanking about this impacts me greatly! I don't know about you but I have a close guy friend who is not a Christian and I am praying so hard that he will become one. Prayer is one thing and what you do and say in front of that person is another Think about it!! Do you really want that person to like you more than for them to become a Christian? That was the question that God threw into my face. And that has changed my opinions forever. I think too that once they know that you are a Christian they will be watching closely to see what changes you will make. Before I became a Christian I liked a non-Christian guy. I really liked him and did everything I could to get him to even notice me! And finally he did. No he never liked me but we started to get to know each other and became friends. Although I wasn't happy enough with that and fell into a horrible trap of flirting and wearing immodest clothes. It seemed worth it at the time but thinking back now it sickens me. After becoming a Christian this was something I knew I had to change! No it wasn't as simply for me as just stoping liking him! I still did even after becoming a Christian, however I decided to give it up to God. I began with prayer. And then had to say sorry to this guy for flirting. Yea it was hard but guess what? He said sorry too! And I could tell that he admired the fact that I wanted to change. It was a great time to show him I was going to try and become a real Christian. I will admit I still had feelings for that guy and sometimes fell back into that temptation. Sometimes I felt so bad I could nearly give up altogether. However God has used those times to bring me back to him and make me stronger. Soon though I realised how hard it was! It wasn't so simple for me to just say one day "hey I don't like anyone anymore!" For me I have had to make some tough decisions. For example I am having a 3 week break from going to the youth where I see him. I haven't been flirting but I haven't been inspiring to him in any way and every time I go there I try and be different but it gets harder! I hope during this time to become stronger, to rely completely on God by prayer for him and our youth. I am going to be praying during youth time instead of going there. Already after only 3 days of hard prayer and giving everything over to God he has changed me so much. I can honestly that I don't like any guy. I have asked God to help me and to understand the importance of purity and not flirting, or wearing immodest clothes and for me I think not liking anyone. God has shown me that it is so much more important to be friends with a guy and to have them respect and admire you. It's amazing how after all this I have become so passionate in this area! I now have so many reasons why I don't want to like a guy or wear rude clothes. And it's not like we have to stay away from guys! They are awesome! That particular guy has become such a close friend. He has even told me that he thinks of me as like a sister. That is something that is a complement! And that made me so happy! Now that is something I can say a big thank you to God for! No, he didn't just take away my happiness and tell me that I'm a sinner to ever look or talk to a guy! He showed me how to control myself and how to love guys in the right way, just like brothers. And now I am the closest I've ever been to this guy in a good way. And I can't wait until he becomes a Christian! I want to be part of that, not a hindrance!
I hope you have been inspired by this. It's our choice girls! Who do we want to be known as? What sort of person do we want to become? Let's start using this opportunity to share our faith! Let's do this together not because it's the right thing to do but because it's what we want to! And how we want others to see us!! And let's begin now!!
Think about it!
What are your thoughts? Do you have any stories to share? Any particular passions? I'd love to hear and if you feel led please email me so you can maybe even guest post. :)
Bri xoxox
P.s. I'd love to hear your thoughts about Face book on my last post.
P.p.s Last chance to enter this months giveaway!!!
I have decided that I no longer want to like a guys or try to make them like me because I want God to be the most important thing in my life and I don't want to pull them into sin! I want to be a friend and someone who they admire and respect. I don't to be a Christian who has non-Christian guys liking me. How can that be a good thing? To me that is where you look at yourself and the way you have been acting around that person. I want to guard my heart for the one and only person that God Himself has chosen for me. I don't want to need the approval of guys. To me to need something like that is degrading. I don't want my life to revolve around anyone but God. But by all means I want to pray for my guy friends and do everything to help them become a Christian or improve as one. And think about this just when you are about to get dressed or flirt with a guy, Are you a Christian? Does that guy know that? Is he a Christian? If he is do everything to protect his mind! Help him! And if he is a true Christian he will love and respect you for it. If he is not a Christian but knows that you are, think about the fact that everything you wear, say and how you act is telling him that you say you are a Christian and are happy to do this/wear that. Let's face the fact that once we say we are a Christian people and particularly guys in this case are going to start judging us! Thanking about this impacts me greatly! I don't know about you but I have a close guy friend who is not a Christian and I am praying so hard that he will become one. Prayer is one thing and what you do and say in front of that person is another Think about it!! Do you really want that person to like you more than for them to become a Christian? That was the question that God threw into my face. And that has changed my opinions forever. I think too that once they know that you are a Christian they will be watching closely to see what changes you will make. Before I became a Christian I liked a non-Christian guy. I really liked him and did everything I could to get him to even notice me! And finally he did. No he never liked me but we started to get to know each other and became friends. Although I wasn't happy enough with that and fell into a horrible trap of flirting and wearing immodest clothes. It seemed worth it at the time but thinking back now it sickens me. After becoming a Christian this was something I knew I had to change! No it wasn't as simply for me as just stoping liking him! I still did even after becoming a Christian, however I decided to give it up to God. I began with prayer. And then had to say sorry to this guy for flirting. Yea it was hard but guess what? He said sorry too! And I could tell that he admired the fact that I wanted to change. It was a great time to show him I was going to try and become a real Christian. I will admit I still had feelings for that guy and sometimes fell back into that temptation. Sometimes I felt so bad I could nearly give up altogether. However God has used those times to bring me back to him and make me stronger. Soon though I realised how hard it was! It wasn't so simple for me to just say one day "hey I don't like anyone anymore!" For me I have had to make some tough decisions. For example I am having a 3 week break from going to the youth where I see him. I haven't been flirting but I haven't been inspiring to him in any way and every time I go there I try and be different but it gets harder! I hope during this time to become stronger, to rely completely on God by prayer for him and our youth. I am going to be praying during youth time instead of going there. Already after only 3 days of hard prayer and giving everything over to God he has changed me so much. I can honestly that I don't like any guy. I have asked God to help me and to understand the importance of purity and not flirting, or wearing immodest clothes and for me I think not liking anyone. God has shown me that it is so much more important to be friends with a guy and to have them respect and admire you. It's amazing how after all this I have become so passionate in this area! I now have so many reasons why I don't want to like a guy or wear rude clothes. And it's not like we have to stay away from guys! They are awesome! That particular guy has become such a close friend. He has even told me that he thinks of me as like a sister. That is something that is a complement! And that made me so happy! Now that is something I can say a big thank you to God for! No, he didn't just take away my happiness and tell me that I'm a sinner to ever look or talk to a guy! He showed me how to control myself and how to love guys in the right way, just like brothers. And now I am the closest I've ever been to this guy in a good way. And I can't wait until he becomes a Christian! I want to be part of that, not a hindrance!
I hope you have been inspired by this. It's our choice girls! Who do we want to be known as? What sort of person do we want to become? Let's start using this opportunity to share our faith! Let's do this together not because it's the right thing to do but because it's what we want to! And how we want others to see us!! And let's begin now!!
Think about it!
What are your thoughts? Do you have any stories to share? Any particular passions? I'd love to hear and if you feel led please email me so you can maybe even guest post. :)
Bri xoxox
P.s. I'd love to hear your thoughts about Face book on my last post.
P.p.s Last chance to enter this months giveaway!!!
