Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
A group of us were meeting in Bible class, discussing what the Bible teaches about families. “It’s not good for the man to be alone,” God said (Gen
Then the teacher said, “It’s better for a young woman to remain single than to marry a wrong man” (some people don’t believe that and end up with sorrow). Then one young woman asked, “How can you know when someone is the wrong man?”
The teacher frankly didn’t know what to say, finally suggested: “One thing the wrong man might try to do is to praise and flatter you so as to take something from you that should not be his.” Hopefully, something good may have gotten across.
Then he suggested: “Maybe a better question to ask is, How can one prepare to be ready when the right man comes along?”
The answer is obvious: something more than legalistic obedience to the commandments (obedience IS important) but confidence in the Lord. “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:3, 4). That “feeding” is interesting: the confidence that Christ has redeemed you, not merely wants to; yes, the confidence that you are beautiful in His sight (who else’s sight matters so much?). The quiet confidence that you are “in” because of what you know He has done for you—it sets you free to be the real you that God has made you to be. You sail through life singing: “He [she] that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast” (Prov.
The right man is never looking for an edition of Marilyn Monroe; when he sees such a woman as Proverbs describes, he goes wild with longing.
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