“How God sees me is far more important than what people think about me.”
— Note to self
But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
I finally came to my senses and asked myself these questions. Why do I have to hide from the world who I am really am? The answer is simple. Because I was so afraid that people will criticize me, will feel off when I am with them. I was aware that people around me don’t have the same faith I have now and the thought of it overwhelmed me. And so I go with the flow. I stopped standing firm in the Lord. Rejection is what I am most afraid of. But now God revealed himself to me again and said His message. That’s Jeremiah 20:9 and Isaiah 54:4 which says “Fear not, for you shall not be ashamed; neither be confounded and depressed, for you shall not be put to shame.” I am holding on to this sweet words of my Lord my Savior my Redeemer my Comforter my Love and Great Provider.
It’s amazing how God makes a way to make me put a big step foot forward closer to Him.
Date a Girl Who Reads
Date a girl who reads. Date that someone who has a collection of books rather than a collection of designer clothes. She wants to go on an unlimited adventure by reading another creative fictitious novel or another romantic tear-jerker from Nicholas Sparks.
Find a girl who reads, that someone who spends her vacant hours at school inside the library. She is that person who owns a local library card ever since she was ten.
You can often find her inside the bookstore, looking at the new titles shelf. She quietly cries whenever she finds the perfect book or the book she was looking for ever since.
She is that person who wants to wait inside the coffee shop and just read. She is lost on the make-believe world the author has written for her. Sit down next to her, then she might give you this weird look because she never wants to be interrupted. Ask her about the book, whether if she liked it or not.
Buy her a cup of coffee.
She is that someone who enjoys a long bus ride but doesn’t mind the jittery ride and just continues to read, unmindful of all the guys that want to talk to her. Don’t disturb her now, you might be ignored by her forever.
Get her books for her birthday, for New Year’s or even Valentine’s as well. She will never be able to complain. Don’t forget about the books she listed on her wish list for Christmas. Her life resembles on her favorite book. It’s probably the only thing that she understands.
Disappoint her, because a girl who reads knows that the ointment to disappointment are books. You don’t need to always be there for her. Giving her a book will remind her of your presence. Don’t be something that you are not, to her. She knows well that people are like characters. It takes them time to grow. If you find a girl who reads, keep her away from society, for she is a prized catch.
If you find her depressed for days together, ask her about the title of the book that she read. Understand what the story meant to her and hold her. She needs it very badly. She may not cry, but her hug will speak a thousand words, and her smile will make your day.
Propose to her – with a bookmark. She will understand.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. She can make your life colorful and yet make you feel grounded. Don’t tempt her with vices of the material world, they mean nothing to her. Show her the way to the world of books and she will show you the way to her heart.
- Girl: I'm having heart surgery today.
- Boy: I know.
- Girl: I love you!
- Boy: I love you more!
- *After heart surgery her dad is the only person in the room.*
- Girl: Where is he?
- Dad: Don't you know who gave you the heart?
- Girl: (Starts crying)
- Dad: I'm just kidding he went to the bathroom.
