23. reno, nv.
Kari Jobe/NFG enthusiast.
future worship leader.
my life consists of running shows, loving Jesus, and more cheetah print than you could ever fathom.
After about an hour of us conversing this is basically what it came down to:
“When it comes to dating, I struggle with the “him loving Jesus portion.” I think he’s dedicated in going to church and loving the Lord, he has great values, but I don’t see him as a shepherd. I don’t see him leading me and encouraging me… which is where I feel convicted. He should be leading me, shepherding me, and challenging me with Christ. I need a man who will love Jesus more than he could ever love me. I know there are certain compromises to be made with relationships, but how can one live in that? It’s a really hard line to walk. I also know that there are plenty of men out there that would be MORE than willing to shepherd me, but I can’t help but feel that sometimes I’m being unrealistic with those wants and needs to be fulfilled. Yes, I know that’s Satan attacking, but that’s how I feel.I also feel like I’m going crazy with over-thinking all of this. Hah”
"Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it’s awkward. When it’s uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions."
"The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an element of corruption in men that renders them unworthy of God. Knowledge of God without knowledge of man’s wretchedness begets pride, and knowledge of man’s wretchedness without knowledge of God begets despair, but knowledge of Jesus Christ furnishes man knowledge of both simultaneously."
"Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it’s awkward. When it’s uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions."
After about an hour of us conversing this is basically what it came down to:
“When it comes to dating, I struggle with the “him loving Jesus portion.” I think he’s dedicated in going to church and loving the Lord, he has great values, but I don’t see him as a shepherd. I don’t see him leading me and encouraging me… which is where I feel convicted. He should be leading me, shepherding me, and challenging me with Christ. I need a man who will love Jesus more than he could ever love me. I know there are certain compromises to be made with relationships, but how can one live in that? It’s a really hard line to walk. I also know that there are plenty of men out there that would be MORE than willing to shepherd me, but I can’t help but feel that sometimes I’m being unrealistic with those wants and needs to be fulfilled. Yes, I know that’s Satan attacking, but that’s how I feel.I also feel like I’m going crazy with over-thinking all of this. Hah”
"The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an element of corruption in men that renders them unworthy of God. Knowledge of God without knowledge of man’s wretchedness begets pride, and knowledge of man’s wretchedness without knowledge of God begets despair, but knowledge of Jesus Christ furnishes man knowledge of both simultaneously."