This summer, you might be daydreaming about love and wishing that the guy of your dreams would magically appear like prince charming appears in most movies.
Having a summer crush is really important for some girls. It becomes so important that it changes your whole thinking and lifestyle. All you care about is having that summer crush and who will be the lucky guy. It affects what you talk about, what you wear, how you act toward others, and what you think. It AFFECTS everything. You constantly mull over thoughts of your crush in your head. Your experience with crushes and love may or may not sound the same. But I think most girls know it can be consuming.
A challenge Christian girls have to face is to love God first. It is so easy to focus on other things like BOYS! I know I’ve been there. When it comes to the issue of summer crushes and relationships, guys cannot fulfill your heart’s deepest desire! You might feel like this concept has been impounded in your head as a Christian girl, but it’s so true. God will never fail you; a boyfriend will fail you.
Life is truly satisfying, when you love God first and put summer crushes behind HIM. When God consumes your heart, it affects the way you act, speak, look, and treat others. It AFFECTS everything. Sound familiar? When Christ is your center of attention, your life becomes more like His life.
Make God your center of attention! Make Him more than just your summer love; make HIM your lifetime love! Believe me, when you get a crush and your focus is on God, life won’t feel like the world is coming to an end, because you find out “Mike, James, or Kyle” doesn’t like you. You are more concerned about what God desires for your life, the way HE wants you to act, the way HE wants you to treat others, and the way HE wants you to live.
HE desires you to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind,” (Matthew 22:7).
Let your heart sing, “God’s Lovin’ has me a blast. God’s Lovin’ happens so fast!”
Written by Michelle Davis
Copyright, virtuousreality.com
Comments (7)
that is really good advice!thanks!!!!!
Posted by samantha | June 4, 2007 7:03 PM
Hey, I really like how you put this article together. Awesome job and great advice!
Posted by Leah | June 5, 2007 11:30 AM
hey i really liked this article!
Posted by Lindsey | June 5, 2007 2:15 PM
I'm eighteen, and I can't tell you how many times that I have experienced this. My advice to younger girls, esp. new Christians, have a personal time with Christ every day. If you try to think about Him instead of boys, you are much less likely to fall into tempting situatiopns. Also, when you feel like eveyone else has a boyfriend, and you just really want someone to 'love you', pray for your future mate, and try journaling your feelings. I'm not much of a journaler, but sometimes I address love letters to my future husband and tell him about all the things I'm going through. I don't share them with anyone else, and I have a spec. note-book just for them. Tell him what you're going through, how much you long to find him, how hard it is for you to stay pure when we live in such a sex saturated world. This helps get out your feelings and it also will let your husband(sometime in the furture) see what you were like now, and that you went through some of the same feelings he did.Stay Pure!
Posted by CatiAnne | June 5, 2007 7:32 PM
As a seventeen year old and still boy friendless (never had one). I am constantly reminded that if it is within God's will I will find "mr. right". Not MY mr. right, but the one picked out especially for me by the Lord my Creator. It's really hard for me to remember that sometimes, but then I remember what so many of my mentors at church and my friends have said: I don't have a boyfriend right now because God is still working on my heart and shaping it for Him so that when I do find that special someone, Jesus is still number one in my life. And he's also number one in my future Husbands life. Pray for that guy God is preparing for you. He's out there. Meanwhile, don't rush it, read His Word, and stay PURE!
Posted by All 4 Him | June 5, 2007 9:37 PM
This advice is great!!! I am going to a Christian camp and I was only thinking about a dumb crush, but now God is going to be my main focus this summer. thanks for publishing this great magazine.
Posted by He Is Truly Gr8 | June 8, 2007 2:56 AM
AWESOME MESSAGE!! All christian teen girls should read this.
Posted by WWJD? | June 9, 2007 11:13 PM