Monday, August 28, 2006
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF CHOOSING GOD'S BEST
By Leah Marasigan DarwinYou are a single person. You want to marry someday. You look around you and find that one out of 2, or maybe 3 out of 4 of the marriages your friends or your parents' generation have are not working out or have altogether failed. You do not want to end up like them. You know that this decision called marriage is one you don't want to make a mistake at.Well, you are brilliant picking up this book. Not because in this book you will find a crystal ball that will show you exactly who the gentleman is that you need to marry. Not even because this book will guarantee that you will end up with the perfect mate. No, for I don't think there are any guarantees in life. However, what this book may do is to give you some wise signs along the way, give you yellow lights or actual red lights in choosing the right mate.I have been a missionary and pastor's wife for more than 24 years now. In my own marriage I have seen how God has lovingly led me through the years that I was single. In my encounter with countless women all over the world, I have found that many unhappy wives would say something like: "If only I had known what he was like inside," or "I saw signs before, but I didn't pay attention to them" or "I should have listened to my parents."But this is not a book for married women, it's a book for single ladies: teenage, 20's, 30's, 40's or even older, but single, who are still seeking God's will for their lives as future married women. It can also be for women who are singled again after marrying once before.88888888888888888888888888888888888888888He made my heart flutter. Every time the phone rang my heart would leap hoping it would be him on the other line. We were inseperable. We wanted to get married, and if our parents didn't approve, we were ready to elope. We were madly in love.Then we graduated from high school, and we went to different universities. My beloved boyfriend and I tried to maintain our romantic relationship but it became harder and harder. At the same time I was getting more and more involved with Campus Crusade for Christ where I was starting to be trained as a leader on campus, able to stand up for my faith and bring other students to the knowledge of Jesus Christ.It was during my freshman year in the university that I attended a seminar that was to shape my future choice of a marriage partner. I did not know how significant it was then, but God used that seminar to give me wisdom to know how to choose my future mate. It was entitled TEN COMMANDMENTS OF CHOOSING GOD'S BEST. The beautiful missionary lady who gave the talk was Campus Crusade for Christ staff member named Diane Hutcheson. With her permission I wrote this book, hoping to share with you the same blessing that I have received from her. I have added, subtracted and mixed some of Diane's original points with my own, according to how God has worked in my life.So, with a heart given to the Lordship of Christ, and with a soul surrendered to the sovereign working of all details of our lives by our Master Jesus Christ, let's learn together and listen to what God may be telling you as a future godly wife.That was the intro of the draft manuscript of the book. My classmate, Kaye Ordinario, shared it to me. I was really moved and my faith was renewed. Now, I want to share this wonderful lesson to all single women out there. Next time, I will be posting the first commandment. It will be nice!
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