The Waiting List

When I was younger I wrote up a list of the qualities I was looking for in a future husband. This has been on my mind lately and I feel it's time to write about it and make myself an updated list. I lost the old one but I still remember some of the main items.

Here is my new list:

●We must be good friends
●Loves children
●Strong relationship with God
●Close family relationships.. values family
●Shares the same values
●Fits right in with my family

Each of these things are equally important and my future husband must fit every single one of these things. No exceptions. I feel this way because if I were to make an exception I would be settling for less than God's best. 

**NOTE: the above paragraphs I wrote a couple of months ago, and now I am finally getting around to finishing this post. :) The following paragraphs will have been written now.

I want to encourage all of the single women, and single men, to create a list of qualities that you desire your future spouse to have. This helps keep your focus on the right things. Having them written down makes them a physical document that will become something you come across often. This is way to make sure the person you start dating is someone who will fit those things, and is something that you will be looking for as you get to know that special someone even more. Before making your list, be sure to pray and ask God to speak to you about what qualities are important to you in your search for a spouse. 

When you have a list of qualities you are looking for it is important to take some time to set aside your feelings you may currently have for someone (like, for instance, if you are already in a relationship) and really begin to determine what qualities are important for you to find in a husband. I believe that dating should not be about just having fun, dating should be a time where two people pursue a relationship with the potential of marriage being on their minds. This is why I believe that dating in high school is not necessarily the best decision, because is marriage really on the mind of teenagers? Sometimes, yes, but that is not always the case. 

Before I continue on this topic much longer, I will stop. I am going to write an entire blog post on the topic of dating with the intention of marriage, rather than posting it in here with the waiting list. :) Be blessed, dear friends! :)