It matters who you marry

While randomly checking facebook for the first time in weeks, I saw that one of my friends had posted the link to a christian blog. I'd heard of it before, but never checked it. The link that she posted was to one of the stories that had to do specifically with girls and how it matters who we marry (hence the title of this post).  As I was reading it, being a senior in high school, it made me think about all my guy friends and how they act around me. You start looking for qualities in guys that you like and that you would want in your husband. My favorite part of the entire article was this little section right here...

"1. It will impact you spiritually. If the guy is not a believer, you can stop right there. You have no business yoking a redeemed soul with an unregenerate one, even if he seems open to change. Christ has bought you with a price and it is not an option to give away that blood bought heart to someone who doesn’t know and love your Lord. It will cripple your spiritual development, open up a host of temptations, stifle your prayer life, make regular church going difficult, and cause massive parenting conflict if you have children.

If the guy is a believer, is he a strong one? Will he lead you in prayer, Bible reading, family devotions, and public worship? Or will you be on your own? Is he going to make spiritual growth a priority or do other things come first? Is he going to ask you how it’s going with your soul so he can help you grow in holiness and love for Christ, or will he leave that to your pastor? Is he going to lead the children in this, or will you have to spearhead that? In church, is he going to help the kids sit well, pray, find the hymn, or will you be the one pointing out what is happening next and helping the family keep up? Many women have married spiritually immature men, thinking that it wasn’t a big issue, or that the man would change, and they were wrong. They bear the scars.

The health of your eternity is at stake. Think carefully."

This just really hit home with me because when my parents were married, my dad wasn't Catholic like me my mom and my brother are. He actually just became Catholic less than a year ago. He believed in God and respected the Catholic church but never felt the need to convert. My hope is to find someone Catholic, but if that isn't what God wants then he will find something better. I just wanted to share this blog with you. Here is the link to the entire article and you cant view the entire blog from there as well!

http://thechristianpundit.org/2012/08/15/it/