Immeasurably More

So many times these past few weeks I heard something like "Well, life is good except for this one thing. I'd like to have a girlfriend/boyfriend. I thought I would have found someone by now." We use our relationship status as validation that we are doing well in life. Why is being single so scary? It makes us feel insecure if we aren't with who we think we need to be with. Sometimes we will even drastically lower our standards and values just to have someone. "Yeah, maybe we don't share the same basic faith or principles, but they're a good person and they say they love me." I've been on the other side of this also. When I meet people and they start trying to "lock me down" and get me to commit completely to a relationship right away. I've been separated from my ex for 6 months and divorced for all of 6 weeks! I'm in no position to date, and when/if that time comes, I'm going to be super discerning about who I date. There ar...