For those of you who don't know. the current series at Newspring is called "Don't get married until..." and it is targeted toward singles. When I went into this series, I figured it would give me some tips regarding what types of guys to look for and how to know when he's the right one. What I didn't anticipate was the fact that it would change me. Yesterday was targeted specifically toward single women, and let's just say God hit the bulls-eye. I went into that service thinking "Well, I'm a Godly woman. I don't really need to change anything major, so I hope some of these other women really hear this message." I thought, as long as I am not sleeping around and dressing like I work on a street corner, I am already where I need to be. However, Perry (and God) made me realize that there are still a few things I need to work on. For one, I want to stop talking about people behind their backs. Even if the conversation seems harmless to me, it may not be harmless to others. If I wouldn't say it to the person's face, why should I say it to someone else? That is a very unattractive quality that females tend to possess. I am sincerely going to try to stop. Hearing Perry talk about the things guys should look for in a woman made me want to focus more on meeting those requirements. I want everything I do to be an overflow of God's love. I want to seek God so deeply and passionately that when He does bring me to the man I'm supposed to be with, I'll know. Like Perry said, if you read 1 Corinthians 13 and replace "love" with your name, it should make sense. That is my goal. I want to love as deeply as God does, and in order to do that, I must be the woman God wants me to be.

1 Corinthians 13
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserveres.