Non-believer

Do you believe love stories like Isaac and Rebekah's can happen? Two people who aren't even from the same country brought together by God's hand. But oh, the things we're willing to believe in the midst of a man-drought. When the phone isn't ringing because no one's calling. When we spend another Valentine's Day with the cat. There's a "certain age," you know, past which all of our mothers' friends believe the odds for us finding the man of our dreams plummet. Add to the mix the complication of a Christian woman looking for a Christian man-and the situation become even more discouraging. We begin to convince ourselves that we somehow missed God's best. Maybe that's the problem. We just weren't open before-our standards were too high. And so, now we're not being desperate; we're being open. Unfortunately, that's when we begin to rationalize whatever we want to fit the ideal. 

He's not super-spiritual, but show me a man who is.

He has such great potential-he needs someone like me to encourage him. 

It's important to note that we won't change God's mind, even thought we can list all sorts of factors in favor of our decision to marry outside of our convictions. The Bible's warning not to marry a non-Christian is very clear, 
2 Corinthians 6:14} Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 
Think about it. How will you celebrate Christmas and Easter? Or discipline your children? Will your husband understand wanting to tithe from your joint account? Will he mind if you're gone for part of every Sunday? How do you feel about having a quiet time alone? The issues range from minor to major. 

If you're single and lonely. God knows it. If you're approaching a certain age, God knows how old you are. And he is not worried. The important thing is not to be married...it's to be be married to the right person. And God can bring that person unexpectedly, just as he did for Isaac and Rebekah. Feelings and emotions can be disastrously misleading in this area. That's why we have to hole onto God's Word, not a wish list, and let god dictate our decision whether or not to marry someone.  -Women's Devotional Bible

{Proverbs 4:23}
Guard your heart above all else,

for it determines the course of your life.

 

{Jeremiah 17:9}

“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,

and desperately wicked.

Who really knows how bad it is?

 

{1 Corinthians 2:14}

But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.