We have chatted about our deal breakers/non-negotiables before, but how do you keep from letting your standards fall? What prevents you from just dating any guy out there? What keeps you going?
It is interesting to look at my old post about deal breakers because I wouldn't write it just like that now howeve my desire for heaven has never changed
So I chatted about my very recent trip to New York City and from that stems my answer to today's prompt. It is so easy to consider letting your standards fall and dating mediocre guys. Even guys who are "good Catholic guys" but you just aren't attracted to. Because sometimes our deep good desire to be desired just wants to be satisfied. This weekend however I was able to spend time with three of my household brothers. These are good men striving to grow in their manhood and intimacy with the Lord. These are guys who already love their wives immensely. And when I spend time with genuinely good men, I remember just how high my bar is. I keep seeking and waiting for the man that the Lord desires me to call my husband because I want a man who loves Our Lady, one who longs for the Eucharist, a guy who already hopes for his wife, one who desires to lay down his life for his bride. That is the man I will marry. Knowing that those men do in fact exist keep me going. Knowing that it is that sort of man that will walk hand in hand with me towards heaven keeps my standards high.
Ladies, keep fighting the good fight of faith. Stay patient for the man who will love in such a way that reflects the love of Christ for the Church. Keep seeking for the man who will walk hand in hand with you on your journey toward heaven,
Knowing good men is definitely a way to stay hopeful. Sometimes I just wish that *one* of the good men I know would be interested in me. :/
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