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Looking for this special one.

I just signed up for this forum, and i truly believe it wasn't accidental. There is so much to say, I will start going into reading all the posts within the forum, but for the first time ever I have this feeling that I found a place for myself where I can talk to people who will understand me. I would really like to finally meet a Christian guy who will consider me more than just a person to have sex with... if that makes sense... I would like to say that my dad was an alcoholic, so growing up having him in the house drunk, seeing how much trouble he caused to my mom, made me be scared of the guys, and eventually every time I am with a guy, every time I see him drinking and seeing his emotions after the alcohol freaks me out, and in a second i change my feelings from 'in love' to being 'out of love' , and I am 24 now, I am scared that it's gonna be always like that... I can't overcome my fear of giving someone a chance to show me that he will be different than my dad was...
My last boyfriend was Canadian, and we first met on facebook in the group of people who share the same b'days. And we were one of them who share the exact same b'day. Everything was nice and beautiful, we started sending msgs first, then talking on a web-cam, and writing letters. It looked all perfect, I don't know if you can have feeling for someone you've never met in your life, but i think i did have feeling for him, cause i thought I found really this guy who went through all those things in his life ( he was a men slut, taking drugs, drinking excessively big amounts of alcohol) but of course I wanted to give him a chance, and he was assuring me all the time that he has changed, and he was a totally different person now. However, every time we would talk on the we-cam he would always had a beer in his hand and smoking, although he was saying that it's just a beer, and he would easily put it away. But of course it didn't happen. Then, we started having those communications problems, either mic on skype didn't work, or we lost the internet connection, and later on i started to have less time for him. When i was off work, done with all my exams, and assignment, I started to go to the gym more often, meet friends, go out a bit with friends and have pics with my men friends, and later I had all those fights from my boyfriend for those pics with them FOR apparently them putting their hand on my shoulders... And then, I saw him bursting with anger on the web cam, and throwing things around like a mad person... I didn't know what to think, and once at night he called me to say that his housemate grabbed him and broke his now for no reason... He called me at 4 am in the morning to tell me that ( He was in Canada, I live in England, i couldn't do anything, and he was after few drink from what he told me)...
The next day he said "lets forget about it"... and that would happen every time we had a fight...he would say lets forget about it, and then did the same thing.
On the way of our 'getting to know each other' we wanted to meet each other, so we came up with a great idea of him coming to Poland, and I picked up the idea of paying half of his ticket. I am originally from Poland, but when I was 19 and didn't get into the university there, I left Poland, lived in America for a bit, then came to England to study, and work at the same time. I wanted to finally get some rest from my family, from my dad, and everything that was surrounding me there... So i got his ticket for August ( i will be during the summer in Poland) and then he paid me bk half of the money, sending it through Western Union. But I couldn't take it any longer, constant fights, him controlling me, and inflicting his feelings on me ( he was saying " I love you" so many times to me that eventually this expression lost any sense to me, it was just an empty word for me that i had to say cause we both had the commitment of meeting one another in Poland in August. However, three weeks ago, I told him that it's over between me, and him because I don't feel anything. And distance made it worse, the only thing i felt to him was the keyboard under my fingers. I don't know whether it has anything in common ( i know that it has and it scared me more) that he was a non-believer. I have this constant feeling in my heart that guys that truly believe in God will be so different than this one, and every time I found out that someone is a non-believer automatically turns a red- light in my heart.. Although, my dad apparently believes in God and he did all those bad things to my mom, and to his children...
But another different thing that many people in Poland go to the church just to show themselves in front of others, and do all the bad things when being out of church, but just because the support the church financially, there are great citizens, and always get salvation from them... how bizarre is that... another thing why i left Poland. My mom would always impose faith on me, and made me go to church just to be a nice daughter, and i felt so much relieved when i left Poland and could get to know God on my own. I know i found him now, but i didn't go to church, and still don't go to church so often. Here in England I don't go to church at all, but when I was in the States, I would love to go to Christian churches and praise the Lord through singing... I play myself the guitar, saxophone and drums, and I recently got to the point that when i sing for God, I am never afraid to open my heart and sing. However, I am still getting to the point that I would really like to find a guy that will be so different than others, and at the same time aren't I expecting too much? Maybe I am looking for a perfect one that doesn't exist, or I am looking in the wrong places... I didn't find him at church, on the internet, definitely not in the club... I am really lost now, I don't think about it too much because I am going home in just one day so I will spend lots of time with family and friends, but I still have this feeling that most of my friends in Poland are 24 now, have already got married, and I don't even have a boyfriend. How odd is that... I feel really lost now, but I still have my faith in Him, and I know it will be the way he wants it.
At the same time, I think that love doesn't know the borders, and I believe in a long-distance love, meeting someone from another country, but definitely love has to live together to survive...
Please give me some advice on it, anyone feels the same way?
 
Hello,

May I begin by welcoming you to the boards, and by encouraging you to keep the focus of your life on the Lord and serving and pleasing Him in all things. He loves you far more than any human can, and He alone can provide total peace and security of mind and heart.

I personally believe that the majority of us are "made to be married", in that God has designed us with that longing in our hearts to be joined in mind, soul, and body to another of the opposite sex. His purpose for us is to glorify Him within that framework of marriage. So your desire to meet that "special one" should come as no surprise. :)

I understand the ache in your heart when you see your friends married and you remain single. I always thought I would meet my spouse-to-be during my years at university. When that didn't happen, I thought it might be during my gap year after university, during which I worked with a Christian organisation in a team with several others my age. I finished that year still single, and then when the opportunity arose for me to attend Bible College, I thought that perhaps I would meet my spouse there, among so many of similar age and beliefs. But God had other plans.

I am now 27, and engaged to a wonderful, beautiful, Godly young woman, also 27. You see, the Lord made me and my fiancée wait, independent of and totally oblivious to each other, until He brought us together in His perfect timing. There was much we had to learn before we were ready to enter each other's circle. So God wrote our love story for us, and led us step by step into His will for us. And I will say right now that it is beyond anything I ever dreamed.

I met my fiancée online - first we e-mailed, then instant-messaged, then phoned and webcammed. I can say from personal experience that one can indeed have strong feelings for someone whom one has never met in person. Those feelings, however, must always be kept in line with the Lord and His will. When my fiancée and I met for the first time just a few months ago, we did so after mutual prayer and a clear awareness of God's leading - it was His plan we were following. So yes, I had strong feelings for her (although they pale in comparison to how I love her now) but knew that if God said "no", then we would part ways and the Lord would sort out my feelings afterwards. If God said "yes" (which He did!) then we would be free to continue to build our friendship, and the Lord - because He was the one who orchestrated the whole relationship - would develop our love for each other naturally, which is what He has done. Believe me, God's will is well worth waiting for.

So that is my story. I hope it gives you encouragement. There are some words of advice I would also like to share, though.

The Bible is clear that believers are to marry believers. 2 Corinthians 6:14-15: "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?"

Marriage is the most intimate relationship one can have with another human being. But it is literally impossible for non-believers to comprehend the depth of one's relationship with God, to really understand how it governs every moment of every day, influences every decision, speaks into every circumstance. They cannot fully grasp how or why the believer's relationship with God is literally their very life, how it impacts everything they think, say, and do. So a believer who is married to a non-believer is torn, unable to fully share their life with their spouse. They cannot, therefore, flourish in the intimacy for which marriage is designed; a complete sharing of two lives become one.

I would urge you, Lena, to carefully consider and pray about anyone in whom you might become romantically interested. Appraise them according to Biblical principles. Please read the following verses, and see what the Bible says for yourself about the kind of man you should be seeking to marry. While not all of these are specifically referring to marriage, they do mention the qualities God commends and exhorts men to display in their lives - Godliness, leadership, sobriety, good stewardship, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control... Husbands are to love their wives selflessly, like Christ loves the Church, sacrificing themselves for their wives.

Galatians 6:22-23
Ephesians 5:22-33
1 Timothy 3:2-13
Titus 2:1-10

Ask yourself if these are the qualities that the person you are interested in is displaying in their life - not just with you, but also with their family, with their friends, with church members, with strangers. You will be spending the rest of your life with your husband - you want to be sure he is the kind of man God approves of. That is not to say he will be perfect - no-one is, other than Jesus - but he ought to be walking with the Lord, and striving for God's will in his life.

Your expectations are not too high. As you can see, the Bible demands a high standard of believers in all areas of life. The true believer will want to live according to the Scriptures, and thus will want to love you as Christ loves you. He will desire to love you selflessly, caring for your spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing. He will be committed to God above all, to His Word, to truth, to honesty, to purity before and within marriage. He will love you for who you are, not for what he can get from you. He will seek God's will above his own, always striving to depend on God for direction and leading.

These men ARE out there. I've met several of them, seen their heart for the Lord, enjoyed their company and friendship. Do not fear, or be dismayed, but focus your life on the Lord - on pleasing Him and serving Him in whatever He has for you to do right now. Don't be frantically searching, but allow God to bring the right man into your life at the right time. Guard your heart, not allowing any man to capture it until the Lord gives the go-ahead. Surrender your will to His, say to the Lord "You do whatever You know is best" - He will lead you where He wants you to go, where you will be best refined to be like Jesus and bring most glory to Him. You will find yourself at peace, content, and satisfied in God.

I hope this has helped, and given you some things to think and pray about. :) Be blessed of God, and do not hesitate to respond to anything I've written.

Regards, inhopeofglory
 
milenarider said:
I still have this feeling that most of my friends in Poland are 24 now, have already got married, and I don't even have a boyfriend. How odd is that...
You're really young. Many of my female friends are around 30 and still unmarried. There is nothing weird or odd about getting married later. I think delaying marriage can be a wonderful thing. It gives you more time to explore who you are and what you expect from life. This is quite helpful when getting involved in relationships because it helps you weed out the bad or problematic ones much more quickly.

milenarider said:
I feel really lost now, but I still have my faith in Him, and I know it will be the way he wants it.
We all reach this point sometimes. Keep the faith, and stay strong. He is there for you.

I have a small personal question. Is your native tongue Polish?
 
minnesota said:
I have a small personal question. Is your native tongue Polish?

Yes, my native tongue is Polish. Born and bred Polish, however I don't think Poland is my home for years to come :sad

And thank you for both posts, they have given me a lot to think about :) I will wait as long as it takes for the right one :)
Every day, I am getting to know myself more, and getting to know Him more :)
 
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