The Importance of Being Equally Yoked!

Being Equally Yoked Blog:

Let's face it, everyone wants to be in love. However, what's love when it's not being properly demonstrated?

"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common. Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" 2 Corinthians 6:14

A lot of us have been in and out of love. STOP! WAIT! Have you ever asked yourself why it didn't work? I can't speak for everyone but I can speak on my own behalf. About three years ago, I tried the whole "meeting new people" thing over again. During the process, I came across two guys in particular and which this blog is based off of my brief experiences with them. The two stories are listed below:

(I will be using fake names in order to not personally identify the two guys)

Guy #1 (Marcus): I met Marcus through a close friend. At first things were going smooth with Marcus. We talked everyday, he was extremely funny, and overall he was a gentleman. Anyway, I talked to Marcus for a couple of months and we started spending time together which was great, at least that's what I thought. Well, one day I was at Panera Bread waiting on my order and a Jehovah Witness approached me. As a child, I was always told to respect my elders no matter the case but this situation was EXTREMELY hard, especially as a nineteen year old. The Jehovah Witness started off nice the she became overly aggressive. She began to asked me if I knew who created the world and do I believe in Jesus Christ and why? I tried to politely end the conversation but instead she insisted on explaining how I haven't been receiving the correct information about our creator. After leaving Panera Bread, I immediately called Marcus to tell him about what I had just experienced. After explaining the sorry to him, his response was: "Well, she's kind of right." After I asked him how he said "I just don't believe a N**** would die on a cross for some people he never even met." PAUSE! TIME OUT! Wait right the heck there. I couldn't believe what I just heard. I was in total shock that someone would dare speak that way about someone so precious and dear to me. GOD? The man that sacrificed his own son so that we could live! I had to follow up before ending the phone call by asking him "So you don't believe in GOD?" and his response was "I mean I believe in higher power" *Charisma Hangs Up* *Click* *Phone call and all communication is over* I couldn't even argue with Marcus because I was in total shock. I've never heard anyone speak that way about GOD. EVER! 

Guy #2 (Keith): Keith was a family member of one of my friends. She kept telling me how he was so interested in getting to know me. Oh what the heck. It wouldn't hurt to make a new friend. Keith was a brain picker. He made you think! However, our last conversation was extremely irritating because I had just been through a similar situation not too long ago. Keith asked me did I believe in GOD. Of course, I told him yes! He then went on to ask why, so from there I went on to explain why I was a believer. After my response Keith went on to say "I don't think you really believe in GOD. I think you just believe in him because that's how you were raised. *PAUSE* After that I snapped! I felt like I had too and he got it twice as hard. He got a couple words for his foolishness and he even earned a couple words on Marcus's behalf since I didn't get a chance to let him know something.

Now back to the topic on why it's important to be equally yoked.

Would you ever want to be in a relationship with someone who's faith went in a total different direction than yours? Could you imagine going through life with a spouse that didn't know Jesus Christ for him or herself? Could you imagine being committed to someone with weak faith? Here's a better one! Could you imagine being with someone that didn't know how to pray? It's so important to be equally yoked especially when children start to come into the equation. You don't want to confuse your children with the beliefs!

You should want to be with someone that's on the same page as you especially, when it comes to Christ and your faith. Be with someone that will pray for you when you're too weak to pray for yourself. You should want to be with someone that will pull you closer to GOD and not draw you away from him. Be with someone that's happy and humbled to serve The Lord!

REMEMBER: IF HE OR SHE DOESN'T KNOW OR LOVE THE LORD HOW CAN THEY LOVE YOU?

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Charisma Miller

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