1 Corinthians 13:4-7 says "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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, and always perseveres."
My Story
In October of 2014 I was at my best friends house and we were watching a movie. I got a text from my friend Noah. My best friend decided to pull a little joke on him and texted him saying that I liked boys who play this phone game "Clash Of Clans". He played it. So he took it as a hint that I liked him. He said he liked me and started to ask me questions about myself so we could get to know each other more. Later that day he asked me out. I obviously said no, for many reasons. 1) I wasn't allowed to date 2) I barely knew him. After talking to him for a while I started to like him. We continued to talk and hangout at field trips and stuff. A month and a half later he asked me about dating. I wasn't sure. I talked to my parents and they said that we could date (with many boundaries) on my 14th birthday. We agreed but after a while we got impatient. I convinced my parents to let us start dating on 12/13/14. His family came to dinner and he asked my dads permission to date me and then he asked me out. Everything went fine for a while. Around Christmas we barely talked. It hurt but around new years we got back to talking. In January he went on vacation. While he was gone I went to winter jam with some friends. One of my guy friends was goofing around and accidentally broke my necklace that Noah bought me. Naturally I felt that Noah had the right to know so I told him. Well it affected him more than I thought it would. He got mad so I called him to calm him down. That was the beginning of a bigger issue. I have several friends that are girls, but I am also the kind of girl who hangs out with boys because it's less drama. He got jealous of my guy friends and jealousy is like cancer to the bone. It was not healthy for our relationship either. Things continued to get worse. We had failed to put God first. On February 5th, 2015 I talked to my parents and decided it would be best if we broke up.
The whole point to my story is to make sure you put God first, not second but first. Its the same way with friendships. If you do not put God first nothing good will come from it. If you're going through a rough time with your boyfriend/girlfriend/best friend then
put all your trust in God and give him your problems. Don't waste your life worrying. Live your life to the fullest for God. Don't worry dear, things will get easier. Feel free to go to my Prayer Request section and I will pray for you. Also if you need advice feel free to go to my Ask Madison column. Now on with the devotion.Devotion
"God has a purpose for you, For everyone. He will tell you when or who is right. Trust him. He never makes the wrong decision."
In the beginning of this I mentioned 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. I really like this verse and i feel that it really explains my point for this devotion.
In my story i talked about my past dating experience. It was a really rough time but i had my friends to help me through it. I want to be here for you and be able to give advice to those in similar situations that I've been in. One thing i can say right here, right now is "Telling a guy/girl at the very beginning of a relationship that you respect yourself and expect him/her to respect you is better than saying it later." I think this is a very important step to any relationship. Don't ever rush into anything. Don't give into peer pressure. When God gives you a "No", give Him a "Thank you." He was protecting you from less than his best. Always remember to keep God first.