Think Outside The Box

Everybody has an idea of what they want "the one" to be like. You know how you want him/her to look, how you want them to act, what type of background you want them to have, etc. Everybody has a certain type of person they feel they fit best with, however, it never hurts to step outside of those boundaries and try dating someone you don't exactly feel is your type. It's like my pastor said in church last Sunday "Some of y'all women won't accept Denzel Williams because you're too busy waiting on Denzel Washington when Denzel Williams is really the one God sent for you." In other words, sometimes we get way too caught up on what WE think our mate should be like instead of praying for God to open our hearts and minds to be able to accept whoever it is that He has made just for us. Now, I'm not saying that God will make you be with someone who isn't attractive or someone who has no education whatsoever or anything like that, but I am saying He may send you someone you'd never expect to be "the one". Maybe he/she doesn't look exactly the way you pictured he/she would, but he/she's attractive. Or maybe he/she didn't get a four year college degree, but they have a good job and make a nice amount of money. All I'm saying is don't create such a long list of must have qualities for your mate that you can't look up from it long enough to see the blessing that God has sent to you in disguise. And let me also say that any person God has sent to you will treat you better than you could ever imagine because they are God sent. They will embody all the important qualities you desire although they may come in a different package than you expected. Realize which qualities are important and which ones aren't and think outside the box sometimes.