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I am reading a good book right now called “A Man Worth Waiting For – How to avoid a bozo.” The moral of the book is that there are so many nice girls who want to do what’s right and have such high standards in what they want in a man… They wait for him and he “never” comes along…. therefore they settle. For a LOOOOSER!! My greatest and legitimate fear. As it should be. There are so many high quality girls out there with dreams and desires, GOOD dreams, desires and hopes… and I believe we allow those dreams, desires and hopes though they are good and God given, to overtake our love dedication and commitment to our first love – Jesus. Because when the test comes… and he doesn’t come right away.. we settle. We just cannot allow this to happen. I would recommend you stop by the Christian bookstore and pick up this book to encourage you along the way.
I have dreams, desires and hopes of course. I look forward to the day that I connect with that one. I think about it, though not as much now as I did when I was younger 
and I pray about it… But I was talking to my mom the other day and I told her,
“You know? The longer I stay single… the happier I am that I have waited. I am proud (in a good way) of the fact that I am almost 26 years old and single. I really, really am!”
I like to tell people how old I am. I challenged my Aunt Linda that I would beat her out in our “Who can stay single the longest” game. I am winning I am also winning against my brothers and sisters. I am happy in what God has taught me and I am excited about the future. To be honest I have heard girls cry or complain about being single and I understand the feelings…. the same girls have then got married and cried and complained about their husband or their children or their lack of free time… it just continues!
Quote from “A Man Worth Waiting For” : Men worth waiting for exhibit self-control in all they do. When a man does not demolish the pretentious lusts that would seduce him, he may someday sell out his life for mere minutes of pleasure.”
And I know men like this. We just can’t afford to lose faith. We have to be strong women. We cannot settle. You can’t afford to marry a loser. And I swear… some of us attract loser’s well. So how long are you willing to wait? For the right one? That is the test my dear single friends. Do you really believe good things come to those who wait? And if you are single for the rest of your life.. what a nightMARE! (I am kidding) It would be so much better to live a life of happy single hood than to settle for someone that isn’t worth a text, much less you. God help us wait for a man…. who is worth the wait. God bless you my girlfriends 
I have a feeling he will be well worth the wait… notice the key word. Wait.
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Who’s the guy reading the Bible? I always love to read your posts. Keep up the good work.
AMEN-thanks for the great reminder!!! I’m goin have to read that book…
Comment by Bethany on January 9th, 2010 @ 12:37 amYou continue to be an awesome encouragement to others Holly. I can’t help but think their is an awesome, Godly man out there with the same hopes, desires, and intentions. You teach us all to ‘Be still, and know that He is God!’ whatever the situation may be. Love you!!!
Comment by Bev McGuire on January 9th, 2010 @ 9:53 amWow – that was great Holly. Thanks for sharing your heart. I’m going to have to take a peek at that book!
Great post, Holly! The wait for God’s best is worth it! Waiting until I was 29 to be married was hard, but I would do it all over again. Many good Christian people tried to give me advice about what I should do ~ move here, move there, do this, do that, etc. However, God had it all under control and He was the One who brought Mark to me! God has a plan for each one of our lives and His plans for us may be different than what we or others think it should be, but it is always best! The ironic thing is that Mark was not and is not the “perfect Christian man” that I thought I was looking for, but he is a man who loves Jesus and is striving to become more like Christ each day. Be cautious of the men out there who know how to talk the talk and even walk the walk outwardly because they’ve grown up in church and in a Christian home. Some may talk like Christ, but have hearts that are far from Him! Trusting Christ to guide you moment by moment in every detail and aspect of your life is the best plan to live by!
Comment by Rachel Behr on January 11th, 2010 @ 7:25 amI’m 26 {almost 27} and still single and I agree with you. I am so happy that I’ve waited, too. One thing I decided on when I was about 25 years old was that I was not going to make the single life look dreadful. I have fun! I didn’t want other single girls younger than me to think they should settle for less than the best. Today is the first time I’ve been to your blog/website. I love it! You and your sisters are gorgeous!
‘I am reading a good book right now called “A Man Worth Waiting For – How to avoid a bozo.”’
Funny. I suppose there is in general a female way of looking at relationships, and a male way, but in Christ whether female or male, one needs to ask to understand relationships God’s way. Thx.:)
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Comment by russ on March 18th, 2010 @ 4:12 amHello Holly,
You don’t know me, but I was referred to your blog and found it extremely encouraging. By the looks of things, I’m coming from the other end of the spectrum relative to others who’ve posted on this blog–I’m a Christian man who’s trying to wait patiently for a god-fearing, strong-in-her-convictions, devoted-to-righteous-living Christian woman. It’s been very frustrating, trying to stand for truth and being labled as too old-fashioned, archaic, and absolutist, and I’ve sometimes struggled to believe that there really are women left who adhere to a higher standard. Thank you for writing your blog–it gives me great hope to know that there are still women left who have their lives focused on Christ and haven’t succumbed to the garbage/temptations/pitfalls that are peddled daily by the world to believers!
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Holly, you are right on track. Thanks for the encouragement. I love ya.
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