Lent 2014, Day 16: Are your thoughts captive?

I've also been ruminating on what kind of man I am really looking for. I struggle with attaching myself to either a celebrity I find both physical & personally attractive or the rare man of character I meet in real life. And I say they're rare only because most of the men in my life are either married, old enough to be my father, or in the youth group; so when I do get close to a friend or meet the friend of a friend and find them even slightly attractive, I tend to dwell on the possibilities of our future together... This is all well and good until it starts to really take over my thought life and I start to read into things and believe that whoever the he of this season is, is my meant-to-be! (And if you're a single girl reading this, you're probably thinking, “Oh, I've been there. I know exactly what she's talking about.” If you're a guy reading this... Wow, thanks for reading. I hope I can offer some insight.) Well, recently I have been rather convicted about this whole thought process and how ineffective and distracting it can be. The hardest part is drawing the line between enjoying the books and movies and allowing them to further indulge my daydreaming. As I've said before, I guess this is really where taking every thought captive and truly handing them over to Jesus comes into play.

On another, happier note, one of my good friends once pointed out that all the crushes I've had can help me decide what I really want in man, along with serving as reminders that God has an even better match waiting to find me!