Author	Thread: Don't replace God in your life
Blessedgal19 View Profile History	Don't replace God in your life Posted : 23 Jul, 2018 01:02 AM It was 2013 when I had a broken engagement with a Filipino guy. He is a pastor, and I was in my one year of internship. By God's grace I was able to go through with the pain and shame. A year after, my sister who is also a Pastor, shared to me about her friend who met a guy in this site, CDFF. She told me to try registering in the site. At first, I was just at her, ignoring her suggestion. But later on, she convinced me and I tried. If I'm not mistaken, it was 2014 when I created my first profile in this site. I was still exploring and I was flattered that many are sending me messages only to find out that most of them were not sincere. They just wanted fun. That time, I already finished my Bible College and I was teaching in a Christian school. A year after, my sister introduced to me again a new dating site named, Findloveasia.com. I tried to register in that site to, and had the same experience. Then, I discovered another dating site named oasis.com. I tried to register in that site and there I met a man from UK, who I thought was the only man of my life. The phase of our story was very fast. We started chatting November 2016 and after a week we were committed in a serious relationship. We made plans. I introduced him to my family through a video chat in Facebook messenger and he did the same to me. I was very happy. I was really in love with him but later on, I noticed that we were having disagreements in our faith. Faith is very important to me, but that time I was blinded with my emotion. I was so overwhelmed that I had a British boyfriend and he's very kind and sweet and affectionate. I did not realized that I was already compromising my faith and my commitment. April 2017, he arrived here in the Philippines, met my family and we got engaged. I was so happy, I was so in love that I was so willing to give up everything for Him, even my commitment of being a pastor. I left my ministry in the church, decided to look for a job in preparation for our plans to get married and to apply for a visa to UK. He stayed for almost a month. We spent almost of our time with the family. He made promises and commitments and I believed everything He said like nothing or no one can change it. Sadly, 2 months after he went back to UK, he broke up with me. He told me that his old Filipina friend chatted with him again and that he loves that Filipina more than he loves me. He said, everything was true, his feelings to me was true. But he said, he couldn�t be happy with me because of my faith. He said, that woman�s faith is easier to accept than my faith. He told me that I never showed my efforts to show him that I love him. That was really a great SHOOOCK for me? Whaaat???? I told him that I gave up everything for him just to prove that I love him. I gave up even my commitment to serve the Lord.. and he said, he never asked me to do those things. That year, was indeed the greatest fall, the greatest failure, the greatest pain I�ve ever had. That moment, I was so weak, just cried and cried and cried then looked up to God. There, I realized my mistake and learned my lesson. Lessons: 1.) Never ever try to replace God in my life again � always make Him first in everything. 2.) Always put God in the center of my relationship. 3.) A man that comes from God will never be a hindrance to my commitment in serving Him and that man will not ask me to change because he will appreciate my uniqueness - I am fearfuly and wonderfully made by God :-). Post Reply
Jayzeee View Profile History	Don't replace God in your life Posted : 24 Jul, 2018 07:54 AM It's so easy to be swept off your feet when someone comes into your life, says all the right things and wants to spend time with you. In the midst of all that we have to try and keep our feet firmly on the ground and test everything. I too was engaged years ago and thank God that we didn't get married, as we'd be divorced now. We just have to keep waiting & trusting God for his best & accept no substitutes. Post Reply
Blessedgal19 View Profile History	Don't replace God in your life Posted : 26 Jul, 2018 02:20 AM Amen Jayzee.... I've learned my lesson... I admit I was really blinded...But I thank God because He never let go of me.. God saved me from that fall and He planted my feet again on His ground... Indeed God can make good things out of bad things. That experience I had is very useful in my ministry for the youth now... Because of thst experience, I can understand them better and give them comfort as God comforted me in my pain... Post Reply
Teespero View Profile History	Don't replace God in your life Posted : 28 Jul, 2018 06:53 PM Thanks for sharing your story so that others can learn from your experience. Post Reply