A God-Glorifying and Edifying Crush

Ok ladies...time to fess up.


how many times have we had our eye snagged on a cute guy and spent hours dreaming about him? You've talked to him maybe about ten minutes and you're talked about him for about 82903748748934 hours(might be a slight exaggeration on that last number but if you're best friend you wont think so :) So majority of us guilty right? right.







I was chatting with amy about that and knowing she would, by the grace of God, point me back to the Gospel I asked her about what she thought. here's the actual conversation (amy's is bolded and mine arent)we're jumping into the part where I am asking how i could make having a crush an excercise in Godliness..might be a little jumpy at first but i think you get the message overall:




haha..i just dont know how to make that godly

or is it?


thats a hard one to figure out

can we be godly in that or should we focus solely on that?
solely on Jesus*

because the most Godly thing to keep in mind is to treat him like a brother

idk...im wondering if we should be focusing only on Jesus right now and not think about others..especially if we know there probebly isnt a future
but its hard to tell yourself "stop" .. not always that simple
where does the Gospel come in?

the Gospel is clear, we deserve God's wrath
everyday is God's grace
that is enough
Christ is enough
yes I deal with it a lot recently too

He is enough..so is focusing on another sinful?

I think it can be

if we let it distract us from God

how can we keep it from distracting us?

but everytime we think about it , it should drive us to prayer

i have been praying about it

prayer for an undivided mind

hmm..good advice

these realizations that you are fallen and prone to think too often about a guy only point more to your human-ness
and depravity
that is why it drives us upward towards God
it should anyway

so its a tool of the Holy Spirit to drive us back to the Gospel and remind us of the cross

and ask him for a way out.. maybe it could be to filling your mind with the things of the Lord
yes I think that would be most helpful for me

AMAZING! amy im writing a blog about this

:):) you and I both need to be pointed to Christ in every situation of our lives

yes and especially in this since it is in an area we often delve into




so if you have a mind that is at my level or above (and trust me you are..i have a brain tinged with blonde) you reached the conclusion I did. Having a crush glories God..it reminds us of the Gospel..it renews us in our love for Calvary..it strengthen your prayer life. bet you never thought having a crush gave so much. But if you didn't get it; here's the rundown for you:

having a crush should drive us to our knees in asking God to clear our mind and help us focus on Him. the fact that we have to do that should remind us of our always sinful, fallen depravity which always wants to focus on/exalt man rather than God. that should point you to the cross where Jesus paid for that and paid for the power of the new life you now live in Christ, giving you the power to focus on God and treating that certain young man(or woman) as a brother in Christ(or sister).


and so I leave you one o'clock in the morning with this thought: the next time you're pining away after some guy be reminded of the Gospel and God's good grace. pray and never ever let that certain person distract you from the Lord but instead, drive you closer to Him and another step closer to Calvary.