Obviously by this title, I am talking about Unequally Yoked Relationships and I do not know if some of you are..but this is me. Before anything else I just want to warn here, if you are not a Christian, if you do not believe that unequally yoked relationships are wrong and are easily offended, I am going to warn you that this post may offend you or make you feel sad or even angry. I am really sorry and I am apologize for that.
I am just going to say, for me the worst feeling ever to find someone cute, funny, he is on your whole list of great things you want in someone, except for the fact they do not love Jesus. So if the situation seems to be perfect and they like you back and you just like Oh My Gosh what should I do now? this guy or girl wants to date me and they do not love Jesus and I do not know should I date them or tell them that I do not want to date them because they do not love Jesus. That is the most small minded thing to say and they would not get it because they do not understand the whole unequally yoked thing.
I understand you because I know a couple of friends and relatives who have been in that situation. Why can't we be unequally yoked because sometimes it does not seem like a big deal. As cliche as it sounds I am going to answer with a verse:
Don't become partners with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with unbeliever? And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. (2 Corinthians 6:14-16)
This verse is very intense. That is literally there is no great area in there. As it says, what real connection could exist between you the follower of Christ and someone who is not a follower of Christ. I mean yeah I had tons of friendships, even people in my closest circle that do not believe in Jesus and It is not wrong, it is totally fine. But this is something different because as Christians we date to married and we are not like oh we are still young let's have fun. We are dating with purpose and that is to find someone and to marry that person and live a biblical marriage in lifestyle.
If you are dating someone who is not a Christian and you are trying to fit them into this biblical lifestyle that you have been called to live, it is not going to work. Sometimes you make all the excuses, oh they are respectful, they are not saying anything bad about Jesus, oh they believe in God but they do not go to church. Yes we can come up with many excuses as we want, but we really know where they are with God. You need someone who is going to encourage you and hit you up and be like,"how you been going with this? have you read your bible today? do you want to go to church with me later? hey let's meet up for coffee and study the book of John!." Who is going to get it and who you do not have to explain to like, "hey I do not want to have sex until married because of this." And someone who gets it is on the same page. Do you want to be with someone who is on the same page with you?. I DO!
This is very common. Literally every Christians I met in my life, they liked someone, or want to date someone who is not Christian or been in or is in unequally yoked relationships. I personally love Jesus so much that my heart aches when I am thinking about what if I am in that situation. If that is you, I just want to pray that you meditate on this verse and think what God is speaking to you. I would rather be single than settle for something that is going to drag me down or discourage me in my walk with Christ. I am not going to settle for anything less than something that will encourage me and be biblical.
I love you guys, hope you are having a good day x
