How far is too far and Joel and Casey’s dating standards.
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Amazing Story from NM!
I just wanted to thank you and Casey! I just moved to college a few months ago to Albuquerque and I was so lost as to where i needed to be and who i should surround myself with. I stumbled upon a church about a month ago that really reminded me of the church i went to back home and one day as i was waiting for the the kids to show up for YG to start ministering to them; i was reading your book and this man walks up to me and starts telling me how much this book changed his life and how high his standards got. This would be the second time i read your book and so i knew what he was talking about. 2 months later he is still one of the most amazing people i have met here and right now we are focusing on a solid foundation of friendship and everything is really great. Your book brought us together and i coulnd’t have asked for someone else because he fits my list so far and i fit his!! :D
Testimony
Hey Joel and Casey, I just finished reading your book yesterday (I read it in a day!). I wanted to share my thoughts on the book to encourage you guys! First of all, I may be only 20 but I have over a year of experience working at a Christian bookstore and have had the chance to browse through many, many books :) I have to say that of all the ones I’ve seen or read about what a Godly courtship should look like, yours is up at the top! It wasn’t some self-help type book, it was biblical and pure. I was really glad to hear about how you went to the extremes in your courtship as you shared in your book- no holding hands until engagement, no riding in the car together after dark, no kiss til the altar, etc. These are things that I really want to do myself and seeing another couple who has already done it encouraged me. Also, when I decided that I wanted to have those kinds of boundaries, I almost thought that my future husband would think I was being ridiculous with it. But now that God led you both together and you both had that perspective, I’m sure God can bring a guy with the same standard to me, too! My favorite part was reading your and Casey’s testimonies of how you came from a broken family and came to know God. Casey’s testimony especially touched my heart because I grew up with an alcoholic mother who brought home strange guys every day/week as well. When Casey wrote that she wanted her mom to just for once choose her children over a guy, I truly understood because I’ve always told myself that my mom never chooses me over a beer bottle or a guy and I have 3 brothers too. I was really encouraged that Casey is now close to her mother, which is what I keep praying for with my mom. :) I was really amazed at how God spared both of your guys’ purity despite all that you have been through. You both could’ve easily come up with excuses to live a life of sin, but He saved you guys and you are following Him. I was really blessed by your book and it wasn’t hard at all to keep reading it all day! :) I’m going to give it to a girl who is a sophomore in high school. I almost think you guys should make a parent’s guide to go along with it so parents can go through it with their teens! Thanks so much for living out the example to follow God in relationships!!
Thankful
Today, I am so thankful for my family. God can take people who grow up in the worst situations, put them together and make something truly beautiful.
Thoughts on The Divine Matchmaker
Steve from PA
Hey man, it’s Steve (JD’s brother) I just wanted to thank you and Casey for letting God use you and writing the Divine Matchmaker! I just finished it and I feel really refreshed by the hope it gave me. It touched on so many things I had questions about reguarding my relationship with God, ladies, and even myself!
I appreciate you and all you’re doing. My confidence is sky high and I know God has some awesome things in store for me!
Hope to see you again soon!
-Steve
God’s a Matchmaker!
John 10:10b “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.”
God’s a Matchmaker!
Listening for God’s voice requires you to go beyond embracing just His principles and all the way into embracing God as a Person. Hearing God’s voice necessitates that you seek out a personal relationship with Him. God has given you His wise principles to guide you, guard your heart and body, and help you guage how you are doing. But God wants more. He wants relationship. He wants to personally guide you into a life better than you could have dreamed.
For more on this topic, view Chapter 10 in The Divine Matchmaker.
