Faith & Drinking!

I write on these two topics without any hesitation and this is my little corner of the internet so why shouldn’t I be able to write about it. Whether you have faith, you don’t have faith, drinking is a topic we ALL come across. Some may not drink, some may. Some may think it makes you less of a Christian if you do and some may think it makes you more spiritual if you don’t.

As for me and this gal, I serve the Lord and love him with all of my heart and still learning this walk day by day ..but admit I may have some wine or beer on occasion.

After reading that last sentence some of your opinions of me might change, some might stay the same. I share this with you because I want to be as real as real can get and I don’t want to portray anything less.

You may wonder why I bring this up. But in my experience this past month, the subjects of faith and drinking went hand in hand.

I had the opportunity to be introduced to somebody in hopes that maybe he and I might be able to get to know each other better. Well, it proceeded to go nowhere based on the issue of drinking.

He had his opinions and experiences to base his viewpoints on concerning drinking and they vary from mine. But when it came to the end it basically summed up to that he didn’t want to be involved with anyone who drinks.

The whole reason the topic of drinking came up was because he saw a picture on Facebook where I had a drink in my hand. And from then on he had already formed a perception of me. What hurt me the most was the possibility that he wouldn’t take the chance to get to know me based on pictures he saw on Facebook or this perception he formed in his mind of how I choose to live my life and felt like my character was in question.

Unfortunately, he was not open to getting to know me or seeing what could happen. In the end it was going to be nothing but a friendship and he was interested in talking about this some more. Honestly, at this point in my life I am not looking for another “friend”. I’m looking for something more. So I expressed that it was probably best that we both move on.

The whole thing was a good learning experience.

I think the biggest thing I've learned is I now know I am ready to get out there and meet someone. I had a lot of emotion put into this, more so than I thought. And I asked the Lord that if this wasn't meant to be, then shut the doors and if it was then leave the doors open and make the way. He showed me very clearly.

And I know God has someone very special out there for me, but he’s just holding out on his best!!

Thoughts???