When You Get Right Down to it, Aren’t All Women Foreigners?
Sunday, March 7th, 2021Sitrep
I met a foreign lady online two days ago, things went incredibly well, I we spent hours talking to each other, and I became convinced she cared about me. Now it must be time for me to say I was living in a fool’s paradise and that I just found out she was only after my money.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Just kidding. Things are going great.
Today I heard from her early on, and after we talked a bit, I told her I needed to stop because I was talking to her when I was supposed to be praying. She understood completely and told me to go ahead.
I call that a test passed.
I got into my morning prayers, and eventually it occurred to me that I had someone available to agree with me. I said, “Let’s see you act like a wife.” I started sending things for her to agree with, as they came up.
She added a couple of things, too.
For the first time in ages, I had someone else on my team during prayers. This is the primary reason I started looking at women online. Every Christian slips. Every Christian misses things. You need someone who will stop the arrows you fail to deflect.
Ecclesiastes:
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
We prayed for ourselves. We prayed for our friends. We prayed for the body of Christ. It was beautiful. I felt like I was bathing in a vat of love.
Ungodly couples get together and do what married people do. So are we, but instead of fornicating, we’re doing what godly married people do: teaming up in our service to God.
This is a lady God used to make a woman in a wheelchair get up and walk. She has cast out demons. She has been visited by Jesus. If we pray together, I won’t have to drag her like dead weight. She’ll get things done.
I was mentoring my young friend Travis until he got shot and died last year. He was the person I prayed with. He was the only person I could talk to about the deep things of God. I have prayed for God to send someone else. I prayed for God to send more than one person, because he repays manifold when there is a theft. I told him if he didn’t want to send me a wife, even a friend would be fine.
He came through.
Praying with a woman who is aligned with God and you is better than sex. The harmony of heaven becomes evident while you do it, and it surrounds you. It reminds you there is a better place where people are always united.
I feel like I’m hearing the voices of other people in my head. “You’re seeing what you want to see.” “You’re not doing anything to protect yourself.” “She doesn’t really want you.” “You’re just like all the other guys who try to buy wives.”
I have heard other people’s voices before, though. “Prayer in tongues is gibberish.” “Miracles don’t happen unless they come from the devil.” “Life isn’t supposed to be easy for Christians.” “You’ll die broke if you criticize TV preachers.”
The devil’s kids, many of whom are Christians, live in their own reality, which is bleak, and I live in mine, which is full of blessings. The word says the promises of God are “yes” and “amen.” Why should I listen to people who live in a different universe?
“I can’t get healed, so God doesn’t heal people any more.” “I can’t speak in tongues, so speaking in tongues isn’t for everyone.” “No one in my denomination prophesies, so prophecy is dead.” Christianity is full of dogs in mangers.
Imagine a conception taking place. One sperm cell always makes it, and the rest die. What would they say if they could talk to the one that wins? “Forget it, man. I tried, and it’s impossible. You think you’re going to make it? Who are you to talk that way? What an ego!”
It sounds like what they said to Jesus when he told people who he was.
People who think relationships like this one are impossible are generally people to whom many of God’s blessings seem impossible. Why would I listen to them?
As for pace, I thought about some people yesterday. Isaac and Rebecca. Esther and Ahasuerus. Ruth and Boaz. David and Abigail. They didn’t have lengthy courtships, because they were put in couples by God.
A website which may or may not be right says the average American couple dates (i.e. fornicates) for 3.3 years before getting married. About 40% of American marriages end in divorce. Looks like long test drives don’t really work.
Multi-year premarital relationships are also very bad for women. If you have a few typical boyfriends before you marry, you will be in your thirties when you tie the knot. Your fertility will be greatly reduced. Look it up. It’s worse if you put things off for your career. Many women start relationships when they’re up around 30, and these relationships often last 10 or more years before the men leave. I know a lady it happened to. She thought a friend of mine was going to marry her. She got her walking papers at the age of 38. One day, I said, “Where’s Helen?” He said, “I MADE her leave.”
Helen does not read my blog, so it’s okay if I say she was not an attractive lady, and her personality was not particularly appealing. My friend, on the other hand, was a radiologist who was considerably younger than she was. When it came to dating, he was like a big juicy pork chop in a dog pound. Losing Helen was a boost to his prospects, but it probably put an end to hers. It was an asymmetrical situation, and Helen probably didn’t think about that.
Maybe I should just give in and let things blossom. Many long, happy marriages start well. A flying start shouldn’t be considered a sign of trouble.
I have just about all of my friends praying God will guide us. I don’t ask for prayer that God will guide us. Just that he will guide us to the right people.
Hope the good news continues to flow.

