In today’s culture, it is so normal for people to date very quickly. I mean, they meet one night, and the next day, they go out on a date, and the next thing you know they are a couple. Although, this is culturaly acceptable, it is not healthy, or logical for Christians.

Why is it not healthy?

It is not healthy, because most relationships that are started so quickly are based off of “infatuation.” When someone is infatuated with a person, they don’t care about the future, all they care about is now. If all you care about its right now, you will most likely get yourself into a position of heart break. Infatuation makes a person not care about the faults of the person that they are dating, and eventually the infatuation will wear off, so then the persons faults are apparent. These faults will then, slowly or quickly, make a person very irritated with the person they are dating, and eventually the relationship will end in heartbreak.

Why is it not logical if you’re a Christian?

It seems to me that the main point to dating in our culture today is to achieve a few things: romance, love, sex, image, and a remedy for boredom or loneliness. I am reading a great book right now called I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris. This book has really placed into perspective, how dating, as a Christian, is not the main point to a persons life. But instead, the main point is living for Christ, and taking advantage of every minute you are alive. So if you are single and Christian, and you are constantly focusing on dating, then you need to readjust your perspective, so that you can see Christ, and do this by avoiding dating, for as long as you can.

Please don’t get me wrong, there are ways to still ways to develop a relationship with that person you feel might be the one, but you should only do that if you are sure you are in a situation in your life where you can be responsible, and do it for the right reasons.