It started when I picked up Timothy Keller’s Counterfeit Gods<\/i>
\nfrom the library bookshelf. I’d read books by Keller before and knew that I enjoyed his writing style and respected his theology. It would be an easy read.<\/p>\n
What I didn’t count on was how God would use that book to change my heart.<\/p>\n
“Idols capture our imagination, and we can locate them by looking at our daydreams. What do we enjoy imagining? What are our fondest dreams?”
\n~Timothy Keller, Counterfeit Gods<\/i> p. xxii<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhen I read those words, I knew exactly what served as my most prominent idol: marriage.<\/p>\n
For years, marriage had been my fondest daydream. What’s more, it had become what Jerry Bridges calls a “functional savior”. When times got hard at work and I was stressed, I thought “If only I were married I wouldn’t have to work a job like this to support myself.” When I didn’t have time to pursue the domestic tasks I so enjoy, I thought “If only I were married and could be a stay-at-home wife.” I considered marriage to be the answer to whatever problem I felt I had.<\/p>\n
Life would be perfect if only I were married.<\/p>\n
And then God flashed the word “idol” with neon lights above my daydreams.<\/p>\n
Keller’s book was just what I needed, both to identify my idol and to give direction for overcoming it. Keller emphasized that idols couldn’t just be dethroned<\/i>, Christ had to be enthroned<\/i>.<\/p>\n
By God’s grace, I began to dethrone marriage and enthrone Christ at the center of my heart.<\/p>\n
Then I got the Facebook message sent to my phone.<\/p>\n
“Rebekah
\nI want you to know that I have a policy against doing what I’m about to be doing…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI was at my parents’ house for the weekend, there for my niece’s first birthday party. As a result, I really didn’t have easy access to the internet. I mused on the strange intro a bit, but figured that Jeremy was going to ask for nutrition advice.<\/p>\n
When I logged on to the internet the next morning, I discovered just how wrong my assumption had been. <\/p>\n
Jeremy was asking for permission to set me up with a friend of his–who happened to also be his sister’s brother-in-law.<\/p>\n
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