Dating : Do not pray for them to stay.

Do not pray for them to stay.

Instead of praying to God to let them stay, pray that God will take them away from your life.
I have always been the kind of person who hopes that one day, someone will come into my life as my lifetime partner. Whenever I meet someone I always pray to God that I will be guided while on the process of knowing each other. I believe that God is faithful to his promises, He will not put you in relationships that will break you apart and will keep you away from his presence.
So although I’ve been hurt multiple times by almost relationships, I thank God for answered prayers. Before entering a relationship, I always consult God. I always ask Him sincerely if this person that I am seeing is the one that He reserved for me. I prayed this prayer.
“Dear God, I am starting to fall for this person and as your daughter I am sincerely asking for your guidance and approval. God, I will not pray for this person to stay in my life if he is not the one that you sent for me. God, if his intentions are not right take him away from me as early as now. Father, I have been hurt so many times but I will be brave once again so break me if needed if this will only keep me away from your presence. If this person is not meant for me to love for the rest of my life, remove him while it doesn’t hurt yet, be gentle and subtle this time God so please remove him if he is not the one that you have reserved. Your will be done my God and not mine, I am lifting it up to you and I pray that when you answer, I will be able to recognize it instantly. Amen”
This prayer never fails. Out of all those experiences, God answers instantly each and every single time and when he answers my prayer, it pierces my heart deeply. It hurts but it is also an answered prayer. The first words that came out of my mouth while my tears are rolling from my eyes is “Thank you Lord for saving me”. Imagine how much pain it would have been if I continued with this person. I thank God because he kept me ready as if He told me “Child, something is about to be revealed so brace yourself and remember that I love you and I will not let you go through so much pain in the future so I will keep my promise that I will keep you safe from harm”.
Maybe I kept on meeting the wrong people in my life to teach them a lesson too, That God will protect His children from their bad intentions and they can never deserve someone with a good heart. That they maybe preying on good people to make them feel wanted and good about themselves too. I have heard this countless times whenever they feel sorry for hurting me that they do not deserve my kindness and it haunts them forever. They were all good riddance to me and although it is painful, I chose to forgive and smoothly walk away from the situation. Someone said, he was so careful to not hurt me because he wants to keep me in his life but that lead him to unconsciously hurt me behind my back. I feel sorry for them too but I will choose myself over and over again because I have so much self respect and I know I can be happy on my own. I have God in my life and with Him I am always complete.
Psalm 138:3
“All we need to do is cry out to Him! Wherever you are today, God is there for you, He will answer your prayers, He will make you bold, and He will provide you with strength for your soul!”