FaithfulNews
Ordinary Time

FaithfulNews archive

Don’t Let Your Loneliness Lower Your Dating Standards

You pick up your phone, open the app, and have two options: swipe right or swipe left. Which do you do?It’s interesting how a quick directional choice can result in such a wide range of emotions. In one swipe, we can feel the repeated sting of rejection, the satisfying sense of validation, or the “Huh, oh well,” and move on to the next screen.I get it. Dating is personal. And it’s emotional. And it’s no wonder why; God hard-wired us for relational intimacy. We were made to be in deeply connected