Some people are really, really the wrong person to marry. Everyone else is still naturally incompatible.
— Timothy Keller (@timkellernyc) July 15, 2014
This tweet made me laugh yesterday. Mainly because of how true it really is, but the really funny part is that we think the exact opposite.
As singles, it's so easy to get so consumed with the idea that there is someone out there and we could meet them at any moment, that we literally think any new encounter could one day result in an "I do". Every encounter with the opposite sex becomes an interview process and if they don't get the "job", well then moving on...
Out of all the people we meet on a day-to-day basis, we really are incompatible with most of them. That does not mean you can't be friends, it just means you're most likely not going to want to go on a second or third date with them, let alone spend the rest of your life with them. So why put so much pressure on yourself as well as the next unsuspecting victim of your interview process?
I'm not sure why Pastor Keller wrote that tweet, but I would guess that it's a good reminder to not marry any Joe-shmo that comes around and to chill out on the seeking-a-significant-other front. The chances are the next person you meet will not be your future spouse.
But of course I've been wrong before...
**Most likely I took this tweet out of context, so lets just say this is my own interpretation of it. But most likely Pastor Keller was referring to the fact that you have to work at marriage. He's wise and clever like that.**
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