"Brother You're Like a Six"

Are you a single Christian man who desires to be married? Let me help. I have an idea for a personal ad:
"Single Christian male (SCM) seeks single Christian female (SCF) to love as Christ loved the church, to give himself up for her to make her holy, to love as he loves himself (Eph. 5). SCF must be absolute physical knockout (no one scoring below 9.0, please), must love to talk politics and sports, and must possess a laundry list of pre-decided personal characteristics so completely that SCM is convinced no better option could possibly be available within the next decade."

Oh, you're a single Christian woman? No problem:
"SCF seeks SCM to submit to in everything as to the Lord, to respect, to serve, to follow and to be led by in discipleship and ministry, to trust as spiritual leader of the home, and to serve Christ with for the next several decades or until Jesus comes back. SCM must possess total confidence (but can't be cocky and must trust SCF's opinion in all things); must be devastatingly handsome but have no idea that he is; must be exquisite interpersonal communicator who enjoys nothing more than long, conversations about the relationship; must understand SCF completely; and must otherwise fit description of how SCF thought 'The One' would be since SCF started thinking about it at age 11."

this excerpt was from a boundless.org article by scott croft entitled "Brother You're Like a Six".
i burst out laughing when i got to "must be devastatinglyhandsome but have no idea that he is". it hit the nail right on the head. ha! actually all of it did. it's interesting to see all the standards that we have of our future spouses verbalized...
which is what this article addresses. standards for marriage. the realistic ones and unrealistic ones. along with the Biblical and the unbiblical. solid teaching. provides a lot of food for thought. i'm still mulling on it. solid read. go read it.