Linne Rosa's Page

Linne Rosa (linnalicious)

Hometown:

Denver, CO

Relationship Status:

Single

About Me:

I am a fun-loving Scorpio who enjoys long walks on the beach and lots of liquor while watching the sunset.

I am joining this site not a little tongue-in-cheek. I've grown up in Christian suburbia where the intention behind everything, conscious and otherwise, is to find a husband. I went to college where it was a joke (but not really a joke) that some girls were there for an MRS degree. I've since moved to Denver and joined a large inner-city ministry where Gad is showing me a better way. As Christians, I believe that we put altogether too much emphasis on marriage. Don't get my wrong, I fully believe that it is a relationship that reflects our relationship with God and an institution created for our happiness. But if you listed God's passions, I believe that they lie in other places. I'm not one of those few who are gifted with singleness. I fight my singleness every day and wonder, a lot, what I'm doing wrong. But I have plans God has revealed to me for me to do that I cannot do to my fullest while in a relationship. I can't truly be open to possibly working for the rest of my life with orphans in South Africa if I have a man waiting for me back in the US. For me (that's me, not you), to be so focused on a man that all other things fall into relation to marriage, would be a sin and I would not be happy.

My encouragement to you, then, is to make sure that the efforts you are putting into finding a man are right between you and God. You're going to live a long life after you're married and you need to be a fulfilled single woman with a life if you're going to be a fulfilled married woman with a life. Don't fall into the trap that your ministry and your life don't start until you're married. There is so much that you can do as an individual that you can't as a couple. Be content in the truth that God has the best in store for you and he hasn't given you a desire for a husband just to watch you squirm. Keep it in perspective. If you aren't married yet there's a reason. Find that reason and be happy in your Father.

E-mail Address:

melissal@bluebottle.com

Favorite Music:

DC Talk, The Naked Brothers Band

Favorite Movies:

Goosebumps

Favorite Books:

The Boxcar Children, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Favorite Authors:

RL Stine