10 Reasons Women Settle in Relationships

We all know these women – they settle for relationships where they’re being abused physically or verbally by men who don’t respect them or their feelings, yet they still choose to stay in the relationship.  Some of us may even admit that this woman was us at one point.  Today I’m led to share 10 reasons I believe women settle for less than God’s best for them in relationships.  Feel free to add your input as well.

in no particular order of importance (they’re ALL important

1.  Fear that there’s no one better out there for them

2.  Fear that no one else would want them

3.  Lack of self-worth and self-love

4.  Lack of realizing how much God loves them and because of this they deserve to be treated like royalty.

5.  Driven by life’s desires (i.e. desire to be married by a certain age, have kids by a certain age) and if this doesn’t work out some women feel the may miss their opportunity to live their familial dreams

6.  Lack of knowing what true love should look like (i.e. lack of examples of godly, successful relationships or lack of internalizing 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 )

7.  Believing the LIE of the good man shortage, perpetuated by the media (how many video clips on the ‘single black woman’s struggle to find a man’ do we have to watch???)

8.  Poor self-confidence and poor sself-esteem

9.  Fear of being alone

10.  Just plain ‘ole FEAR (fear of making the wrong decision, fear of never falling in love again, and on and on and on…)

But thanks be to GOD, for He has not given us a spirit of FEAR, but that of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7) , so we bind fear today in Jesus’ Name!

More relationship/dating advice and encouragement for Christian singles found on http://www.kimontheweb.com/

Kim Brooks, author of, How To Date and Stay Saved, and, He's Fine...But is He Saved? www.kimontheweb.com

2 Responses to "10 Reasons Women Settle in Relationships"

• 

  student scholarships

  Sep 5
  

  Keep up the good work, I like your writing.
• 

  Joanne Belliston

  Nov 12
  

  “I am speechless. This is a outstanding blog site and incredibly partaking as well. Wonderful perform! That’s not truly very much coming from an beginner publisher like me, but it’s all I could say following diving into your posts. Good grammar and vocabulary. Unlike other blogs. You really know what you are speaking about as well. So much that you produced me desire to find out a lot more. Your blog has turn into a stepping stone for me, my fellow blogger. Thank you for the detailed journey. I really enjoyed the 8 posts that I have read thus far. ”

  my website is Heart Rate Monitor Watch .Also welcome you!