Ep.57 Ask the Expert: Love After Divorce with Pastor Buddy Walker (Part 2)

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Ep.58 Producer's Pick: 'BTS with Pastor Buddy - Becoming The Right Pick & More'

Producer’s Pick is a bonus episode. In it we dissect the line of a movie, song, quote, social media post, Scripture, or topic you suggest. Episode Summary In today's episode we go behind the scenes with Pastor Buddy Walker who discusses how to prepare for marriage, becoming the right pick, the importance of contentment and more! Listen to the full episode and if you missed his previous episodes on Love After Divorce, listen to Ep# 56 & 57. Key Takeaways * Some persons make wedding plans without truly assessing whether they are ready to be married or are suited for each other (2:52) * God has given women a certain wisdom that men need to respect and as women we need to ensure that this respect is there before we head into marriage (10:00) * Begin to evaluate the health of the relationship before you decide to go into the romantic stage of the relationship. Because you don't want to become romantically involved in a relationship that's not healthy (13:07) * It is important to be content because it helps you to make wise decisions and avoid foolish mistakes (14:36) * Commitment (covenant) comes from the heart of God (25:05) * The man is the head of the wife. This isn't about domination or rulership but about him taking responsibility and putting his wife's well being and that of his children first (28:15)  Top Quotes * If anyone truly is ready for marriage, there's a learning curve. As you well know, there are things you will not understand or grow into until you're actually in the relationship but doing our very best to enter with wisdom and maturity, realistic expectations (3:22) * I don't want to imply that you're going to find a person that is perfect in every way...But if the young woman takes it on herself, that she's going to be the reformer or the transformer...the dynamics of the relationship will change (7:51) * He (God) chose marriage as a means of helping us to fully grow into the potential that He has given to us. And someone who says, It's not good for a man to be alone, it could mean that there's going to be a deficiency in that man's life, without the input from a loving spouse (11:23) * My wife is a woman of great wisdom. And she doesn't try to control me. She doesn't try to mold me into what she wants me to be. But she speaks into my life and I value her perspectives on things that she can say to me (12:42) * Be careful about being too desperate. You know, being able to be content. In whatever state you find yourself if you're single, being able to be content in that state, because when you're content, then you're not going to make foolish impulse (14:36) * If you're single, you can totally give yourself to serving the Lord without distraction. It's better to stay single...unless...You are both radically and totally committed to serving Christ with your whole life...You can do more together than what you could do by yourself. And there is no distraction because you're in it together (21:50) Resources * Scriptures: Matthew 19:5, Proverbs 1:20, Ephesians 5:23 Stay Connected Thanks for listening to this episode. If you want to be notified when new episodes are available subscribe HERE [https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/the-smart-fabulous-single-podcast-with-tricia-anne-y-morris/id1517675588]. Also, stay connected by following me on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartfabulousandsingle], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartfabulousandsingle/?hl=en] and Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSCWh7pfl9B2tt48bGUDEzA]. Email me at pod@sfswoman.com if you have topic ideas, want show notes, want to be a guest or have questions/comments.

Ep.57 Ask the Expert: Love After Divorce with Pastor Buddy Walker (Part 2)

Today I’m speaking with our expert about this week’s topic. It’s practical. It hits all the hard places, and offers tips and solutions to help us move to the next level. Episode Summary In Part 2 of this 2 part interview with Pastor Buddy Walker of Faith Christian Fellowship Tavares Florida and Director of Empower School and Farm, he describes how he met his current wife, the steps he took to test the relationship to ensure this was right, and how his ex wife later became a friend to his new wife.  Key Takeaways * If we seek God about the challenges in our marriage, He will reveal when a marriage should be considered over. He will release us (3:28) * Marriage is about coming together with someone who will help us to become the person that God intended for us to be (6:18)  * It's important when preparing to meet someone to get to know that person, their perspectives on things and if these line up with Biblical principles and with who you are (12:32) * It's important to seek pastoral counsel when making significant decisions generally and re remarrying including to avoid rebounding (15:27) * Find ways to assess whether this person is a Christian, shares your Christian values and has truly committed his life to Christ. That the person is very sincere and that there are no warnings as far as proceeding in development of the relationship (17:26) Top Quotes * I wanted to be certain that in God's eyes I was divorced, legally....did God want me to still hold out hope that somehow our marriage would be still restored or was it truly that that marriage even in God's eyes had ended? (1:13) * When he said, It's not good for man to be alone, He was actually referring to something more than just loneliness or a need for affection. That He was talking about inner life growth. He was talking also about wholeness (5:59) * I believe what I saw in her eyes was mercy and compassion (10:25) * She told me that she had totally committed her life to Christ and that she was at a stage in her life that that was very important. And that she was not interested in starting a relationship with someone who professes to be a Christian and yet wanting to live worldly (11:54) * People that knew me, were praying for me interceding for me, both from my church, and also other pastors (16:28) * One of the programs that we went through was a marriage compatibility profile where we did a series of assessments and it involved a lot of things her family history, my family history, our education, our birth order...and then it rated our compatibility, our strong points and then our potential growth areas (18:43) * I could not reverse the breakup of the marriage but I could look for God to bring something good out of what was meant for destruction (26:21) Resources * Scriptures: John 4:1-28, 1 Corinthians 7:1-11, Genesis 2:18  Stay Connected Thanks for listening to this episode. If you want to be notified when new episodes are available subscribe HERE [https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/the-smart-fabulous-single-podcast-with-tricia-anne-y-morris/id1517675588]. Also, stay connected by following me on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/smartfabulousandsingle], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/smartfabulousandsingle/?hl=en] and Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSCWh7pfl9B2tt48bGUDEzA]. Email me at pod@sfswoman.com if you have topic ideas, want show notes, want to be a guest or have questions/comments.