Big Idea - Pursuing someone in a way that honors the Lord Song of Songs 1:7-11 (NIV) Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends? 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds. 9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses. 10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels. 11 We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver. Song of Songs 2:1-3 (NIV) I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women. 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. Principles for Dating: 1. Don’t date for potential 2 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV) Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 2. Don’t expect someone to complete you 3. Lean on wise counsel Proverbs 12:15 (NIV) The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.