Certain online dating services are what we call matchmaker dating sites. ƯÁ¤ ¿Â¶óÀÎ µ¥ÀÌÆ® ¼ºñ½º´Â ¿ì¸®°¡ °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ µ¥ÀÌÆ® »çÀÌÆ®¸¦ È£ÃâÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Matchmaker dating is different from other types of online dating service (like Christian Mingle, for example) in that the person using them has less control over the dating process. ¿¬¾Ö °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ ´Ù¸¥ À¯ÇüÀÇ ¿Â¶óÀÎ µ¥ÀÌÆ®´Â ´Ù¸¥ ¼ºñ½º (¿¹ : ±âµ¶±³, ¾î¿ï·Á, ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é)¿¡ ±× »ç¶÷ÀÌ µ¥ÀÌÆ®¸¦ °øÁ¤ÇÏ°Ô Á¦¾îÇÒ ¼ö¸¦ »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ±×µéÀÌ ´úÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
Instead of you choosing your own potential ´ë½Å¿¡ ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ ÀáÀç·ÂÀ» ¼±ÅÃÇÏ¿© dating match µ¥ÀÌÆ®¿Í ÀÏÄ¡ , the dating matchmaker service will choose a partner for you, usually after you complete an indepth ÀÇ ¿¬¾Ö °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ ¼ºñ½º´Â ÆÄÆ®³Ê¸¦ ¼±ÅÃÇϰí, º¸Åë ÈÄ¿¡´Â ¿Ï·áÇÏ´Â indepth compatibility test ȣȯ¼º Å×½ºÆ® unique to the particular service. ƯÁ¤ ¼ºñ½º¿¡ °íÀ¯ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. We referred to this type of dating matchmaker service in a ¿ì¸®°¡ÀÌ À¯ÇüÀÇ ÃßõÀ¸·Î Á߸мºñ½º¸¦ µ¥ÀÌÆ® previous article on eharmony.com ÀÌÀü ±â»ç¸¦ eharmony.com , which offers the kind of matchmaker site we are talking about. , °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎÀÇ Á¾·ù¸¦ Á¦°øÇÏ´Â »çÀÌÆ®¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¾ê±âÇϰí ÀÖ¾î¿ä.
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The first dating matchmaker was not a modern matchmaker service, but rather Abraham¡¯s chief servant, whose name we never find out about in the Scripture. ù ¹øÂ° µ¥ÀÌÆ®°¡ ¾Æ´Ï°í, Çö´ëÀûÀÎ Á߸аáÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ ¼ºñ½º, ¿ÀÈ÷·Á ¾Æºê¶óÇÔÀÇ ¼ö¼® Á¾, ´©±¸ÀÇ À̸§À» ¿ì¸®°¡ °áÄÚ ¼º°æÀÇ ÃÖ½ÅÀÛ.
The story in Genesis 24 goes like this: Abraham gave his chief servant, the very first dating matchmaker, the job of finding a wife for Isaac. â¼¼±â¿¡ 24°¡ ÀÌ·¸°Ô À̾߱â : ±×ÀÇ ¼ö¼® ¾Æºê¶óÇÔÀÇ Á¾, ù ¹øÂ° ¿¬¾Ö °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ, ÀÌ»èÀÇ ¾Æ³»°¡ Á÷ÀåÀ» ã¾Æº¸½Ê½Ã¿À. The wonderful thing from this whole passage is that Abraham had faith in God that He would supernaturally provide a wife for his son. ÀÌ ¸ðµç Åë·Î¿¡¼ ¸ÚÁø ÀÏÀÌ ¾Æºê¶óÇÔÀÌ ¹ÏÀ½À¸·Î Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ±× ¾ÆµéÀ» À§ÇØ ¾Æ³»°¡ ºÒ°¡»çÀǸ¦ Á¦°øÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
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Abraham said, ¡°the LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father¡¯s household¡¦He will send His angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.¡± Genesis 24:7 ¿¡ÀÌ ºê ¶óÇÔÀº "ÁÖ´Ô, ÇÏ´ÃÀÇ Çϳª´ÔÀÌ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ³¯ µ¥·Á ²¨Á® ³» ¾Æ¹öÁöÀÇ ¼¼´ë¡¦ ±×´Â ±×ÀÇ Ãµ»ç¸¦ º¸³» ÀÖµµ·ÏÇϱâ Àü¿¡ ¾Æ³»¸¦ ¾òÀ» ¼öÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù °Å±â¿¡¼ ³» ¾ÆµéÀ» À§ÇØÇÕ´Ï´Ù."24:7 ¹ß»ý
Wow! ¿Í¿ì! Look at that faith! ±× ¹ÏÀ½À» ºÁ! What about you as a single Christian seeking a mate? ã°íÀÖ´Â ´ç½Å¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¹«¾ùÀ» ÇϳªÀÇ ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ Ä£±¸? Do you believe your God will supernaturally provide a wife or husband for you? ¹ÏÀ¸¼¼¿ä ´ç½ÅÀÇ Çϳª´ÔÀº ¾Æ³»¿Í ³²ÆíÀ» Á¦°øÇÏ´Â ºÒ°¡»çÀǰ¡?
I believe this because I¡¯ve seen God play the dating matchmaker role in so many of my friends¡¯ lives over the years. ¹Ï½À´Ï´Ù Çϳª´ÔÀÌ Àֱ⠶§¹®¿¡ °ÔÀÓÀ» º» ÀûÀÌ ³Ê¹« ¸¹Àº ³» Ä£±¸µéÀÇ ¿¬¾Ö °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎÀÇ ¿ªÇÒÀ» 'Áö³ ¸î ³â µ¿¾È »ì°íÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. I also find it comforting that God Himself is interested in this part of our lives. ¶ÇÇÑ ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ °ü½ÉÀ» ã¾Æ °Ý·Á´Â Çϳª´Ô ²²¼ ¿ì¸®ÀÇ »îÀÌ ºÎºÐÀ»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. He is, in fact our ultimate Dating Matchmaker. ±×´Â, »ç½Ç ¿ì¸®ÀÇ ±Ã±ØÀûÀÎ ¿¬¾Ö °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
Are you a Christian single person with something to share about matchmaker dating? ´ç½ÅÀº ±×¸®½ºµµ ÀÎ ´ÜÀÏ ¿¬¾Ö °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀο¡ ´ëÇØ ¹«¾ð°¡¸¦ °øÀ¯?
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Friends tell me I¡¯ma virtual Christian matchmaker service. Ä£±¸°¡ ¸»ÇØ °¡»ó ±âµ¶±³ Àú´Â Á߸мºñ½º¸¦ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. No, I don¡¯t offer the kind of Christian matchmaker services they have on the internet (although we do review them here). ¾Æ´Ï, ³ Á߸мºñ½º¸¦ Á¦°øÇÏÁö ¾Ê½À´Ï´Ù ±âµ¶±³ÀÇ Á¾·ù¿¡ ±×µéÀº ÀÎÅÍ³Ý (´Ù´Ù¸£´Â °ËÅä ±×µéÀº ¿©±â). What I do is simply introduce Christian singles to one another in nonchalant ways. ³»°¡ÇÏ´Â ÀϵéÀº ´Ü¼øÈ÷ ¹«°ü ½ÉÇÑ ¶Ç ´Ù¸¥ ¹æ¹ý Çϳª¸¦ ¼Ò°³ ±âµ¶±³ ½Ì±ÛÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Here¡¯s an example of what I do: ¡°Susie, this is Johnny. ´ÙÀ½Àº ³»°¡ÇÏ´Â ÀϵéÀÇ ¿¹ÀÔ´Ï´Ù : "¼öÁö,ÀÌ »ç¶÷Àº ÀÚ´ÏÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Did I tell you that he lives right in your dorm, and plays the same instrument you do?¡± The rest usually takes care of itself. ³»°¡ ±×·¸°Ô ¸»ÇÏÁö ±× ±â¼÷»ç¿¡ »ýȰÀÇ ±Ç¸®¿Í °°Àº ¾Ç±â¸¦ ¿¬ÁÖÇÏÁö? "³ª¸ÓÁö´Â º¸Åë ±× ÀÚü¸¦ µ¹º¸´Â ÀÏÀ» ¸Ã°íÀÖ´Ù. Using my own special Christian matchmaker techniques like this, I have helped marry off at least 12 different singles over the years of ministry. ÀÌ °°Àº ±â¹ýÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ¿© ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ Æ¯º°ÇÑ ±âµ¶±³ °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ, ³ª °áÈ¥À» µû·Î ÇÑÅ× µµ¿òÀÌ Áö³ ¸î ³â µ¿¾È Àû¾îµµ 12 °³ ½Ì±Û ºÎ. Pretty good, huh? Àç¹ÌÀÖÁö?
The Real Christian Matchmaker is the Lord Himself ÁÖ´ÔÀº ÀڽŠÁøÁ¤ÇÑ ±âµ¶±³ °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ
Sometimes when I think of the term, Christian Matchmaker, I kind of chuckle. ¶§·Î´Â ±â°£À» »ý°¢ÇغÃÀ» ¶§, Å©¸®½ºÃ® °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ, Àü Á¾·ùÀÇ ¿ô¾ú³ªÇÕ´Ï´Ù. No matter how good Christian matchmakers like ¾Æ¹«¸® ÁÁÀº ±âµ¶±³Ã³·³ matchmakers Christian Cafe, ±âµ¶±³ Ä«Æä, eHarmony.com eharmony.com or moi are, it¡¯s the Lord who is the real Christian matchmaker. ¶Ç´Â ³ª°¡, À̰ÍÀº »ç¶÷ÀÌ ÁøÂ¥ ±âµ¶±³ÀÎ ÁÖ´Ô Á߸ÅÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
Believe it or not, the first human matchmaker is found in the Bible! ¹Ï°Å³ª ¸»°Å³ªÁö¸¸, ¼º°æÀÇ Ã¹ ¹øÂ° Àΰ£ÀÇ Á߸Ű¡ ¹ß°ß! In Genesis 24, Abraham sent his servant to find a wife (who turned out to be Rebekah) for Isaac. â¼¼±â 24, ¿¡ÀÌ ºê ¶óÇÔ º¸³½ ±×ÀÇ ÇÏÀÎÀ» °±¸ÇϰíÀÖ´Â ¾Æ³» (´©±¸ ¸®ºê°¡·Î ÆÇ¸í)À» ÀÌ»èÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Yet, as you read this story you quickly see that it was the Lord Himself who was the real matchmaker behind the scenes. ±×·¯³ª,ÀÌ À̾߱⸦ Àаí ÁÖ´ÔÀ» ½Å¼ÓÇϰԺ¸°í´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ÁøÂ¥ °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ µÚ¿¡ ÀÖ´ø Àå¸é. He led Abraham¡¯s servant to just the right mate for Isaac. ¾Æºê¶óÇÔÀÇ ÇÏÀÎÀ» À̲ø¾ú°í ÀÌ»èÀ» À§ÇØ ´ÜÁöÀÇ ¿À¸¥ÂÊ ¸ÞÀÌÆ®ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. What was the reaction of the servant to all of this? ÇÏÀÎÀÇ ¹ÝÀÀÀº ¹«¾ùÀԴϱî´Â ¸»ÀԴϱî? In our Bible verse of the day in Genesis 24:26 he exclaims: ¿À´ÃÀÇ ¼º°æ ±¸ÀýÀÇ ³î¶÷ â¼¼±â 24:26 ±×´Â :
¡°At this the man bowed in worship before God and prayed, ¡°Blessed be God , God of my master Abraham: How generous and true you¡¯ve been to my master; you¡¯ve held nothing back.¡± "ÀÌ »ç¶÷À» À§Çر⵵¸¦ Çϳª´Ô ¾Õ¿¡ ¿¹¹è¸¦ ¼÷À̰í,"ÃູÀº Çϳª´Ô, Çϳª´ÔÀº ³ªÀÇ ÁÖÀÎ ¿¡ÀÌ ºê ¶óÇÔ : ¾î¶»°Ô °ü´ëÇÑ ÁøÁ¤ÇÑ ´ç½ÅÀÌ ³» ¸¶½ºÅÍÇß°í, ´ç½ÅÀº ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ µ¹·ÁÀ» °³ÃÖÇÕ´Ï´Ù. "
If you are a single Christian guy or girl praying for a husband or a wife, know that it¡¯s fine to use a Christian matchmaker, whether it be with an online matchmaker or a kooky singles minister. ¸¸¾à ´ç½ÅÀÌ ³²ÀÚ ¶Ç´Â ¿©ÀÚ¸¦ ±â¿øÇÏ´Â ÇϳªÀÇ ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ ³²ÆíÀ̳ª ¾Æ³», ¾Ë°í ±¦Âú ¾Æ¿äÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ´Â ±âµ¶±³ °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎ, °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎÀÇ ¿Â¶óÀÎ ¿©ºÎ¸¦ ±×°Í°ú ÇÔ²² ¶Ç´Â ½Ì±Û Àå°üÀº kookyÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
The issue here is whether or not you believe that your GOD is in charge, and that as our verse says, He is generous and true and holds nothing back. ¿©±â¿¡ ¹®Á¦°¡ À߸øµÇ¾ú´Ù°í »ý°¢ÇÒÁö ¿©ºÎ´Â ±ÍÇÏÀÇ Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ¸Ã°íÀÖ´Â µ¿¾ÈÀº ±× ±¸ÀýÀÌ ¿ì¸®´Â ¸»ÇÑ´Ù, ±×´Â ¾Æ¹«°Íµµ µ¹·Á °ü´ëÇÑ ÁøÁ¤ÇѸ¦ À¯ÁöÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Are you willing to trust God as your ultimate Christian Matchmaker? ´ç½ÅÀº ´ç½ÅÀÇ ±Ã±ØÀûÀÎ ±âµ¶±³ °áÈ¥ Á߸ÅÀÎÀ¸·Î Çϳª´ÔÀ» ¹Ï´Â°¡?
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