I don't want no scrub.

I think it is safe to say that the majority of us have been graced with this wonderful TLC song at LEAST once or twice in our lifetime. "I don't want no scrub. A scrub is a guy who can't get no love from me. Hangin out the passenger side of his best friend's ride. Trying to holler at me...." Yes. Beautiful isn't it? Well, let me just tell you....

As one of my best friends once put it, "I don't want no scrub."

And no, she wasn't talking about one of those guys on the hit tv show "Scrubs".

Although, that would be pretty sweet.

And sitcomy.

But she was actually referring to a young man.

A fine young man.

Who may not be ready to be in a relationship.

OK.

Let's be real here.

Who IS not ready to be in a relationship.

Sucks. Right?

I mean, you like a guy. But you KNOW they are not ready for a relationship.

AT ALL.

And NO, I am not referring to myself here at said moment in said time.

BUT, I am referring to myself in the general sense that....

"I don't want no freakin scrub."

I want a man who is passionate about following the Lord.

Who knows what his goals are in life and trusts that the Lord is the only one who can help him fulfill them.

Who respects himself enough to respect someone else.

Who loves the Lord, and loves himself enough to love someone else.

And who doesn't. play. the. freakin. game.

GAME PLAYERS ALWAYS LOSE.

That's all you need to know.

ESPECIALLY if you are a guy reading this.

You will play the game.

It will appear as if you are winning.

So you will continue to play.

And you will eventually lose.

Sucks. Right?

So just don't play the game.

Don't do it.

Please.

Because I don't want no scrub.

There are so many guy and girl scrubs in college.

I may or may not be one of them.

And I trust that the Lord knows when I will graduate from scrub school into

mature kid school.

Because that would be great.

But until that time,

I will play the waiting game.

No.

It is not the same as "The Game".

Which is infamous for it's continuous ability to make. you. lose.

But I'm talking about the game where

I thought guys were too immature in middle school so......I will wait.

I thought guys were too immature in high school so.......I will wait.

I may or may not think guys are still too immature in college so I may or may not wait....... (Forever!?!?)

These are the facts.

Except,

the common denominator every time is ME.

So maybe, I'M the scrub on this one.

Maybe I'M not ready to date, and the Lord knows this.

Oh how He knows me better than I know myself.

So until I, or the person meant for me, is ready.....

I don't want no scrub.

A scrub is a guy who can't get no love from me.

Forever His (because I'm not going to be a scrub's),

Rachel