Assignment 6: Single Person’s Self-Evaluation

 

Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5.  This is not a scientific psychological analysis but the basis for reflection and discussion with a core of friends or your spiritual director.

 

 

Evaluation Item

First Date:

Need to grow(ü)

FinalDate:

Need to Grow(ü)

 

 

Score

 

Score

 

1

I have a good relationship with my family

 

 

 

 

2

I plan ahead to spend time/call my family regularly

 

 

 

 

3

I have worked through tensions with my father/mother

 

 

 

 

4

I maintain a real home environment for myself not just a place to sleep

 

 

 

 

5

I am content to remain single

 

 

 

 

6

I am at peace about looking for a husband/wife.  I have trusted God to provide a godly partner for me and am careful not to make soul connections with non-believers of the other sex. Or I am committed to remain single for the sake of pioneering the Kingdom

 

 

 

 

7

Apart from natural (God-given) loneliness, I consider myself a whole person

 

 

 

 

8

I utilise my singleness to give greater energy into the Kingdom of God

 

 

 

 

9

I utilize my lack of one love to more deeply care for many people

 

 

 

 

10

I have a circle of friends who give me emotional support when I am in need

 

 

 

 

11

I have group contexts where I can meet people from whom I meet reasonably expect to find a mate if that is the way the Lord leads

 

 

 

 

12

I do not engage in counseling/ministry on my own at deep levels with singles of the other sex, and avoid soul ties that are inappropriate

 

 

 

 

13

I have learned to treat the other sex not as objects but as real people

 

 

 

 

14

I am making responsible plans for care of my elders, my future family and myself

 

 

 

 

15

I can give and receive love

 

 

 

 

16

I have memorized 20 passages from the word to use when desires overwhelm me

 

 

 

 

17

I have an accountable relationship with a peer or mentor that I can call on when faced with temptations

 

 

 

 

18

I know which situations to avoid and which to run from

 

 

 

 

19

I am careful to not be in situations of being alone in compromising contexts with someone of the other sex

 

 

 

 

20

I am often playing with children, so that if I have children in the future I will be a loving parent

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 


 

What are the three immediate steps you can take to grow?

 1.      _______________________________________________________________

       2.      _______________________________________________________________

 3. _______________________________________________________________

These questions are derived from Viv Grigg The Lifestyle and Values of Servants and from Paul J Meyers, Personal Goal Settings