How To Avoid a Bozo

Last year I went to a women's conference where Jackie Kendall spoke. She is amazing. She made me laugh really hard. I just wanted to take her home with me and keep her forever.
She is the author of the book "Lady in Waiting". A GREAT book.
Her talk was life changing for me. I remember her mentioning about one dateless Friday night she spent with God. On her knees just crying out for comfort and for Him to reveal purpose for her. She said that out of that night of coming to God lonely, heart out, and vulnerable birthed the book "Lady in Waiting" that has touched people across the world. She said, "On a dateless Friday night go to the God of comfort, Go to God and He will give you something to bless the world."
In her talk she mentioned a book that was coming out called, "A Man Worth Waiting For: How to Avoid a Bozo." She talks about Ruth and Boaz and compares the character of a "Boaz" and a "Bozo". I just got it and started reading it tonight and it seems pretty good. I wanted to share with you some things I read.
She had given out a survey to both men and women, married and single, a wide range of ages and life circumstances, to write down characteristics of the "ideal Godly man".

A man who was single until he was 53 responded with this...

An ideal man:
--Should have a passion for the quality of gentleness
--Should desire to crawl up into the lap of Jesus and abide there minute by minute each day.
--Should have a passion to be more Christlike in word, deed, and thought every minute of the day.
--Should be one who desires to control his tongue with the help of the Holy Spirit.
--Has a real desire for spiritual wisdom
--Is one who recognizes that he is of great importance/significance to God and therefore he cares for/loves himself in such a manner that he is able to love others as himself.
--Works to protect his heart and keep it open to the Holy Spirit and input from other brothers and sisters in Jesus.

Another response....

Integrity is the first thing that comes to mind. What you see is what you get. He is the same person with his family, on his job, with his friends...he is consistent. Doesn't have anything to hide from the Lord.
Wisdom. Very difficult thing to come by, because wisdom is from the Lord. Many people have knowledge, and it sounds good, but it isn't right. When we have wisdom from the Lord, we will always find God's best.
Humility. If a man has integrity and wisdom, there will always be people who want him. When that happens, it is easy to get caught up in ourselves, and fall prey to the three G's: the glory, the glitter, and the girls. The first two strengths then become a weakness, because it robs God of His glory.

Excerpt from the section "Make Him Climb, Girl":

"Make him climb a tree. The climbing would test his calf muscles and his perseverance. The top of the tree is where the best fruit is; the rotten fruit drops to the ground. A Bozo guy is content with what is on the bottom branches and even what has dropped rotten to the ground, but only a Boaz has the calf muscles-character-to climb to the top of a tree for the best fruit (you).
Psalm 80:12 says, "But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass may steal our fruit?" When I read this verse I thought, You can't steal the fruit high up in a tree as easily as you can the fruit that is hanging on the lowest branches. Broken walls let trespassers into a garden....allow Jesus to place some building blocks in your hands that will rebuild where your wall has been broken. This wall of protection will not keep out an honorable Boaz. In fact, the man worth waiting for has the strength from God not only to climb a tree for you but also to scale a wall to win your heart: "For by You I can run against a troop, by my God I can leap over a wall." (ps. 18:29) Don't settle for a guy who wouldn't leap over a wall for you or climb the highest tree for you! Your heavenly Bridegroom was willing to die for you; don't settle for less in an earthly bridegroom."