Meet-cute (noun): a chance encounter; a charming or unexpected first meeting between two people that sets a relationship in motion.
You know exactly what that looks like.
Two people reaching for the same thing.
Their hands brush.
Eye contact lingers a second too long.
And suddenly… there’s background music that wasn’t there before.
That this-is-important-but-we-don’t-know-why-yet energy.
The kind of moment that feels scripted.
When FX and Hulu dropped Love Story: JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, people didn’t just watch it, they got pulled into it.
And it’s not hard to see why.
The world loves a glittering cinematic love story.
The whirlwind romance forged in the spotlight, fueled by fame, fortune and beauty. and the electric chemistry between the most glamorous meet cutes of the 90s.
Everyone was posting about the candle-lit New York nights, Calvin Klein minimalism, paparazzi-chased passion - and that “old world” love that felt authentic, slower… almost sacred.
A lot of younger viewers got hit with anemoia - that nostalgia for a pre-smartphone, analog era they never actually lived.
And somewhere in the middle of all that, many of us paused and thought: Man… why doesn’t my life feel like this?
But here’s the part the viral clips and TikTok supercuts don’t focus on.
What the cameras captured as “epic” wasn’t so in real life.
Sudden fame crushed Carolyn’s privacy and peace.
The constant gaze of the world strained their marriage.
The plane crash in 1999 brought the story to a tragic end.
This Love Story exposed the exhaustion and the fragility of a relationship when it’s built on sand. IYKYK.
Still, the world hands us stories like this and quietly says: “This is what love looks like.”
The Bible offers a totally different vision for love and marriage.
The Author and Finisher would like a word.
Long before dating apps, “you up?” texts and even the ‘90s, God was orchestrating ‘meet-cutes’ with camels, fields, and, most importantly, shy, often flawed, and oblivious, ordinary people.
Let me tell you about three of them (not all romantic) that prove when God writes the story, He sees it through.
Story 1: Father Abe’s Promised Son
A servant. Ten camels. And a woman who wasn’t trying to impress anyone.
Issac was certainly not the go-getter type.
He didn’t go out looking for a wife.
No strategy or swiping or positioning whatsoever.
He left it up to his dad - who, in turn, commissioned their servant to do the matchmaking. Even the servant felt overwhelmed.
So he did the only thing he knew to do. He prayed.
He asked for a specific sign. Not beauty, not status, not charm - just for someone who would draw water not only for him, but his camels too.
Before he even finished praying, Rebekah shows up and does exactly that - without any hesitation, or pomp and circumstance. Her eagerness to serve and generous heart made her stand out.
She didn’t know she was being evaluated.
She became the answer to a prayer she never heard.
The Equally Yoked Takeaway:
The right person won’t need to audition.
Their character will introduce them long before their words ever do.
Story 2: King David’s Great Grand Parents
A woman gleaning scraps in a field - she was just trying to gather food for herself and Naomi, her mother-in-law.
Ruth wasn’t chasing love and she wasn’t “putting her self out there.” She was just being faithful with what was in front of her.
She “just so happened” to end up in the fields belonging to a man named Boaz.
Boaz notices. Not just how she looks, but how she lives… he asks about her and what he hears is this: she stayed loyal, she chose to leave her own people to follow the God of Israel. That’s what caught his attention before romance even entered the chat.
Boaz doesn’t rush in. He protects her from afar. He makes provision without making it weird. No pressure. No performance. Just quiet, intentional kindness.
The Equally Yoked Takeaway:
God often introduce you to your purpose before He introduces you to your partner - and the right person will recognize and appreciate you all the more for it.
Story 3. A Woman With a Complicated Past
A hot day. A quiet well and a woman trying to avoid people.
Jesus Christ shows up at a well in Samaria around noon. - the hottest time when most people stayed indoors to avoid the heat. But one woman came anyway. She had her reasons. Maybe the looks, the whispers.. who knows?
And He speaks to her - asks her for a drink of water.
Gasp!
Jews avoided Samaritans. Men didn’t speak to women like that in public.
Despite all societal norms, He invited her into Truth, to try the living water.
And He knew her colorful story in ways she never told anyone. Yet, instead of shaming her, He lifts her up. The encounter gives her dignity, purpose, and identity she hadn’t felt in years.
She goes from avoiding people - to telling her whole town about Him.
The Equally Yoked takeaway:
Christ shows us what real connection looks like: transparent, trustworthy, and transformative.
In every God-ordained relationship, the right person will see, accept, and build you up - even if it means breaking a few rules along the way.
The world says:
Find someone impressive. Someone who the world approves of. Make it big, cinematic - something worth posting.
The Word says:
Find someone who’s chosen by God.
Less dramatic, more solid. Less flashy, more lasting.
A God ordained connection isn’t performative. It’s not fueled by attention, status or aesthetics. It’s clear, safe, godly and yes.. sometimes, it even looks a little ordinary.
