I find myself often longing for a lover.
I sit here and think,
"If only there was someone
who would be there for me all the time,
and listen to all my problems,
and help me get through them.
Someone who already knows what I've done,
and understands my heart,
yet continues to love me all the time.
Someone who I can actually rely on for help,
and trust with my secrets."
Then I look up and realize,
I have him already.
He knows everything I've done, but still loves me
and he can help me in every situation.
I realize that he's been here all along,
and I've loved him already too;
and then I realize that he's been waiting to hear me speak:
So I turn to my Lord, and say,
"Thank You."
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness."
- Jeremiah 31:3
Continued Post 9/30/12
At the end of his talk today in church, my preacher talking about how the Holy Spirit worked, brought up how at a young age, a man told him to pray for his future, especially for who he would marry. He dated a lot of good girls, and they all could have been fine, but he said one day in High School, he was asked to lead a devotional for a group of college kids. He did it, and was completely scared, and even says he still does not remember what he said, but at the end of it, when everyone was leaving, this really thin girl came up to him, bright eyed, and said, "Wow! I liked what you said! What's your name?" Even though she was in college, and he was in High School, they began a friendship, and he knew that there was something special about her. Now they have been married for years, with four great kids, two of them married with kids of their own.
This reminded me of how often I've prayed the same thing, that God would work on me so that I would be a good wife, and work on whoever "he" is so that he would be a good husband, and that together we could serve God more fully. It gives me a great amount of hope to know that he (someone I truly respect and admire for their relationship and walk with Christ) prayed what I am praying, and that God did answer that prayer fully.
I want to encourage you then to do the same if you are looking for love; but also I want you to remember that God loved you first, and that his love is better than any man's.
Be strong, pray, have faith.
~♥
Continued Post 9/30/12
At the end of his talk today in church, my preacher talking about how the Holy Spirit worked, brought up how at a young age, a man told him to pray for his future, especially for who he would marry. He dated a lot of good girls, and they all could have been fine, but he said one day in High School, he was asked to lead a devotional for a group of college kids. He did it, and was completely scared, and even says he still does not remember what he said, but at the end of it, when everyone was leaving, this really thin girl came up to him, bright eyed, and said, "Wow! I liked what you said! What's your name?" Even though she was in college, and he was in High School, they began a friendship, and he knew that there was something special about her. Now they have been married for years, with four great kids, two of them married with kids of their own.
This reminded me of how often I've prayed the same thing, that God would work on me so that I would be a good wife, and work on whoever "he" is so that he would be a good husband, and that together we could serve God more fully. It gives me a great amount of hope to know that he (someone I truly respect and admire for their relationship and walk with Christ) prayed what I am praying, and that God did answer that prayer fully.
I want to encourage you then to do the same if you are looking for love; but also I want you to remember that God loved you first, and that his love is better than any man's.
Be strong, pray, have faith.
~♥
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