![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
And God Answered . . .
So I wanted to go to bed. I was actually in bed with the light out and something prompted me to get up and read the next chapter of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" that I haven't had a chance to read lately.
The chapter title: The Right Thing and the Wrong Time is the Wrong Thing
Ok God . . . ya got my attention.
Thoughts from the chapter:
1. The Right Thing and the Wrong Time is the Wrong Thing
Meaning that God has a lot of stuff in store for us in our lives and He wants to give it to us - but He has a particular time decided when He sill give it to us. The right thing is the wrong thing when we take it before God plans for us to have it.
2. You Don't Need to Shop for What You Can't Have
Meaning: "God had a perfect plan for your life. More than likely, that plan includes marriage, and if so, somewhere in this world God has the right perfect person for you. You may or may not know this person right now. If you spend all your time and energy trying to hunt this person down or (if you've already found this person) trying to contain him or her until you can marry, you might actually do that person a disservice . . . For now what's most important to realize is that the guy or girl you will one day marry doesn't need a girlfriend or boyfriend right now."
3. Any Season of Singleness is a Gift from God
I keep forgetting this one!
"Don't so something about your singleness - do something with it!"
The rest of the chapter goes on to talk about trusting God and how when we think about it, our fears are silly.
In the end, it boils down to this: DO YOU TRUST GOD? Do you really trust him? Do you live your life as if you trust Him? Do you believe that by passing up something good now because it's the wrong time, God will bring you something better at the right time?
Ok God - I get it!
At least, I get in lesson in all of it. I still have a lot to learn.
SO my prayer for the night is this:
Lord God - help. Remind me that singleness is a gift. Remind me that everything happens in YOU TIME and not in mine. Show me what you want me to do with my singleness and teach me to follow you and trust you completely. Lord God, heal the brokenness in my heart, remove the pain that I'm going through and the distrust that I feel. Help me to open my heart up to true love. Help me to love others the way you love them without the confusing emotional baggage that I tend to try to add onto situations. Help me to see your will in my life, and give me the strength that I need.
In your awesome name,
Amen.
The chapter title: The Right Thing and the Wrong Time is the Wrong Thing
Ok God . . . ya got my attention.
Thoughts from the chapter:
1. The Right Thing and the Wrong Time is the Wrong Thing
Meaning that God has a lot of stuff in store for us in our lives and He wants to give it to us - but He has a particular time decided when He sill give it to us. The right thing is the wrong thing when we take it before God plans for us to have it.
2. You Don't Need to Shop for What You Can't Have
Meaning: "God had a perfect plan for your life. More than likely, that plan includes marriage, and if so, somewhere in this world God has the right perfect person for you. You may or may not know this person right now. If you spend all your time and energy trying to hunt this person down or (if you've already found this person) trying to contain him or her until you can marry, you might actually do that person a disservice . . . For now what's most important to realize is that the guy or girl you will one day marry doesn't need a girlfriend or boyfriend right now."
3. Any Season of Singleness is a Gift from God
I keep forgetting this one!
"Don't so something about your singleness - do something with it!"
The rest of the chapter goes on to talk about trusting God and how when we think about it, our fears are silly.
In the end, it boils down to this: DO YOU TRUST GOD? Do you really trust him? Do you live your life as if you trust Him? Do you believe that by passing up something good now because it's the wrong time, God will bring you something better at the right time?
Ok God - I get it!
At least, I get in lesson in all of it. I still have a lot to learn.
SO my prayer for the night is this:
Lord God - help. Remind me that singleness is a gift. Remind me that everything happens in YOU TIME and not in mine. Show me what you want me to do with my singleness and teach me to follow you and trust you completely. Lord God, heal the brokenness in my heart, remove the pain that I'm going through and the distrust that I feel. Help me to open my heart up to true love. Help me to love others the way you love them without the confusing emotional baggage that I tend to try to add onto situations. Help me to see your will in my life, and give me the strength that I need.
In your awesome name,
Amen.
no subject