The Waiting Game

We all want to fall in love, but are we willing to wait for the Lord to bring the right person to us? To face what may be years waiting and wondering and relying on Him? I think that most people are too afraid to be alone and end up settling too quickly, compromising and adjusting along the way. Is it any wonder there are so many divorces every year? How many of those who rush down the aisle have truly let God in on their decision? Too often we make ourselves content with a leaky cottage when He has planned for us to live in a mansion. If only we could have waited for it. Just a thought.

Closed Doors Finally Opened

Never worry about closed doors. Those closed doors are God's way of guiding you to the right place, His way of saying "No, not yet . . . not now." He is leading you to something better, something grander than you could have ever dreamed. One day you will drop to your knees and thank Him eternally for all of those closed doors, I promise~

Thousands of Ways

What an interesting thing it is finding yourself in love with someone- a person who is now your best friend, lover, soulmate, confidante, spiritual partner, a virtual blessing sent straight from the heavens- and it all seems so easy. All the things the poets have written about for centuries. My heart literally feels like it has been set free after being covered in dust and neglect for 39 years. I want to help others, I smile more, my prayers and writings are more alive, and I am finally, at long last, not demanding to have this person: I am simply enjoying the fact that they are in my life. I'm sitting on the side of a hill, the wind rushing over my face, and I am in awe. Forgive me for being overly romantic or over the top sometimes- it all just seems so brand new. Sometimes, I have to stop and catch my breath. How could he have ever blessed a person like me so much? But then, He does it every day in a thousand different ways. The only difference is that now, finally, my eyes can see so clearly. Blessings to all~

Forgotten Wishes

Do not worry. Sometimes you must simply accept a blessing as it is and try not to want more for a while. He will give us all that we need in His own time. I'm slowly discovering that the more I turn it over to Him- granting His wishes and enjoying what He has given me- the more I am being prepared for what is coming next. I also am finding that I am no longer robbing my own joy. Maybe He can only help us when we finally place what we most want on the back burner and get on with life. Only then have we turned loose of it enough that He can finally begin working on it. One never knows . . .

Sweet Surrender

Last night I wrestled with God, and I lost. He had been trying to take something from my hands- something I wanted Him to help me with, but I just wouldn't let it go. Well, after fussing, fighting, fuming, shouting to have my own way and clutching tooth and nail at the thing I asked Him to fix, I finally dropped and released it. It's funny how we cling to things out of fear thinking that it will make us have more control over the situation- when in fact we end up having less. I sat down and watched Him take it away, knowing it was now completely out of my hands. Did I make the right decision? Did I have any choice at all? No real answers as of yet. I only know that my dilemma is now in the best of all possible hands. My heart, at least for now, is somewhat at peace. Amy, I love you with all my heart, and I will wait forever for you~

The Final Battle

Some battles you are going to HAVE to let Him fight for you. No matter how much you want to pull the sword and charge in quickly, only He knows the way to truly win the war. And sometimes it involves simply sitting and waiting. There may come a time He needs you out on the battlefield, but it is the wise man who knows when to stand down, and put it in the hands of his betters. For now, the sword must remain in your belt until the appointed time. But oh, sometimes the waiting time seems so long~

Love

This may be premature in saying this, but don't really care anymore. I know that I have met the woman I am going to marry. I know it surer than I've ever known anything in my life. Now I am just faithfully waiting on God's timing for a job in TN, but no matter what happens, there will never be anyone else in the world for me. This is the truth, and I have no fear at all. I appreciate all of your prayers, and I know my timing is not His, but all things work out to His good in the end. The search, at least for me, is finally over. I love you all~