SINGLE AND NOT WAITING A great eye opener! Excepts: I’ve been living like I’m waiting for someone to get here. And it isn’t Jesus. I’ve wasted my time, my energy, and my emotions on this concept that singleness is just a waiting room for a relationship. I’m tired of this view that my life begins when I wake up next to my husband, because I’m pretty sure my life began 22 years ago when my mom gave birth. And this mentality has robbed my joy. I’ve been living like God owes me something. Like he hasn’t held up his end of the deal. He has given me the desire for relationship and marriage, and he just hasn’t followed through. I’ve been living under the impression that I deserve a relationship. I have to stop thinking that I’m doing something wrong here. Well actually I am, but it isn’t about fixing something that will magically make a boyfriend appear. IT IS ABOUT CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF MY HEART. People talk all the time about pursuing people or things for the wrong reasons, but maybe we pursue God for the wrong reasons. Maybe subconsciously I’ve been treating God like he’s a vending machine. And my pursuit of him has really been a pursuit of someone else. When did Christ cease to be enough? And when did I stop finding my identity, self-worth, and fulfillment in Him, only to place my life on hold for someone I’ve never even met? Each day is a gift, and I’m not waiting for it to get here. It is present in every moment, and it begins anew daily. Man-less or not, I want to wake up every morning and be excited because I get to spend my day with the God who created the universe. And I want to do that for the rest of my life. Credit to Ate Dinah Fe Tabaranza-Olitan.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:02:20 +0000
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