For years, I have prayed for my future husband. Now, dreams and prayers are reality.
I am almost 30 now, but it was so worth the wait! My dreams were worth holding on to... My struggle to figure out, who I am in God... The long journey in discovering what God's plan was for me... All of this, turned into, better than I pictured. I was given my best friend!
God, Did not disappoint!
I have learned that... taking a breather, discovering who I am, and finding out what God truly thinks of me, were the best things I could ever have done. It is ok to do things a little slower sometimes. I use to think I had to get myself out there, go on dates, "Where is he??" "I'm not getting any younger!!"... Til' one day, I said to myself, "enough is enough"!
Quite honestly, it took me a very long time to get to the point of, "ok, I am not going to settle." We all are yearning for the companionship, and we are all desiring true love... But, I thought, what did that even look like?
I was pretty clueless!
With that being said, I am not going to bad mouth the guys I've dated. I am not even trying to put them down by saying, I would no longer settle again. The truth is, they were just bad for me. I didn't realize this, in the choices I was making. I didn't really know my self worth until...
My true relationship with Jesus happened!
Yes, finally! I got it through my thick head! It was time to get serious about my relationship with Christ! It was then, that I realized, I wasn't taking the time to find out who He really was. It was then, I had discovered the greatest sacrifice was for me! And it was then, that Jesus and I could strip off the grime and grit of this world, and take steps into healing mt heart!
This may not be for every lady out there, but I stayed single for a couple years, discovering who I was in God. Was it easy? No! But, My dreams were now lining up with the Father's dreams. I was encouraged through this process that, yes, this is what He wants for me. He does agree with marriage. He does agree with love. He does want to give me the desires of my heart. God knew that, when the time was right, He would then give me the man I belong with. He knew that, when I was ready, He would trust me with him. He also knew when, that man, could then be trusted with me.
I was also reminded in the process, that God was preparing my man's heart!
If we take it seriously with God, He will prepare the heart. He will show us the way into knowing, how to love one another as Christ loves the church. Each person in the relationship should be treated as God's royal son and daughter. Each person should discover what the Father says through His word. This establishes a solid foundation for the future to come.
Now, the time is right. God has given me my best friend, my partner, my strength, the one who wants to know me more everyday, and the one I will stand next to forever! Together, we know that we will fight to protect what God has done and what God will do! Our dreams line up with the Father's dreams. Our hopes are in the mighty hand of God, the ruler of all creation. We now know, together, we win! Together, we now get to discover who we are, as one unit, what God thinks of us and who He knows us to be.
