Thursday, March 20, 2014
This, Too, Shall Pass
I hope that's true. It seems like every time we finish or figure out one stage, another one begins. If I just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.......
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Revival and thoughts on Singleness
Ready to kick this one up again. I need to do some book reviews and I have some new thoughts on life since #2 arrived. So, here I go.
I have opinions. I have more opinions than I realized. Apparently, little person number 2 is bringing out more and more of them. Here's today's opinion/rant....
I waited a long time for my sweet husband. I was 29 when we started dating and 30 when we married. It was not by choice. I did not go to college to start a career. I went to college to get a husband. I spent the next two years going on a couple dates, but then giving up the last two years. I taught for 6 1/2 years and did several mission trips and never found that person. I had heard so many things from so many people and was sick of hearing things like...he'll come eventually. Just keep waiting. God's not done refining you. God has someone out there for you. My personal favorite, "When you stop looking and are genuinely content with who you are, you'll find him." Really?
Really. It happened just like that. In fact, he was put in my lap four years before our first date and I was determined NOT to date him. NOT. AT. ALL. Neither of us was ready at that moment, but it's clear looking back, that we finally "noticed" each other at the right time. When neither of us had time for someone in our lives, when neither of us wanted someone in our lives, when both of us were finally content with who we were in God....that's when we saw each other, after four years, and started dating. I appreciate him so much more after all the years of waiting, all the no's from other guys and all the LONG, lonely days and nights.
I feel pain and frustration for singles, especially single women. I understand. Whether you're over 30 or under, it's not easy, especially when all your friends are married and having kids. It's just not easy. I hated it when people told me to wait and told me to stop looking. But looking back, that's when it happened. As much as I thought I was okay and who God wanted me to be. I wasn't. I know that now. I'm still a work in progress.
Just know people love you and aren't trying to make you feel worse. From someone who has been there, it will happen. In His timing and when He knows you're honestly ready. He didn't mean for us to be alone. That's why he created woman for man. He didn't mean for us to be alone.
I have opinions. I have more opinions than I realized. Apparently, little person number 2 is bringing out more and more of them. Here's today's opinion/rant....
I waited a long time for my sweet husband. I was 29 when we started dating and 30 when we married. It was not by choice. I did not go to college to start a career. I went to college to get a husband. I spent the next two years going on a couple dates, but then giving up the last two years. I taught for 6 1/2 years and did several mission trips and never found that person. I had heard so many things from so many people and was sick of hearing things like...he'll come eventually. Just keep waiting. God's not done refining you. God has someone out there for you. My personal favorite, "When you stop looking and are genuinely content with who you are, you'll find him." Really?
Really. It happened just like that. In fact, he was put in my lap four years before our first date and I was determined NOT to date him. NOT. AT. ALL. Neither of us was ready at that moment, but it's clear looking back, that we finally "noticed" each other at the right time. When neither of us had time for someone in our lives, when neither of us wanted someone in our lives, when both of us were finally content with who we were in God....that's when we saw each other, after four years, and started dating. I appreciate him so much more after all the years of waiting, all the no's from other guys and all the LONG, lonely days and nights.
I feel pain and frustration for singles, especially single women. I understand. Whether you're over 30 or under, it's not easy, especially when all your friends are married and having kids. It's just not easy. I hated it when people told me to wait and told me to stop looking. But looking back, that's when it happened. As much as I thought I was okay and who God wanted me to be. I wasn't. I know that now. I'm still a work in progress.
Just know people love you and aren't trying to make you feel worse. From someone who has been there, it will happen. In His timing and when He knows you're honestly ready. He didn't mean for us to be alone. That's why he created woman for man. He didn't mean for us to be alone.
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