the gift in singleness

I wanted to make sure my readers didn't get the vibe that I was being whiny in my last post about Valentines day. I am not bitter about being single one bit. There was a time in high school when I hated being single. I saw all my friends with boyfriends and girlfriends when I didn't. I wondered if God had forgotten about me. Was I not pretty enough or skinny enough to have a boyfriend? I wanted to know what was wrong with me. Jealousy, anger, doubt aroused in my innermost being and I resented God. 

Through my maturity and my growth with Christ, I have realized that singleness is a gift. It may not feel like it at times (especially on Valentine's day) but it truly is! God heals us of sin that needs to be dealt with. We find who we are in God's sight. We learn about ourself everyday through our single season. We have a chance to think for ourself. We grow as an individual before we add another person to the walk.  

God created you. God sees you and He knows what makes your heart flutter. He knows the hairs on your head and He knows the desire you have implanted within you to be wanted. There is hope in your season of being single!

 Walk through this season knowing and trusting just that. I wish I could say that I am always hopeful in this time but I'm not. I am a human being that grows impatient and wanders. Those are the times that I run full force to God because I know He will hold me and love me the way I need. I am certain God is all I need wherever I am in this life. 

God is preparing me for my husband. That man will lead me the way Christ led the church and he will love God more than me. I will encourage him to be a man after God's own heart and I will make breakfast for him. But I will wait. And I will pray for him. Most importantly, I will trust God through every season. 

He is for you.

He sees you. 

Run into His arms and nestle yourself right into His chest. Think of your life as a ball of yarn. Pull out just a few inches…that’s your single season. Short. Oh so short compared to the rest. You can wait. In Him. And beloved, remember that our yarn goes to eternity. Our lives here on earth are very short. Soon, we will be with the Lover of our Souls, our Husband in Heaven, scarfing down food at the wedding feast. Soon we will be with our True Love. The One who pursued us, proposed to us on the cross and has given us His Holy Spirit as our engagement ring. He’s coming back. We don’t know when. But He is coming to get us. On a white horse, no less!