http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/single-satisfied-and-sent-mission-for-the-not-yet-married
The time between moving out of your parent's house and getting married is one very unique and very precious.
The link to the blog above is the best article I've ever read on making the most of your single-ness.
I am excited to make the most of my single life right now. Not only am I not married, I am not dating anyone, and to be honest - I don't even have a crush! With this freedom, I want to use up every ounce of potential this period of life offers me.
Thank you, God, for allowing this unique time of life that we can be spontaneous and radical for your name. I look forward to the blessings of being married one day, but will relish the sweetness of this time in my life, looking to you all the while.
How you love us.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wilderness
Sometimes I get really depressed. It's usually because of something EXTREMELY tiny, and it's usually relational. But when that time comes, I'm consumed by a feeling of apathy and hopelessness, like nothing in life matters or could ever matter. It's like I know I was happy yesterday, but I just don't remember why.
For some reason, the greatest encouragement that I tell myself when I get this feeling is that I have felt this way before...and it ended. This is not lasting. This is not final. It will end and joy will come and it will be full.
So I don't know if that's helpful for anyone else out there, but it is for me. It also helps to know that God does not call us to the desert to kill us, but to teach us something and to whisper tenderly in our ear in order to draw us closer to himself (Hosea).
Lord, call me to the wilderness to see your face.
For some reason, the greatest encouragement that I tell myself when I get this feeling is that I have felt this way before...and it ended. This is not lasting. This is not final. It will end and joy will come and it will be full.
So I don't know if that's helpful for anyone else out there, but it is for me. It also helps to know that God does not call us to the desert to kill us, but to teach us something and to whisper tenderly in our ear in order to draw us closer to himself (Hosea).
Lord, call me to the wilderness to see your face.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sometimes
Sometimes things look perfect on paper. Sometimes you get really excited about what you think is the direction of your life. Sometimes you run down a hallway, hug the wall, fall on the ground screaming with joy.
Oh, wait...that's just me?
ANYWAY...the point is, sometimes you're wrong.
Sometimes the very thing we think is the best is not.
Sometimes things seem hopeless. Sometimes the people you love are plagued with endless sorrows and physical pain and you're left helpless. Sometimes you wonder if God hears your prayers. Sometimes you wonder if God is good. Sometimes you cry out in anger and pain that God's word is not true.
But ALL the time, God is indeed good and true. ALL the time God is patient with your disbelief. ALL the time God is working things for your good (Romans 8:28). ALL the time God is in the process of fulfilling his promises to you (2 Peter 3:9,10).
What an inconceivable love we have found in God the Father. What a beautiful romance we experience through Jesus Christ. What healing we can embrace when we have faith in our Creator. And oh, how He loves us!
Oh, wait...that's just me?
ANYWAY...the point is, sometimes you're wrong.
Sometimes the very thing we think is the best is not.
Sometimes things seem hopeless. Sometimes the people you love are plagued with endless sorrows and physical pain and you're left helpless. Sometimes you wonder if God hears your prayers. Sometimes you wonder if God is good. Sometimes you cry out in anger and pain that God's word is not true.
But ALL the time, God is indeed good and true. ALL the time God is patient with your disbelief. ALL the time God is working things for your good (Romans 8:28). ALL the time God is in the process of fulfilling his promises to you (2 Peter 3:9,10).
What an inconceivable love we have found in God the Father. What a beautiful romance we experience through Jesus Christ. What healing we can embrace when we have faith in our Creator. And oh, how He loves us!
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