Well..its 12:00am Feb 14. Valentines Day :) Single again but completely content with it.
I'm celebrating the one who is LOVE and all that encompasses it. Spending my whole life being single is a blessing I think. I'm learning to please God with my whole self before I learn to please someone else too. I was listening to a seminar on Christ centered relationships by Francis Chan (author of crazy love) and his wife Lisa Chan, they talked about what it really meant for a relationship to be "Christ centered" and how marriage should come under the perspective of the greater call of God. There are so many greater things than spending our time fighting or arguing for "what we deserve" or "our rights". Really, our marriage is only temporary, it is a covenant of God and something treasured by him, but it will pass away just like other earthly things and should not be idolized.
I'm excited to get married someday don't get me wrong but I know I'm exactly where God wants me to be right now. There are alot of things in the near future that God has called me to that I know I could probably not do if I was in a relationship right now, such as serving in Africa for 6 months for example.
Its extremely hard sometimes being single, my flesh longs for that earthly love, but God gives me the strength to turn that desire into a desire to please him each time. Being single is teaching me patience and perseverance. It is also teaching me to find my identity and first love in the Lord. I pray for my future husband every so often, and when I do, I pray that he would be learning these things too.
Tess
1 comment:
you insire me. I love you. :)
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