June 6, 2012

I apologize in advance for the length of this post ... 


I have begun a journey as a challenge to myself...to pray daily and fervently for my future husband. 
I know what you may be thinking ... let and let God bring you the perfect guy... you'll never find a guy if you don't date ... when you stop looking and are happy with you, God will send you someone .... 


Yes, all of that may be true, but see the thing is, I am finally letting go, I'm finally okay with dating, I am finally happy with who God created me to be, and for the first time I see glimpses of that woman everyday; but as a friend told me a few nights ago, "there is power in prayer that is pure" - so I will strive, with a pure heart, to pray for the man I know God has created for me. . . and encourage you to do the same if you're single, or for your daughters, sons, and even for me. . . because he is out there, I may have seen him, I may have talked to him, but from this day forward, I will know that is covered in the cloak of prayer as I strive to become a "virtuous woman, whose price is far above rubies" ; because until I am the woman God needs me to be to serve standing beside a man as his helpmate; I don't deserve the kind of man I need to stand by me. 


This is not a pursuit of obsession, I have a million other things to do with my day as I enter into this Summer, starting a in depth study of 1 John, practicing my Proverbs 31 skills taking over more of the household responsibilities around the house ( I have come to LOVE doing laundry), cultivating new friendships (that's a story in and of itself), and diving into the Word and into prayer as I try to find what church body I need to call "home". All of which I'm sure I will be writing about. 


So, here it goes... 
1 John 1:1 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life." 
- The teacher in me is SCREAMING as I read this! All the great verbs (action words) for what we do/have done with the Word of Life .... Heard, Seen, Looked upon, Handled .... am I doing this everyday???  I hear the word, but am I LISTENING? .... i see it everyday, but am I LOOKING? ... I handle it, but am I USING it?? 




Dear Lord,
I come to you today, thankful, content, and happy.  
I know in my heart that you alone can fill every desire of my heart, that until YOU are the love of my Eternity; I will not be ready for the Love of my Life. I pray that whomever this man is that he will fall in love with you, that if he hasn't come to know you as his Savior, that you will clear away any obstacles in his mind and heart, and he will have an unshaking desire to know you! that he will have a desire to read and know your Word, and that those words will transform his heart. And if he is already one of your children, I pray that revival will come into his heart and life, that today you will send your Spirit to touch him in amazing way, that you will give him the desire to serve You alone, so You can prepare his heart to love me. Give him strength, courage, and protection as we actively wait on Your timing to begin our life serving you together. 
In Your Son's Precious and HOLY name I pray, 
AMEN 


.... see you tomorrow guys! I promise it will be shorter! :)