*Disclaimer: If you are one of those people who is going to flip out b/c I said "unanswered" prayers, calm down. I realize God sometimes just answers with no or later, I'm fully aware that He does always hear our prayers and answer them in His own way.*
Today is March 17th, St. Patrick's Day! A not so notable day in my life until two years ago when the boy I loved at the time broke up with me. But I would like to take this time and just praise God for answering "no" to all the times I prayed that He would let this guy realize we were meant for each other. I want to thank God for taking MY dreams of marrying this guy, becoming a physical therapist, spending life in America and occasionally overseas, spending my life desiring nothing more than to please my husband and raise children, and just completely dashing them and throwing them out of line. I'm not saying that any of those are bad dreams, but God has given me a new dream, His dream. I want nothing more than to serve Him as best as I can. If that allows me to marry, I will more than happily; if it allows children, I will take them more than willingly; and if it includes neither, I won't waste my life mad at God for not letting me live a "fulfilled" life.
"I want you to be without concerns. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord - how he may please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the things of the world - how he may please his wife - and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But a married woman is concerned with many things of the world - how she may please her husband. Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but because of what is proper, and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction." - 1 Corinthians 7:32-35
Two years ago, I was such a different person than I am now. But I thank God that He was willing to spend time to change me into the woman He desires for me to be. I'm still a work in progress, fo sho fo sho, but God is teaching me everyday what it means to love Him and His people and not to waste that time on thinking about marriage and seeking fulfillment from a man. God is enough for me.
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Miss you Madisson! Thank you for the postcard, it made my day! I didn't know what part of Cali. you were in, and it scared me when the tsunami hit; I know the southern part of Cali. got a lot of damage. I'll write you soon!
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