This thought came to me as I was meditating on my way to the grocery store:
Imagine the idea of having a loved one: a mother, a dear friend, significant other, future wife, etc. (what kind of loved one doesn't really matter as long as it's a loved one). You've known this person all of your life and know exactly what it is that he or she wants according to his or her unique personality down to the core. One day, you hear him/her say in passing, "I really wish I could have this/that/whatever it may be, but I simply can't afford it. At this rate, I'll never be able to have one!" However, as luck has it, you have more than enough money to buy the gift, and because you love this person so much, you want to surprise him or her at an unexpected time with what he or she has always wanted more than anything. In addition, you decide to go the extra mile and think of the most creative way of presenting it to your loved one at the most unexpected time so that it will be the most pleasant surprise of his/her life. The thought of what your loved one's expression will be sends joy throughout your innermost being because seeing him/her happy makes you happy.
Now let's flip the script: I personally believe that the moment we pray and believe God to send us a special someone, He either starts planning or already has it all figured out. Being that so many people in the world don't even consider Him and pursue relationships based on selfish motives whether it be because they want sexual gratification, or they want someone to show off, He's not able to give them the true happiness in ways that they wouldn't even begin to expect. Therefore, when one of His children (whom He is already crazy about) involves Him in such a delicate area in his/her life with the willingness to follow His plan for marriage involving purity and every godly thing that relationships and marriges symbolize, I'm confident that He even gets excited for us in that He can and will orchestrate the most creative and memorable love story for His children that far surpasses any best-selling Romance novel. He knows every minute detail concerning the perfect mate for us, and while the world hopelessly gropes for a fantasy, we as God's children have the priveledge of having the perfect relationship a reality.
I just considered it a very encouraging thought when it came to me and it helped encourage me to remain patient, as it could be any day.
Imagine the idea of having a loved one: a mother, a dear friend, significant other, future wife, etc. (what kind of loved one doesn't really matter as long as it's a loved one). You've known this person all of your life and know exactly what it is that he or she wants according to his or her unique personality down to the core. One day, you hear him/her say in passing, "I really wish I could have this/that/whatever it may be, but I simply can't afford it. At this rate, I'll never be able to have one!" However, as luck has it, you have more than enough money to buy the gift, and because you love this person so much, you want to surprise him or her at an unexpected time with what he or she has always wanted more than anything. In addition, you decide to go the extra mile and think of the most creative way of presenting it to your loved one at the most unexpected time so that it will be the most pleasant surprise of his/her life. The thought of what your loved one's expression will be sends joy throughout your innermost being because seeing him/her happy makes you happy.
Now let's flip the script: I personally believe that the moment we pray and believe God to send us a special someone, He either starts planning or already has it all figured out. Being that so many people in the world don't even consider Him and pursue relationships based on selfish motives whether it be because they want sexual gratification, or they want someone to show off, He's not able to give them the true happiness in ways that they wouldn't even begin to expect. Therefore, when one of His children (whom He is already crazy about) involves Him in such a delicate area in his/her life with the willingness to follow His plan for marriage involving purity and every godly thing that relationships and marriges symbolize, I'm confident that He even gets excited for us in that He can and will orchestrate the most creative and memorable love story for His children that far surpasses any best-selling Romance novel. He knows every minute detail concerning the perfect mate for us, and while the world hopelessly gropes for a fantasy, we as God's children have the priveledge of having the perfect relationship a reality.
I just considered it a very encouraging thought when it came to me and it helped encourage me to remain patient, as it could be any day.
