Years passed by...

[sampa]

Has anyone ever been listening to Christian radio and hear someone come on about how they finally found someone after all these years and you find out their 5 years or 10 years younger? Or others that try to encourage you about your wait and they yet again come up with an age younger than you? I just need some encouragement, so if you have verses, post them.

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

Has anyone ever been listening to Christian radio and hear someone come on about how they finally found someone after all these years and you find out their 5 years or 10 years younger? Or others that try to encourage you about your wait and they yet again come up with an age younger than you? I just need some encouragement, so if you have verses, post them.

Well maybe tomorrow I can post some verses. I am leaving work right now, but I will say, first off you are not that old and secondly I have known a couple of people on this forum your age that when I first joined they were kinda getting tired of waiting and wondering and they are now happily married so....God does have a plan for you. I don't know what it is but also everything also has an "appointed" time as well so.....I'll look up encouraging scriptures for ya tomorrow though. Remember though God IS trustworthy and fully able to do far more than we ask or think.

 

[dayhiker]

38 seems pretty young to me ...

I'd say stop listening to what others are saying to you and since you know yourself pretty well by now realize that's who God wants you to be a so be that person. When someone says you should be like this or do that that goes against who you are tell them, "No, I'll do this because that's who I am!"

They erally don't have a clue who God made you to be.

 

[FoundInGrace]

hugs and understanding from a 38 yr old single in a similar situation
I dont know Gods plans for you either but whatever they are Gods plans are for good Jer 29:11

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

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Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who wait for the Lord

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

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Psalm 37:7, 9 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him... Those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

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Isaiah 40:31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint

 

[dayhiker]

good verses ...

 

[miss-a]

"They shall not be ashamed who wait for Me." Isaiah 49:23

 

[sampa]

hugs and understanding from a 38 yr old single in a similar situation
I dont know Gods plans for you either but whatever they are Gods plans are for good Jer 29:11

Thanks.

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Psalm 31:24 Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who wait for the Lord

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Psalm 37:7, 9 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him... Those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

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Isaiah 40:31 They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint

awesome verses michelle

"They shall not be ashamed who wait for Me." Isaiah 49:23

thanks miss-a.

 

[sampa]

Well maybe tomorrow I can post some verses. I am leaving work right now, but I will say, first off you are not that old and secondly I have known a couple of people on this forum your age that when I first joined they were kinda getting tired of waiting and wondering and they are now happily married so....God does have a plan for you. I don't know what it is but also everything also has an "appointed" time as well so.....I'll look up encouraging scriptures for ya tomorrow though. Remember though God IS trustworthy and fully able to do far more than we ask or think.

michelle, thanks, in retrospect it doesn't seem so old until you start thinking about starting a family. The Lords will and plan is unique for each of us....

38 seems pretty young to me ...

I'd say stop listening to what others are saying to you and since you know yourself pretty well by now realize that's who God wants you to be a so be that person. When someone says you should be like this or do that that goes against who you are tell them, "No, I'll do this because that's who I am!"

They erally don't have a clue who God made you to be.

Thanks dayhiker for your advice, fortunately I've not had the problem of others saying anything, just an occasional questioning from strangers. My father stopped in my mid-20s when I left for Japan. The word is what I need to fill my heart and making my desires match the Lords.

 

[dayhiker]

sampa .. what's the story about Japan? If I may ask!

 

[sampa]

Thanks for asking Dayhiker. Through a turn of events in college one summer my heart for Japan became open and after a long waiting process I got into a program teaching english in the Japanese public school system. I was there for 4 years, 3yrs on a southern island and the last near Tokyo.

 

[Gibsonian]

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Not a bible verse but good nonetheless. I borrowed from devotional. Hope it applies for you.[/FONT]​

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During the waiting period, trust God without panic. Count on Him to handle the cupbearers of your life, the people who forget you, the people who break their promises. It's God's job to deal with the cupbearers of your past. It's your job to be the kind of servant He has designed you to be. Be faithful during the waiting periods of life. God will not forget you or forsake you.[/FONT]​

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[memoriesbymichelle]

Well I was almost 35 when I had my first child and 38 when I had my second child and people are having children later and later all the time. And lets not forget WHO God is and remember Sarah? I'm sure he won't make you wait that long LOL, but be anxious for nothing the Bible says, and also it won't change a thing by worrying about it except you might choose a wrong partner or something like that. God is in control. Go with His plan, it's the best one and the only one worth following.

 

[blackwolf001]

I so wish i could believe that and trust so fully. I am having trouble trusting God. Ina previous poist in another messageon this forum .. i said that someone finally found me .. but there is a large age difference... me being 44 .. well she is an adult lets just say that But now she has left my sy\tate and says she wont be back. I know she loves me .. but also has to get over an ex bf .. I have given up ... sorry for being down .. but why does God bring the right person inot someones life and then take her away .. at least this is how I feel .. I want a family, children.. i have told her I will marry her... but she is gone

 

[dayhiker]

Sorry, Blackwolf. No fun and very sad to loss one you love.

 

[blackwolf001]

All I can say is Thank you. It is sad .. i know i have to let her go.. but it is so hard. Well its starting to get easier.. Maybe God needs me to let her go .. I dont know. I want her back. But i isnt going ot happen At least she said it isnt. I dont know, I truly dont know what God wants me to do .. I pray that if she is meant to be the one ( and i am sure of this) then maybe he will bring her back to me to be part of my life and for me to be part of hers. I only know that for now i have to let her go and just wait. Patience hehe not really a strong point right now.

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

Sometimes we cannot (well for me, MOST times) know what God has planned for us, but He does want us to trust Him and trust IN Him. IDK for me, sometimes I think that if I had someone in my life, I would tend to put more trust in them, than in God and maybe (for me) that's why He doesn't bring someone in to my life. IDK. But I am learning that I need to only trust in Him. People will let you down every chance you give them so you CAN count on that. And just a side note, don't pray for patience, cuz then you get all kinds of "events" that TRY you to grow your patience lol.

 

[sampa]

I so wish i could believe that and trust so fully. I am having trouble trusting God. Ina previous poist in another messageon this forum .. i said that someone finally found me .. but there is a large age difference... me being 44 .. well she is an adult lets just say that But now she has left my sy\tate and says she wont be back. I know she loves me .. but also has to get over an ex bf .. I have given up ... sorry for being down .. but why does God bring the right person inot someones life and then take her away .. at least this is how I feel .. I want a family, children.. i have told her I will marry her... but she is gone

blackwolf, I'm sorry for this situation. Although I started this thread and the heaviness of having a relationship weighs on me, life took a change in April and struggling with an autoimmune disease and the uncertainty of the future. Maybe not encouraging.....but I hope the hug helps.