Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The Book-like Post

So, I've been told that when people read my blog, it's like reading a book.....after being told that I thought, "man, do I write that much in one post?"..haha but then it was said that it's good and people like to read my posts. So, I thought I would put aside the shenanigans of junk food and weekend stories and write another long book like post ;)
Has anyone noticed that people look at you strange when you are getting older and you don't have a boyfriend? (or a girlfriend for you guys) What is up with that? Can you not be single these days? I mean, no one really wants to be single, but for those of us who are single, we don't need to be reminded of it. I know the Lord has a great plan for us all and whether that means I stay single or get married......I choose to live my life doing what I know is the right thing. That right thing is to glorify God by the way ;) He didn't have to put us here or give us the luxuries some have. There are some rough spots in our lives and there will be more, but there is no perfect life in a world of sin. Sure there are times when you can get pretty dang lonely, but that is when the Lord wants you to lean on Him most. If you can't sit back and remember a time when you were so satisfied with the way things were going and so grateful for the gifts you have been given, big or small/good or bad and thanked God for them all, then you haven't completely submitted yourself to the Lord and you are not going to be happy or content....even for a moment. Jesus didn't have to come here and suffer for us, but He did. See, we want and want and want, but have we ever thought of the price we would have to pay for being so greedy? Everyone falls into this category. There is not a single person out there who doesn't think,"I want to be married." or "how will this benefit me?" We all do it, but we don't realize that Jesus never asked how being crucified on the cross would benefit him. Jesus came here to save us and reassure our pathway to heaven and give us eternal rest when we depart from this world. Can any of you married people or couples say that your significant other could or would do that for you? I don't think so, and if you are thinking they can....get out of that relationship because you are only hurting yourself by making the world revolve around something that means nothing now and will be nothing in the end. I think there is "someone" for the people that are supposed to get married and then there are others who are just never going to get to taste that part of life. Sure it sucks and it's like a hard rock flying through the air and hitting you every once in a while(..haha) it does hurt and you will get lonely, but that is when the Lord wants you to lean on Him most, as I said before. Gosh......a love so pure and so infinite, no one can ever love me like that here and if I ever get the chance to be with someone, then it will be God's will for me to do so and He will be the center of that relationship. Until then, if ever....I will absorb myself in the sweet joy of knowing how much no man could ever love another, but how much Christ loves me. If you are searching for satisfaction elsewhere, you will never find it. Look at what is already there....- Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (Romans5 :1-2)

4 comments:

Jay said...

Amen. i get sick of married people telling me i need to hurry up and get married. i would tell them to get a life, but apparently they already have one haha. :)

singleness is a gift just like marriage

Patti said...

couldn't agree with you more :)

Jason said...

Your posts are books, books have paragraphs that are defined. All your stuff runs together . . . ok, that sounded harsh :-p. Just kiddin' Patti! I agree with you and Jay on the singleness thing. Yeah, I want to get married but it'll happen when the big man wants it to happen - and I'm referring to the Realy Big Man, not myself in some weird third person sort of voice.

Jason said...

that should be "aren't books . . . " It is late while doing this

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