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For so many years I really had only two new years resolutions ( even though I swore that I wouldn't make any! )
- Lose weight
- Not be single anymore
But alas Number 2 - well you wouldn't be reading this Blog if #2 wasn't still an issue ;)
So I got to thinking while hanging out solo for a while at the lake on New Years Day what if I stopped with what I wanted for 2011 and listened to what God wanted for me in 2011?
And so I prayed. And I asked God for a word, a leading, an inkling.
Nothing.
Just the irritating sound of cicadas ;)
Hmmm. I know better than this. God doesn't work to my demands. So I picked up my magazine and began to read and thought that I'd continue this train of thought some other night.
'Be still and know that I am God' Psalm 46:10
And there it was. In the lull of the cicada noise was that still, small voice that I think I have ignored for much of 2010, hence part of the reason for feeling like I had a somewhat horrid year. I haven't listened to that still voice, I haven't been still enough to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit. That's all I need to know for 2011.
xMiss365
Congratulations on your progress with #2. As for #1, hang in there.
ReplyDeleteAh, Be Still... Sounds so simple, but takes real discipline to do it.
ReplyDeletePraying that you will be still, and you will hear His heart for you.
LOL I can identify with your goals. When I think of how hard I prayed about marriage, I want to laugh and cry. It was as if not being married by age 26 would be the end of me!
ReplyDeleteAnd did you get married by 26? Lol. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's the "time running out to have kids but not wanting to commit to the wrong man" urgency that is in my prayers at 36.
When I was 26 I just wanted a hot, Christian man ;)
Thanks for both reading & commenting :)
Nope, and I just hit the big three-o! Yeah, it's often tempting to commit to someone I don't really like, but so far I've held fast to my principles. :D
ReplyDeleteYou are gorgeous Jenny - I'm sure both inside and out. How is it that you haven't been snapped up by some amazing guy yet?
ReplyDeleteYou hold fast to your principles. As scary as it is I've seen far too many girls ( and guys ) commit to the wrong person and make each other and their kids miserable. And hold each other back from God's plans and purposes.
Thanks...I wish more single, Christian young men agreed with you. :/
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