And then there was two.
God has been so good to me. I can't believe it. His kindness totally overwhelms me.
For those of you who don't know yet - I'm no longer single! Not only am I not single, but God has blessed me with this special someone who He had put him in my heart so long ago. I'm still struggling to comprehend with what I thought would take nothing short of a miracle to happen - has in fact actually happened. Everytime we part I have to pinch myself - Is this real? Because it feels so sureal.
"He actually likes me and wants to be with me?!"
It just totally makes me realise how soverign God is - how he knows our hearts, and what we may not be able to see possible in the natural, God has His Way around it. God has been so good to me, so faithful and so loving. I can't believe it and I don't deserve it - but God loves to bless His children regardless.
We had our first date recently: It was beautiful, fun and exciting! He picked me up in a MR2 Spider, took me out to dinner and treated me like an absolute princess. I still feel like such a princess when I am around him. It is sureal.
As he and I step forth on this new journey together, I want this to glorfy God. I want God to be in the center of it and be honored with it. God is soo good.
Jesus, you have given me so much. I give this completely to you Lord, because this is Yours.
For those of you who don't know yet - I'm no longer single! Not only am I not single, but God has blessed me with this special someone who He had put him in my heart so long ago. I'm still struggling to comprehend with what I thought would take nothing short of a miracle to happen - has in fact actually happened. Everytime we part I have to pinch myself - Is this real? Because it feels so sureal.
"He actually likes me and wants to be with me?!"
It just totally makes me realise how soverign God is - how he knows our hearts, and what we may not be able to see possible in the natural, God has His Way around it. God has been so good to me, so faithful and so loving. I can't believe it and I don't deserve it - but God loves to bless His children regardless.
We had our first date recently: It was beautiful, fun and exciting! He picked me up in a MR2 Spider, took me out to dinner and treated me like an absolute princess. I still feel like such a princess when I am around him. It is sureal.
As he and I step forth on this new journey together, I want this to glorfy God. I want God to be in the center of it and be honored with it. God is soo good.
Jesus, you have given me so much. I give this completely to you Lord, because this is Yours.
You make me want to try.
One of my favorite songs right now is called 'Try' by Bebo Norman. I love what this song is about - it is essentially a love song. Its a song about a woman who invokes in a man to want to try to be all he is meant to be. I totally love this concept.
In the song Bebo sings:
I want to be a woman who encourages and esteems him that he feels like a man. I want to be a woman who's unconditional love makes him realise that though there maybe things hes not good at, that that love would serve to encourage and inspire him to want to do better, be better.
And that his love for me would make me want to try too.
In the song Bebo sings:
I'm afraid to grow upI listen this song and I think "Wow". I want to be a woman who inspires a man to want to try.
'Cause somewhere inside I don't think I can
And all I've ever wanted
Is someone to love, and to live like a man
Chorus:
You make me want to try
You make me want to fight
You make me want to live
You make me want to give
I want to be a woman who encourages and esteems him that he feels like a man. I want to be a woman who's unconditional love makes him realise that though there maybe things hes not good at, that that love would serve to encourage and inspire him to want to do better, be better.
And that his love for me would make me want to try too.
Happy Fathers Day.
How important is dad in the picture of one persons life? Daddys are so important. It is exactly how John Mayer sings in his song 'Daughters'
That was the thing I questioned myself today. Pastor Gerad is so right when he says that if you are having problems in your marriage - don't let your children know. Children need to be children, and when you involve your children in the affairs of your marriage, you are putting a burden on them they shouldn't have to deal with. When my parents got divorced thats exactly what happened to me - I was thrown in the middle of it. My mum would tell me things about Dad I proberly shouldn't of known, and as I grew older I grew bitter at dad for the things my mum told me he had done.
When my dad tried to reach out with me I would just push him away. I did not make it easy for him and as I continued to reject him for what he has done to my mum and then also growing in my teenage years, our relationship became more and more strained till finally it became pretty much non-existant. There was so much bitterness there on my part there I just had to leave.
That was 5 years ago and so much has changed. It wasn't until about 2 years ago I was really able to forgive my dad, and that in itself wasn't by my own strength - but Gods. In my own flesh, I wouldn't of been able to forgive my dad, but God has really changed my heart. The fact that I have been forgiven by God has enabled me to be able to forgive him too. God is so awesome that he can change hearts so filled with bitterness like mine, and make me a new creation in Him. I don't get to talk to my dad much, but it comforts me to know that when my dad calls me I can talk and joke with him like a friend.
Daddy's are so important. Daddy's shape lives, which is why I realise how important it is about who you marry. Not only would I be marrying my husband who would be leading me to Christ, but also the father of my children. I want my children to grow up revering the Lord, esteemed and living life with purpose. Somethings only a daddy can provide, which is why it is so important as a woman, who we choose to marry. I'm not only looking for a man whom I can love and respect but also the father of my children. At the end of the day its not only about me, but the future generations that will come from me.
My earthly dad may not be here but thank God I have a heavenly Father that fulfills my needs and constantly esteems me and pours His love on me. I am also blessed I have other great dad-role models who have taken me under their wing, and shown me what Godly fathers do and have demonstrated to me what my dad, by his own ignorance, doesn't know.
This morning before I left for church I sent my dad a text message wishing him a happy fathers day, and that I loved and missed him. I'm sure he'll be shocked - but God has continued to changed my heart. I want to reach out to my dad, honor him because hes my father and right the wrongs I've done every time I've pushed him away.
Sometimes in situations like these, it is us that needs to take that first step to reconcilliation.
"Fathers, be good to your daughters, daughters will love like you do"I have to admit in the past years I haven't had such a great relationship with my dad. But it hadn't always been like that - when I was a child I was always daddys little girl, I knew I could always run to him when something was wrong. So when did everything go wrong?
That was the thing I questioned myself today. Pastor Gerad is so right when he says that if you are having problems in your marriage - don't let your children know. Children need to be children, and when you involve your children in the affairs of your marriage, you are putting a burden on them they shouldn't have to deal with. When my parents got divorced thats exactly what happened to me - I was thrown in the middle of it. My mum would tell me things about Dad I proberly shouldn't of known, and as I grew older I grew bitter at dad for the things my mum told me he had done.
When my dad tried to reach out with me I would just push him away. I did not make it easy for him and as I continued to reject him for what he has done to my mum and then also growing in my teenage years, our relationship became more and more strained till finally it became pretty much non-existant. There was so much bitterness there on my part there I just had to leave.
That was 5 years ago and so much has changed. It wasn't until about 2 years ago I was really able to forgive my dad, and that in itself wasn't by my own strength - but Gods. In my own flesh, I wouldn't of been able to forgive my dad, but God has really changed my heart. The fact that I have been forgiven by God has enabled me to be able to forgive him too. God is so awesome that he can change hearts so filled with bitterness like mine, and make me a new creation in Him. I don't get to talk to my dad much, but it comforts me to know that when my dad calls me I can talk and joke with him like a friend.
Daddy's are so important. Daddy's shape lives, which is why I realise how important it is about who you marry. Not only would I be marrying my husband who would be leading me to Christ, but also the father of my children. I want my children to grow up revering the Lord, esteemed and living life with purpose. Somethings only a daddy can provide, which is why it is so important as a woman, who we choose to marry. I'm not only looking for a man whom I can love and respect but also the father of my children. At the end of the day its not only about me, but the future generations that will come from me.
My earthly dad may not be here but thank God I have a heavenly Father that fulfills my needs and constantly esteems me and pours His love on me. I am also blessed I have other great dad-role models who have taken me under their wing, and shown me what Godly fathers do and have demonstrated to me what my dad, by his own ignorance, doesn't know.
This morning before I left for church I sent my dad a text message wishing him a happy fathers day, and that I loved and missed him. I'm sure he'll be shocked - but God has continued to changed my heart. I want to reach out to my dad, honor him because hes my father and right the wrongs I've done every time I've pushed him away.
Sometimes in situations like these, it is us that needs to take that first step to reconcilliation.
Kiss the flame.
Please love let's make no impartial vow, let all fall away thats not crucial now.
I want a brave love, one that makes me weak in the knees, I want a crazy crazy love that makes me come undone at the seams...
Show me one man who knows his own heart, to him I shall belong.
~ Jewel
