Love Letters for Singlesনমুনা

HIS WAY IS BEST

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord . “For  as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8‭-‬9 (NKJV)

If you desire a life partner, either now or sometime in the future, trust God's timing. He makes everything beautiful in its time - I can testify to that! I look back at my single years - with each year that went by, I felt more and more frustrated that things were not going to 'plan'. I had a plan and it sounded perfect to me.  It took me a while to realise that my plans were not exactly God's plans, no matter how good or noble I felt they were! 

Isaiah 55:8-9 says that God's ways are higher than ours, and His thoughts are higher than ours. So before we get hung up on our plans, know that God's plans are even higher and better. It's okay to ask God for what we want in a spouse, and ask God to grant us our requests in specific ways. But we should remember that our times are in God's hands, and ultimately, He is in control. It is in the place of surrender that God can lead us to what He has for us. We cease from striving and constantly worrying and trust in His plan. God's timing and His ways always work out better than ours ever could. I can testify to this!  

’The season of the wilderness is for a reason and for a season’ - Rev. Funke Ewuosho. In my last devotional (Love Letters), I recalled a time when I was wailing, and my mum reminded me that God is the porter, we are just the clay. When we choose to live a surrendered life, God is there to mould us. He is also causing all things to work together for our good! I look back at how I relied on my efforts and ideals in my past relationship. It got me no where. Fast forward to meeting my husband - when we began dating, we decided early on that God would take centre stage in our relationship. His plans and His ways were our focus. I later realised that that decision to trust God and His timing would impact our perspective on almost every decision that we would make even after we got married. 

So don't worry if you desire to be married but have been single for longer than you had hoped. Instead, surrender your plans and desires to God. He makes every thing beautiful in its time. When the right time comes, He will give you the grace for that season and beautify everything in it. When you decide to wait on God consistently, He will also give you the wisdom and the grace to nurture a loving marriage and a healthy home, and the right person to do with. Your times are in God’s hands!

JOURNAL: 

Ask God to show you a glimpse of His plans for you. Allow Him to teach you how to trust in Him and follow after Him.