Tuesday, August 28, 2012

An observation and a bit of advice...

If I were supposed to be married, the Lord would've brought someone in to my life and he would've proposed and I would have accepted and went white dress shopping and we would've sent out invitations and so on and so forth. 

If I were supposed to be a mom, all of the above would've happened by now and then add a bun-in-the-oven.

I'm not supposed to be either of the above.  Instead the Lord has allowed me to be single...fabulous and single.  It's not anything that I have done...but it's His perfect will for me today.  Please don't question it.  It's taken me quite awhile (and it's still a day-by-day journey of contentment) to learn this.

Just a little bit of advice from the girl with curly hair:  
Do not ever, ever, ever tell someone that you wish their circumstances were different because you are not content with the way the Lord has orchestrated their life.  For just 2 seconds consider the fact that maybe it's taken them several, SEV-ER-AL years to come to true contentment and your off-handed, wistful, selfish comment might've sent them back to questioning God's sovereign plan for their life.

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