I've wanted to give this message for a long time now, but I felt that the only way I could possibly give a message of hope for the young women waiting for love, was if I had my own prince charming. I'm starting to believe though, that the reason God may want me to give this message is because I don't.
So often we hear the message that if you've walked away from God, given yourself to a boy- or multiple boys- and you feel stripped and barren , that God can redeem you and is waiting with open arms. It's the classic story of the prodigal son, and it's such an important message.
But we forget sometimes that the father had two sons.
I write this for the girl that has stayed faithful. The one waiting for a miracle. The one who may feel forgotten. There is someone who just might need to hear this.
"But he answered his father, 'look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!" Luke 15: 29-30.
Sounds like a gnarly case of the green monster, don't ya think?
Have you ever felt jealous of someone because they seem more blessed than you, even when they don't seem to deserve it? I know I have.
Maybe you feel like God has completely forgotten every prayer you've said and has decided to no longer listen to you. I've been there (but know that it is complete lie straight from the pit of hell).
Maybe you feel like you've been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for the right person but God still seems to get around to them first?
That's definately how I feel
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I know what it feels like. I love the idea of being in love and it kills me waiting for it. Sometimes I struggle with the idea that God may not even want me to get married someday. It's a trust issue.
God wants to give us the desires of our hearts and He hears our prayers. It's when I start worrying about him forgetting me that I really need to just hand over the pen and let him write my story- no matter the outcome. I think we need to come to a point where we will be okay if God doesn't want us to get married.
Is God enough? Do we really need the fattened calf?
For those of you waiting on God's timing, just like the older son, We've been working hard. We've been staying single so that when our turn comes around, it will be worth every lonely Friday night we ever spent in frustration. The older son was in the feild working when he heard the party. He must have been tired and hungry, his patience wearing thin. If that's you right now, all I can say is:
You go girl! You've made it this far! Keep it up.
I haven't met my prince charming, so I can't tell you it gets easier.
But it's becasue of that very reaon that I can tell you you're not alone. We can wait petiently together with God's everlasting love, knowing
He has not forgotten His children.
"'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'" Luke 15: 31-32
