Dear Boaz,
Some days I have so much to rant and rave about. I mean, I talk about everything with the Lord in heart-wrenching, eyebrow-raising candid detail. But it's always at the winding down time at the end of my days that I have such a deep longing to know you already so I can pick up the phone and be able to share my everythings, somethings, and nothings with you. I know we're both not ready just yet to be in each others' lives. I have to remind myself constantly that God has His good reasons for that.
I was thinking about this the other day when I was at the library. I visualized God as an Author who is writing both our stories. (Yeah, I know, totally nerdy but whatever.) He hasn't introduced our characters to each other yet because there are still a few things we need to learn before we meet. All the different plots, settings, and scenes we're experiencing are leading us towards each other to meet somewhere in between. Kinda cool, right? When I put it that way, it reminds me that He is ultimately in control of our story and helps me to surrender my desires, hopes, and dreams of meeting you right now to Him.
Some days I have so much to rant and rave about. I mean, I talk about everything with the Lord in heart-wrenching, eyebrow-raising candid detail. But it's always at the winding down time at the end of my days that I have such a deep longing to know you already so I can pick up the phone and be able to share my everythings, somethings, and nothings with you. I know we're both not ready just yet to be in each others' lives. I have to remind myself constantly that God has His good reasons for that.
I was thinking about this the other day when I was at the library. I visualized God as an Author who is writing both our stories. (Yeah, I know, totally nerdy but whatever.) He hasn't introduced our characters to each other yet because there are still a few things we need to learn before we meet. All the different plots, settings, and scenes we're experiencing are leading us towards each other to meet somewhere in between. Kinda cool, right? When I put it that way, it reminds me that He is ultimately in control of our story and helps me to surrender my desires, hopes, and dreams of meeting you right now to Him.
A quote my pastor used in a sermon once probably sums up everything I've said best. It goes:
I am Willing…
To receive what You give me,
To lack what You keep from me,
To relinquish what You take from me,
To surrender what You claim from me,
To suffer what You ordain for me,
To do what You command of me,
To wait until You say to me, "Go."
To receive what You give me,
To lack what You keep from me,
To relinquish what You take from me,
To surrender what You claim from me,
To suffer what You ordain for me,
To do what You command of me,
To wait until You say to me, "Go."
I really hope you're out there sharing the same longings with me and that you're letting God prepare you well.
Yours forever & hopefully soon,
Ruth
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