If our lives ran as perfectly as we wanted them to, some of us might start to feel after a while we'd have no need for God...or for a savior. I believe that each of us has at least one or two issues going on that can keep us before the cross.
I know what mine are. One is that I am an "uncoupled" person in a "coupled" world. You know the kind. The ones that members of the opposite sex tell "you are such a wonderful person...a great friend". I hold my breath and wait for the "…but" to come. Mercifully I rarely hear it. I'm lucky that most times I am comfortable in this position and being partnered is an abstract concept to me. Until someone comes along that I find attractive. One by one I've watched them all either be taken or get taken mighty fast once they find out I'm interested (or so it seems).
Another is that I've never managed to get a full time paying job doing the thing I love the most: writing. I've either created my own little or no paying opportunities, putting up my own doors and knocking them down. Yes, I've had rewards doing this work that cannot be measured in dollars. But still I wonder, if so many people say I'm so good at this, why...
Each times these issues bring me before the cross, I hear the same answer. People will fail you. Circumstances will fail you. Another person cannot make you complete. Only God will never fail you and will fill your soul with the complete joy and comfort that temporary things can't.
There's a song I used to hear in a church I once attended that goes "when will I ever learn, to live with God, when will I ever learn". Lord, help us to learn over and over, each time we find ourselves before the cross, to live with You and to live for You.
Wendy Vickers
http://www.wendyv.com
http://www.embraceencouragement.com
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Written: 02/02/2009
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Great article, Wendy. I always say IF God wants me to have someone He will let me know about it. Of course, I've been part of a couple before & while it was great I still like my single status very much.
God is good all the time & all the time God is good.
Elaine Harcourt
Yeah! What you said is true, if everything were as perfect as we wanted them to be, there would be no need for god/savior
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