Waiting for HIS Best.

This weekend I went to a womens conference and we went through one of my favorite passages. Proverbs 31. I have always viewed marriage as a beautiful thing that I desire to be blessed with someday, so going into this weekend I knew that I would love this.

"An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband TRUSTS in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life".
-Proverbs 31:10-12.

But what surprised me the most is even after hearing all of this amazing insight from women of all ages and various stages in their life I found myself begin to sadden and say to myself..."Why am I not married yet?", "What is God waiting for?". But through giving this up to Christ and surrendering my selfishness, He revealed so much beauty behind my weakness.

You see, many people today view singleness as a punishment or simply find no joy through it. What I find is that it is a blessing to be single. We so struggle to realize that this time is crucial for our relationship and growth in Christ. Christ wants us to be satisfied, fulfilled, and content with being loved by Him first; by giving ourselves completely and unreservedly to Him to have an intensely personal relationship with Him alone. We have to discover that only in Christ can our satisfaction be found.

Don't get me wrong, I so long to be married, to know and to wholeheartedly LOVE and serve my future husband. But the Lord has me in waiting, preparing my heart for my husband...But I would rather wait for His Best, then settle for "companionship". So I take this time and fall in love with Christ more everyday, to strive to know His character. I pray for my husband, pray for protection over him, for him to guard his heart and to be a warrior for God.

I pray that the Lord makes me into a Proverbs 31 woman, to show me how to be love and serve my husband and children. To further His Kingdom together. And when we meet he will know me, and he will find me,
Where… the boldness of Esther meets the warm closeness of Ruth.
Where the hospitality of Lydia is aligned with the submission of Mary,
Which is engulfed in the tears of a praying Hanna.
I will be the one, drenched in Proverbs 31…WAITING FOR YOU...