Okay, I know this seems strange, but I know most people have experienced this at least once in their life. For the last few years I have prayed and sought and fussed and cried and whined and begged God for a husband. ( I have been divorced now for 8 years and I have yet to make it beyond a fourth date with any man). Well I recently got back out on the dating dance floor again. Following a date with a really great Christian man, I had the weirdest thing happen as I was walking toward my car to leave, my whole life flashed in front of my eyes and all of a sudden that thing that I had desired so much for so long was suddenly not all that appealing.
I have thought and prayed about this encounter for the last two weeks. I have come to the determination that I am really grateful that God had not answered my prayers before now... I wouldn't have been ready. I think He allowed me to go through this so that I could see clearly that I am not yet ready. I am grateful that His timing is better than mine.
This whole God's timing thing is not something I think about too often when praying with people and it down right makes me mad when someone doesn't get healed and they say, "Oh, well, I guess it isn't God's timing." I am not sure how to reconcile that with God always being willing to heal everyone all the time. But I am grateful for some of those unanswered prayers at the moment.
Ask me tomorrow though and I will probably be back to "I am going to contend in prayer for this/that until it happens or I am blue in the face!" LOL I am really glad God has a sense of humor. I am sure that it is moments like this that caused the angels to ask God, "Who is man that you are mindful of him?"
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