I think its kinda cool and also a little humorous, that today, if things had gone the way I HAD planned, I would have been celebrating my three year wedding anniversary. Instead I was at my church, at our monthly Ladies of Legacy meeting, collecting compliments on my cooking, goofing off with the girls AND listening to my pastor teach to us young ladies on "Letting God Write Your LOVE STORY!" (Check out When God Writes Your Love Story by Eric and Leslie Ludy)You know when I graduated from high school my supreme goal in life was, Get married!!! Then when all my friends did actually start getting married, the goal became even more desperate! I felt like I had to get married or else I would be left behind and I wouldn't have any friends. So I got my wish, I found my man, we "fell in love" and quickley began making plans for marriage. However, our plans soon fell through and our relationship disolved like sugar in hot water. I tried to make it all work out, but everything kept slipping through my fingers. I couldn't make it work. Finally, I just gave up...and I would like to tell you all that I got a man...but no....I've simply learned to trust in God. AND i've learned to just keep on enjoying life! I've had a lot of people, give a lot of advice on how to get a man... someone made a comment to me recently that perhaps Married woman know something I don't know, Like HOW TO GET A MAN! I wan't sure what to say, so I asked one of my closest friends Janelle, who is recently married, I said, Janelle, is there really a way to "Get a man? Was it something you did or said? How did you "GET SAM?!" And Janelle just laughed and said, "It just happened! It was God!" I think that soooo often we forget...GOD! I am soooo glad that things did not go as I planned. Every tear I have shed from that broken heart, is worth the life I am living right now as a single person. (I mean just think, If i had gotten married i probabley NEVER would have had this blog...gasp! I know, sad, sad, SAD!!!) For those of you that don't know my testimony you can read it here. Holding His Hand is my testimony. This is what God did for me. Last year on Valentine's day we had testimony service at our church, and I thanked God that I was STILL single! (I know cRaZy huh!!!) My words were; "I thank God that I am single! Not because I want to be, BUT because God is watching out for me!!! Because God has kept me from marrying the wrong person and because I am BLESSED beyond words!!!" I know that sometimes, ESPECIALLY for us girls, its hard NOT to get into that desperate mode! I remember even after my big break up feeling DETERMINED to find someone else and get married. I even asked my pastor if I could get on Apostolic Singles Network, since this other couple we knew had found each other and it was SOOOO perfect...my pastor thought about it for like a minute then said...FOR ME...NO! (HAHA! My pastor knows me SOOOO WELL!) I just wanted to be an encouragement to all my single friends, guys, gals...wait on God. He has better things planned than we can even imagine! My pastor's wife always told us growing up, "God gives the best to those that leave the choice to him!" As you all probabley know from this blog, writing is one of my biggest passions, but when it comes to ROMANCE...
