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Ephesians 3:16 -19 (NLT)
“I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”
Can we do a quick life update???
As a single woman that desires marriage - and currently has ZERO prospects in sight - this time can be hard.
I was in line at the grocery store last week waiting to check out and noticed a couple in front of me. It was abundantly clear that they were “high” and I remember feeling angry. Like wow.... Here I am trying to do life the ‘right way’...and I’m single, and there they are being “wild”...and in a relationship. (I admit - I was definitely wrong for thinking this , but keep following!)
As I kept waiting in line, the anger turned into sadness.
I know God hears my prayers and I know that He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, so in Him there is no lack. But if I’m honest, I felt a hole in my heart. There was still a desire to be seen, known, and loved.
At that moment, I asked God to fill up that space.
After putting away my groceries, I prepared a "girl dinner" to eat as I watched a message from Sarah Jakes Roberts.
As I reflected on her testimony and the ‘exceeding and abundant’ plans that God brought her into, I felt encouraged to continue waiting on God, and thought about all that He saved me from. I immediately became overwhelmed by His love for me.
As someone who, at times, knowingly and unknowingly, ran in the opposite direction of Him (and admittedly once was that couple in line in front of me), I’m still in awe of His grace and kindness. His Love found me where I was, freed me, and gave me hope and a new name.
Can you relate?
God knows EVERYTHING about you, including the things you may have forgotten, the things that make you cringe, the things that make you feel ‘unlovable’, and the mistakes you’ll make in the days to come - and chooses to love you anyway.
Bad decisions and other hurt people may have called you the wrong name, but God’s love calls you “Daughter”.
I won’t take His love or the undeserved gift of salvation for granted.
I pray that all of us are filled with this Love and have the faith to receive it. Ask for God to give you more of an understanding of just how much He loves you. Tell Him the spaces in your heart that need to be filled and wait with expectation that He will do just that.
And for the single woman, longing for something that seems so far away, I hope you’re encouraged to allow the depths of God’s love to fill whatever you think is missing and allow it to empower you to be faithful where you currently are. Find peace in knowing that God is a good Father who will withhold no good thing from you.
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