A breakthrough, finally. As the tears poured down my face and hit the pillow the soft voice of the Holy Spirit hit. "You are worth more than....this"
My dating life, although full and some of the best stories I have, has also come with its wounds. A void, a longing it has not and can not fill. Christ must.
The common piece of advice I have given my girls over the years is "You are worth so much more than what you have experienced. You deserve a man that will pursue you in the kind of way that never leaves you guessing, never leaves you wondering. You deserve a love so rooted in Christ that He is what your relationship radiates. You don't deserve a sort of maybe. You deserve a yes, absolutely." So why have I not been following that same advice myself over the last two years?
Over the years I have had the yes', the maybe's, the I don't knows, friend-zones and disappearing acts. Disappointment after disappointment of almost but not quite. Over the years slowly, very slowly I have been learning who I am and what I have to offer someone. As I become who God has called me to be I have realized. I don't have to compromise.
I am worth pursuing, waiting for and a life with and I am more than my hair, my hips and my appearance.
So out with the old Brittany of desperately searching for what God has for me and trying to make it happen. In with in God's timing, being open if it comes and loving the Lord and serving Him until then.
Because I am worth it. We are worth it. A daughter of the King. Royalty. Worth more then the most precious diamonds. And even though I may fall my worth lies in Christ and that is who I am free in.
I may have struggles or things I have to be aware of and prayed up against, but I am washed by the blood and I can find freedom in that.
Ladies you are not your curves or your nails or the finest bags you hold. You are beautiful, worthy of the finest love the world has to offer and your virtue is found in the One who made you and saved you.
We are His.
My dating life, although full and some of the best stories I have, has also come with its wounds. A void, a longing it has not and can not fill. Christ must.
The common piece of advice I have given my girls over the years is "You are worth so much more than what you have experienced. You deserve a man that will pursue you in the kind of way that never leaves you guessing, never leaves you wondering. You deserve a love so rooted in Christ that He is what your relationship radiates. You don't deserve a sort of maybe. You deserve a yes, absolutely." So why have I not been following that same advice myself over the last two years?
Over the years I have had the yes', the maybe's, the I don't knows, friend-zones and disappearing acts. Disappointment after disappointment of almost but not quite. Over the years slowly, very slowly I have been learning who I am and what I have to offer someone. As I become who God has called me to be I have realized. I don't have to compromise.
I am worth pursuing, waiting for and a life with and I am more than my hair, my hips and my appearance.
So out with the old Brittany of desperately searching for what God has for me and trying to make it happen. In with in God's timing, being open if it comes and loving the Lord and serving Him until then.
Because I am worth it. We are worth it. A daughter of the King. Royalty. Worth more then the most precious diamonds. And even though I may fall my worth lies in Christ and that is who I am free in.
I may have struggles or things I have to be aware of and prayed up against, but I am washed by the blood and I can find freedom in that.
Ladies you are not your curves or your nails or the finest bags you hold. You are beautiful, worthy of the finest love the world has to offer and your virtue is found in the One who made you and saved you.
We are His.
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