Faith....Hope....Love

Faith...Hope...Love

1 Cor 13:4-7

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance. 

    Love is never easy, but it is always worth it. It is never perfect and I heard a song the other day on the radio called, Broken Together by Casting Crowns, that reminds me just how imperfect it really is. It is about a couple that is already married, but it seemed so fitting to me. 

    No relationship is without its issues. The question is, are you willing to put in the time and the effort it takes to make it work. To keep those promises you made or will make. I am not married, but I know the one that God has for me, it is just going to take time. Time I am willing to put in. This song reminds me that our relationship is never perfect, but it has stood through a lot. For now we are just friends, and that is okay. God's time is the best time. 

God's time is the best time. 

    I can't tell you what to do in your own relationship, but I can tell you that nothing worth holding onto will ever be easy to hold onto. Will I be said if for some reason, this friendship never goes where I want it to go? Absolutely. Will I still love God if it doesn't? Absolutely. My faith is in knowing that God's plan for me is the perfect plan for me. 

     Here is what else I know, I know that through all the trials with other girls, and the fights we have had (even as friends) and the many trials satan has thrown at us, nothing can come between what God brought together...unless we let it. I won't let it. I have a journal I just started the other day that is solely a daily prayer written strictly for the two of us. Maybe it's silly, but it is also comforting and it is also a daily fight against satan's plan to destroy it. One day, maybe, I will let him read it. 

    Matthew 19:6 says, "Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together." No we are not married, but we are two, because God has put us together. I know we are not ready, neither one of us, to be together, we are continually putting down the foundation. I will pray everyday for what I know what God has planned! I stand on this verse in prayer everyday since I started this journal. 

     We have a time of separation coming up, which I know we need. I also know that even during this time, he is meant for me. Love hopes all things, believes all things and about all has faith that God will pull all things together for His glory. During this time, I need to work on me and that is what I am going to do. 

     In the song, Broken Together, the line says, "maybe you and I were never meant to be complete. Can we just be broken together." How beautiful is that? We both have dreams that were shattered by divorce and hurt and we both have walls. Mine are just more evident than his. Love is not a fairy tale woven together with fairies and fairy Godmothers, but it is a story woven together by God. Much better than any fairy tale. 

God's story is much better than any fairy tale. 

     So, what is the purpose of this particular blog? Hope. Hope in love and Faith in God. It is trusting him and knowing that He has the answers and the timing. He holds the key to the desires in our heart. This man means more to me than I can say with mere words. He keeps me grounded and makes me laugh. He irritates me, frustrates me and makes me smile all at the same time. 

      If you are already married, planning to get married or even if like me, you know, but haven't yet begun, trust God. Keep fighting for what you know God has planned for you. Here is a little secret though, anything God puts together, you don't have to fight for. He already has won that battle. Remember, you don't have to be complete, just together be broken. In time, everything works out. It won't be perfect, but it will be worth it.

     The verses I stand on daily are: 

Psalms 37:4Take delight in the Lord and He will give you your heart's desire. 

Matthew 19:6Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together. 

Romans 8:28 

 "and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them."

    The last verse in 1 Cor 13 is, "Three things last forever - faith, hope and loves - the greatest of these is love. Love is the most important, but you can't have love without faith and with hope. You can't have any of these without God. Faith in God. Hope in God and Love for God. o when your relationship hits a rough spot, turn to God. Trust Him that He will work it out for you.  

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