I want to start this blog out with a short update on where I've been lately. I recently moved out of my parent's house and into an apartment. This has brought on many new experiences and excitement into my life. I first thought that I would finally have the space to spread out and have lots of alone and quiet time, meaning more time I could spend with God. However, I have found myself very much drained and every time I think about spending time in God's Word or praying to Him, a voice inside tells me I'm too tired or I'd rather do something else. So for the good majority of this summer, and the time in my new place, I haven't spent all that much time with God.
After a sermon at church a few weeks ago, I have felt God telling me that Satan has a large grip on me and it is such a scary thought! I could really use your prayers! I need God's strength and power to overcome the evil one and break free from his grip! Satan has caused me to turn into a person that is not who God made me to be and is not who I want to be.
This brings me into the title of tonight's post, "Be the Person God Made You to Be!" I was going to a church while at college and, because I graduated, they had gotten me a gift. I just got it in the mail today and feel totally blessed by their generosity. I received a one-volume NIV full Bible commentary and a children's book by Max Lucado called, "The Oak Inside the Acorn," which is a sweet book. As I was reading through the acorn book, I kept thinking of how I need to be the person that God made me to be.
I decided to look up 1 Corinthians 7 tonight and read it over again, since it has been awhile since I've read that passage. The section titled "Live as You are Called" (in my ESV Bible) stuck out to me. It talks about how each person is to lead the life that the Lord has assigned and called them to and to remain in that position. This got me thinking about singlehood. If we are called to be single, that is how we should remain in this moment. There is a time, reason, and season for everything in life. A time to be single is included in that. Some people are single longer than others. One cannot predict how long they will remain single.
Most of the time I wish I knew if I was going to marry someone, and when that would be, but I have no clue what God has in store for me. All I know right now, in this moment, is that God has a plan and that His plan is far greater than any plan I could have come up with myself. Do not allow yourself to settle for less than God's best. I almost did that once, but that is a story for another time.
I will continue this topic in another post that will come, but I'll leave you with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep; and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
