1 Corinthians 13:4-8

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.

I'm a 19 almost 20 year old women, and I have never had a boyfriend. I have never experienced Love, nor have I experienced the worldy things that come along with a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. For the longest time I thought this was bad, and I thought I was alone forever. I really didn't take into consideration the Lords will. Being almost 20 and in my first year of university, gaining new friends and talking about relationships and how much I've missed out, and how much they experienced I found myself always jealous because that's what I have so longed to have.  It's really bothered me that I haven't been able to experience these things, and I started to feel like I would never get to. I was convinced that I was going to be single for the rest of my life. That is was the Lords will that I stay single and never experience a boyfriend, husband, and ultimately love.

As this year has gone on, God has really been working in my life to show me that it is not my time. I always had the picture in my mind that I would live happily ever after with my husband until we died. We would grow old with each other, and we would be highschool, or even university sweethearts. Once the idea of highschool sweethearts was a bust, that's when I began to think God didn't have a mate for me. But as I read through the Corinthians Paul is reminding me that Love is Patient, and that in time my "other half" I guess you could say will come. I am not usually the one to be hung up on the fact about love, or even really want it. I guess I just never really shared it or indulged in that lonliness in my life.

I remember watching 16 and Pregnant(ya I know haha) and one of the teens wrote a blog while she was on the show, so being the curious person I am, I searched it. I found her blog, and she was just so inspirational. But anyways, one of her blog posts had a song by Brooke Fraser in it. The song is call "Love is Waiting" and once I heard it, I was reassured that God has a plan for me, and in time he will reveal it to me.  One line of the song says "Love is waiting 'til we're ready" and oh man, is that ever true! I have now learned that I'm not ready. Ya, sure I'm almost 20, most people would say that's the point in someones life when they are ready, and it's the age when people should be considering marriage, but it's not. The Lord has showed me that it's not my time, and that there is still sooooo much more things that I need to do before love comes my way. There are still areas in my life that God has to work on, and is slowly beginning to do that. I know in time love will come, and I will eventually get to be like that old couple I had always imagined I would be with my future husband.

What has the Lord been doing in your life recently? What areas were you completely wrong about, and are finally realizing that God has a better plan for you?

I hope and pray one day you all will find Love, and if you have hold onto it and remember "Love NEVER fails". If it was Gods plan it'll happen :)

Trust in the Lord and he shall provide!

Stephanie :)