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I was waiting for you, calling your name. I was waiting for you to see that while you wanted me all these years, thirsted for me, cried out for me..

you had another master.

Your heart was divided. You loved something more, consumed in another god.

I will not share my glory, I have to become your one thing. your only thing.

I will not compete.

-God

We all, at some point, are overwhelmed with burdens that are too heavy for us each to carry alone. Sometimes God acts in our lives without using others to meet our needs, but His normal mode of operation is to use wise believers in the Body of Christ—His church— to help us understand, grow, and grieve.

must read. much truth.

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I’m in love with love

I’ve realized a pattern in my life

honestly it makes me feel like i’m insane,

because insanity you know is doing the same thing over and over hoping that the outcome will be different.

but let me tell you, the outcome, it’s never different.

But I do the thing where I try to make it all work, when maybe it isn’t suppose to work?

I get so fixated on “finding” love or being in love that I ignore the signs that tell me, “Lauren no this isn’t what I have for you”. But i’ve learned that over the years that isn’t really helpful because I just end up getting hurt more because I invest a lot of my time in the person that I want.

Well lately i’ve been realizing this, that honestly I don’t know how to truly be alone. Not have anyone, and be content in that. I have hours where i’m truly glad I get to be alone/single/singular. But then there are many hours that I want someone there to spend whatever I’m doing in that moment with a person.

But being singular, it’s good. I have a lot to figure out and as much as I want to jump to the next man to fill the void in my heart the yearns for love and acceptance I know that, that won’t change my heart. I need this time to really lean on God and be dependent on the one man who knows my heart and loves me through the highs and lows and teaches me the things I don’t know.

I trust that His plan is far better than my own, and I need to start acting like it.

So here’s to being alone.

Not a woes me, I’m alone but being truly joyful in the Lord to have this season so that I can do the ministry he has called me to, seek Him with everything I have and all the time I have :-)

If you find yourself in this boat, join me in being happily single.

p.s- it’s not easy but prayer is powerful, so if you could say a prayer for me on this area of my life, i’d appreciate it so much. I’ll be praying for you.

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heartbeatofatwentysomething

With our mouths we pray, ‘thy will be done,’ but with our hearts we hope, ‘thy will match mine.’ Why would we limit a Sovereign and holy God to our human condition? We must learn to hope for immeasurably more.

h.s. (via heartbeatofatwentysomething)

In Christ she is loved, she secure and accepted Never be rejected by God whose elected her Her beauty is her Godliness And she ain't gotta flaunt it cause it's obvious Identity is found in the God we trust And any other identity will self destruct

Lecrae

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Psalm 62.

I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from Him.

He alone is my rock and salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.

Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him.

He alone is my rock and salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.

My victory and honor come from God alone.

He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.

O my people, trust in Him at all times,

Pour your heart out to him,

For God is our refuge.

simpleweeks

Psalm 100 (with my own twist)

Shout triumphantly to the Lord all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. You know my heart and you hear my cries! You Lord took my heart and washed it clean from the sin which strangled me.You broke my chains, no longer strained by a god who told me I would never be the same, too far gone, ashamed, tired of playing games and tired of running from the God who stomped the snake who lied in the garden who said who needs him when you could have so many others. But... Acknowledge that Yahweh is God. He made us, and we are His - His people, the sheep of His pasture. He found me there in my darkness took my hands and said daughter stop this. You are far more than you know. I called you higher than this, behold you are of the one true King. Who died so you could live. So don’t waste the breath you breathe because daughter I’ve called you to a life worth living. To share with those around you about the life who gave us all meaning. So I enter your gates with thanksgiving and courts with praise. Because You trust that I can be trusted, called me higher and loved me when I shouldn’t be entrusted. For Yahweh you are good, and your love is eternal. Your faithfulness endures through all generations.

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So the typical conversation during the holidays is to ask about jobs, relation status and future plans. I find myself doing that too when I’m meeting up with old friends that I haven’t seen in a while. But the other day and I stopped to think before I asked the question, “so are you dating anyone” and just thought why do I feel the need to ask this? That doesn’t define Tyler. Even if she was in a relationship that doesn’t make her more worthy if she was not.

I think we are starting to become people who think that’s what this life is about. To know what you are doing out of college, that at the age of twenty we should be in a relationship that has potential to become something serious aka marriage. This is all just a lie. Those things don’t define you. This is something that I have been learning. It doesn’t give you worth. The people who have significant others I am so happy for you and I hope that daily you are being encouraged by one another and growing as people and in your faith. But to all my single friends you are growing too don’t let other people make you feel like because you do not have a loved one you are insignificant. This is false. God works in all seasons. Remember that. He is using this time, lean close to him. And He will come close to you. (James 4:8)

iloveyoursoul

Delay never thwarts God’s purposes; rather it polishes God’s insturments.

xxcats-eyesxx

Discontentment

We’ve all been here.

Discontentment (n) - a restless desire or craving for something one does not have.

I’ve been restless for awhile, for many years I “craved” what I did not have. As humans this is something we have had in our hearts since birth. It stems from sin. Our own selfishness, therefore discontentment is a sin. We sit in our sin when we compare ourselves to others and forget what the Lord has blessed us with.

I think we will always be stuck feeling discontentment, I don’t think that there is just one season in your life that you are going to feel this way. BUT there is a way to overcome it.

I’ve been learning that it’s all about your outlook on the situation, that if you step back and see how the Lord has answered prayers and blessed you with so many things you begin to realize how good the Lord is and how great life is. Satan loves to trip us up and make us believe that we got it bad, that God is not answering our prayers but that’s a lie my friends. God is so so good. He wants the best for you and He will and is giving you the best. We just can’t see it with our eyes that are just set on things of this world. So set your eyes on things above, and set your eyes on God who is constantly blessing you and giving you everything for this time here and now and preparing your future.

Kill discontenment with thankfulness. Today thank God for everything He has given you. All the people he has place in your life, the place you live, your work, your education, your passions and hobbies, the things you love to do. Thank Him today.

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