In a good place at the moment and feel really blessed - thanks! For the first time in ages I actually feel happy being single. Such a miracle, but one that I haven't given up praying for (just like a husband), and now my prayers are being answered because I'm finally content in my singleness. Awesome. Sometimes God puts us into places and we have no idea why. We can either choose to get bitter and angry or choose to accept it and do the best we can. So I choose the latter. I have no idea why I've been single for so long or why God has chosen it that I am single but I am so blessed in it. This is a prayer I wrote in thanks today which I wanted to share...
'Thank you God that I've realised that I'm not at a place to commit yet to a relationship and that that is ok. Thank you for helping me to realise and thank you for not putting me in a relationship!!!' Can you imagine that I had realised this whilst in a relationship. I am so blessed to be single.
Yet it isn't easy and I often get unhappy about it. Fortunately for me, today's reading kinda helped with this. Basically the Israelites were getting annoyed at not having a King or a head over them like all of the other nations did. So they complained to Samuel. 1Samuel8v6 says 'But when they said "Give us a King to lead us" this displeased Samuel, so he prayed to the Lord'.
Wow how often are we displeased about stuff? Work? People? Family issues? Lack of money? Singleness!? And how often do we actually 'pray to the Lord' about this stuff? Samuel was so right in his attitude - he took it straight away to God. And eventually God granted the nation a King. (Whether this was a good or bad thing I am yet to read, but still.) You see I believe God cares and listens to our heart cries, to our requests, to our struggles and to our battles. Why wouldn't we ask Him to help us if we are stuck?! I did and it helped no end!
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