Life of Pride
Thursday, August 03, 2006
I'm tired of ooey gooey feelings. I don't want any.
What a selfish, foolish post that last one was! It expresses honestly how I feel, but all that means is that my heart is selfish and foolish. Lanier from ylcf.org puts the matter so well:
There was a time in my life when I actually allowed myself to think that God was going to give me the exact opposite of all my heart cherished just to build character in me. Events had dragged my ideals through the mire—and my expectations along with them—and I had begun to doubt that the dream of love was a valid hope. . . .
It was my younger sister who finally called me to task on the matter.
“Lanier!” she exclaimed one day when I ventured to suggest my new ideas. “What are you talking about? If we ask Him for bread, does He give us a stone?”
If we ask him for a prince, does He give us a boor? If we appeal for His guidance, does He turn His back?
The answer, of course, is NO! I'm sure God has a wonderful story planned for me somewhere along the line. I trust Him with it. Forgive me for my lack of faith, my Lord and my Savior.
What a selfish, foolish post that last one was! It expresses honestly how I feel, but all that means is that my heart is selfish and foolish. Lanier from ylcf.org puts the matter so well:
There was a time in my life when I actually allowed myself to think that God was going to give me the exact opposite of all my heart cherished just to build character in me. Events had dragged my ideals through the mire—and my expectations along with them—and I had begun to doubt that the dream of love was a valid hope. . . .
It was my younger sister who finally called me to task on the matter.
“Lanier!” she exclaimed one day when I ventured to suggest my new ideas. “What are you talking about? If we ask Him for bread, does He give us a stone?”
If we ask him for a prince, does He give us a boor? If we appeal for His guidance, does He turn His back?
The answer, of course, is NO! I'm sure God has a wonderful story planned for me somewhere along the line. I trust Him with it. Forgive me for my lack of faith, my Lord and my Savior.
Comments:
=D Pardon me....I'm laughing right now (I'm just catching up on your blog.) Ooey gooey for sure isn't real. But any future relationship doesn't have to start out that way so it's not something that is to be dreaded or feared. Romance isn't always how the movies have it picutured. Sometimes its a real as marrying your best friend and having him marry you. That's VERY real. And the feelings of friendship never fade (we believe) because it laid the groundwork for anything else.
Who knows....I was 27 when we got married. I thought marriage was a ways off and/or out of the picture. I was having fun. I think you are too. So enjoy today. And be friends with people. ;) You never know....
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Who knows....I was 27 when we got married. I thought marriage was a ways off and/or out of the picture. I was having fun. I think you are too. So enjoy today. And be friends with people. ;) You never know....
