I was thinking today in church as I was meditating on the "desert": what does a young woman think about when she is wanting to get married? I mean, if she isn't married, can't that be a desert experience if that is her heart's desire. So, she is dating a handsome young man, and her thoughts are..."choose me, pick me, let me be the one...". Maybe he meets all her requirements...he's handsome, he's kind, he's funny, he's a Christian and so on. And sometimes God doesn't answer for a long time. And the guy never talks of marriage. What does she do? She waits. Waits on him, waits on God, waits on her dreams and hopes for a future....she waits.
Although that is not my current situation, it once was. When I was single and would date a Christian man, I would think..."maybe this is the one...maybe he will choose me". For so many, or few in my case, "NO" was the answer. Oh how disappointed I would be. But, continued to trust God.
The desert has arrived once again. Now it's with my young adult sons. I so want them to meet a nice Christian girl. I so want them to follow God and have a relationship with Him. I so want God to "choose them, pick them, let them be the ones He chooses." We know from His word that God chooses those He will. He blesses those He will. He pretty much does what ever He wants. I just have to keep praying that He WILL choose them. They are walking their own path right now and I know they have to, they can't walk mine or their fathers. I just feel assured that God is walking right next to them. Like the song says, "When you can't see His hand, trust His heart". I do trust His heart.
