Surprised by words...

Have you ever sat down to write anything, and just been surprised by the end result. The other day I was journaling and this is what came out. I have been thinking about relationships a lot lately (me and almost everyone I know) and I share this with you as an encouragement to anyone who might need it. If you feel like you are in the wilderness don’t get inpatient…wait on the Lord and be open to His leading…You may be surprised by what happens.

"There have been many moments in my life when I have longed to share those moments with somebody special, a woman whom I love and who loves me back. During college, on my missions trips, many times that person had a name but time has shown that it was not time for love to be awakened. And at that time I did not truly understand what it meant to love, nor was my heart capable of that kind of love.

But the Lord, called me into the desert, to the loneliness and solitude of the wilderness where He would teach me and show me how to open my heart; to discover all that I could be. To learn how to run my race, and to learn what my race is. To learn what it means to seek Him first and His kingdom, and His righteousness. God has taken me to the wilderness and has given me gardens of joy. Where the roots of bitterness and pain ran deep he has sown a harvest of mercy, peace and endurance.

God, grant me grace to wait expectantly, and with heart open to what You will do. Let me not turn to my own understanding and own energies."