Prince Charming-- ya ya, fantasy or not we've all wished for one. That is why we get caught up in the chick flicks, the notion of love at first sight, and the ridiculous romance novels. Some of us though get too caught up in these perceptions and miss out on the life that God calls us to live while we are single. The book, A Lady in Waiting, talks about becoming God's best while waiting for Mr. Right using the book Ruth as a reference.
I love this book. Love it. This is the kind of book that I wish I would have read a LONG time ago. Maybe I would have a better outlook on my life and my relationships. I have read the first two chapters in the last week. The first one talks about reckless abandonment--basically leaving behind the notions I talked about in the previous paragraph and moving forward in a relationship with God. It tells the reader that so many woman look to a man to "complete" them much like the movie Jerry McGuire, but looking for a man for completion will only lead to you becoming disappointed. A relationship with God is the only thing that will fill you. As the book says, "Incompleteness is not the result of being single, but of not being full of Jesus."
The second chapter talks about becoming a lady of diligence or being undistracted and unrelenting for God. Something that every single woman stuggles with--not getting too busy. Through this chapter I realized that I am WAY too busy and it is only going to get worse. I need to learn either how to schedule things around God now or learn how to say no. This chapter also talks about using this time of being singleness to your advantage. You will never have this time again because when you start a family...you don't have time to do some things. I never looked at it in that prospective before.
"God has called me to live right NOW. He wants me to realize my full potential as a man (woman) right NOW, to be thankful where I am, and to enjoy it to the fullest. I have a strange feeling that the single person who is always wishing he (she) were married will probably get married, discover all that is involved, and wish he were single again! He (She) will ask himself (herself), "Why didn't I use that time for the Lord when I didn't have so many other obligations? Why didn't I give myself totally to Him when I was single?"
