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Most of us have heard it. If someone wants to find a mate, said person should be so deep in the heart of God, that you can only find them there.
Many of us have been scuba diving deep in the heart of God for a long time now. What have we found other than the blessing of knowing God? Most of us have found this empty cliché.
We all want that silver bullet. That one thing that's going to trigger us in to finding 'the one'.
Some say it comes from working on yourself. Of course then you see many around you who haven't done any home improvement and they've found the one just fine!
Others say that you need to focus on this or that. But then as you focus through your figurative microscope, all you see looking back at you on the slide are tons of married people who have relational ADD, and didn't focus on anything at all.
Some people say you need to kiss dating goodbye and only hang around in groups of people. But then you find yourself in a group of married people who are all kissing each other hello.
Others have been known to say, "Let go and let God." Of course these are the same people who burst a blood vessel if the barista forgets the right measurement of latte in their tea. So those types have no moral high ground at all.
So on and on goes the quest for this silver bullet. That one thing to bring you relationship/marital bliss.
We hopscotch from cliche to cliche. Bouncing from platitude to platitude. After a while, we kinda start getting an attitude.
Here's the real truth. We're all individuals. We all have our own lives, and our own testimonies. Too often people try to package their 'how I found my mate' story, and sell it to others as the WAY to do it.
You can't live someone else's life and testimony. Attempting to do such will leave you with a fistful of cliches in one hand, and an empty hand still grasping for a silver bullet that doesn't exist.
Life is a complex, messy and individual thing. God created us all unique, with unique outcomes. If you find yourself grasping a fistful of cliches, drop them right now.
Grab the hand of your Father in heaven. I can't guarantee you that your life will mirror someone else's. How you find 'the one' will be unique to you. Yes those around you may not have had to go through the valley of the shadow of death, or had to climb a mountain or two to find their 'one'.
Cliches will just lead you in to frustration. The hand of God will simply lead you. Lead you where? I can't answer that, because I'm not God, and I'm not you.
Grab the hand of God. Open your eyes wide and take in the journey. When things get scary, close your eyes and grab on tighter.
Many of us have been scuba diving deep in the heart of God for a long time now. What have we found other than the blessing of knowing God? Most of us have found this empty cliché.
We all want that silver bullet. That one thing that's going to trigger us in to finding 'the one'.
Some say it comes from working on yourself. Of course then you see many around you who haven't done any home improvement and they've found the one just fine!
Others say that you need to focus on this or that. But then as you focus through your figurative microscope, all you see looking back at you on the slide are tons of married people who have relational ADD, and didn't focus on anything at all.
Some people say you need to kiss dating goodbye and only hang around in groups of people. But then you find yourself in a group of married people who are all kissing each other hello.
Others have been known to say, "Let go and let God." Of course these are the same people who burst a blood vessel if the barista forgets the right measurement of latte in their tea. So those types have no moral high ground at all.
So on and on goes the quest for this silver bullet. That one thing to bring you relationship/marital bliss.
We hopscotch from cliche to cliche. Bouncing from platitude to platitude. After a while, we kinda start getting an attitude.
Here's the real truth. We're all individuals. We all have our own lives, and our own testimonies. Too often people try to package their 'how I found my mate' story, and sell it to others as the WAY to do it.
You can't live someone else's life and testimony. Attempting to do such will leave you with a fistful of cliches in one hand, and an empty hand still grasping for a silver bullet that doesn't exist.
Life is a complex, messy and individual thing. God created us all unique, with unique outcomes. If you find yourself grasping a fistful of cliches, drop them right now.
Grab the hand of your Father in heaven. I can't guarantee you that your life will mirror someone else's. How you find 'the one' will be unique to you. Yes those around you may not have had to go through the valley of the shadow of death, or had to climb a mountain or two to find their 'one'.
Cliches will just lead you in to frustration. The hand of God will simply lead you. Lead you where? I can't answer that, because I'm not God, and I'm not you.
Grab the hand of God. Open your eyes wide and take in the journey. When things get scary, close your eyes and grab on tighter.
as he was scratching and cussing out his eczema
