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I am not liking
being separated,especially because I have prayed soooo much for my
husband.I am not really single yet,but have been separated for 5
months.I know that God has a great plan for my life...but wow would
it be great to see if this in limbo state of feeling is it.
Song; I wanted to share this with you.
I know it may not seem like the problem you are having, but there is
something here to think about. This account of Jephthah and his
daughter actually has something to note for you. Consider that
Jephthah and his daughter are both faithful to God, and despite the
hardship imposed by remaining faithful to God, they both commit to
remaining faithful in light of this severe hardship! It was
considered very severe not to be able to bear heirs and offspring in
those times, more so than even today.
This was paramount sacrifice on their
part, and it not only meant a great deal of lost happiness for
Jephthah but it could have been a mortal blow to his daughter! Read
this story carefully, see how she went to weep over her lonliness.
See how from year to year the daughters, maidens of Israel came to
her to show her; NOT just HONOR; but SHARE in HER sacrifice for a
time. This bible account is so special it is in fact recorded in the
bible. God has recorded this account for people like you Song, so you
can know, God regards your loneliness with great concern. I ask
myself one question about this passage; why does this daughter of
Israel, daughter of Jephthah go unamed in this account?
I do not know, but I believe that God
spared her a humility; that her name would not go down in history and
some reader consider her with shame. She is an example to us all; so
I say to you Song, remain faithful, it not wrong to feel lonely, it's
not wrong to cry for a companion; but don't think God is not / has
not answered any prayers of yours.
I posted an excerpt of the scripture I
find moving when I feel lonely. It reminds me that I can remain
faithful, even strong after I am done crying. It's posted in the New
King James version, but read it in any version you want.
JUDGES 11:29-40
Jephthah’s Vow and Victory[/h][SUP]
29 [/SUP]Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed through Mizpah of Gilead; and from Mizpah of Gilead he advanced
toward the people of Ammon. [SUP]
30 [/SUP]And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands, [SUP]
31 [/SUP]then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
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32 [/SUP]So Jephthah advanced toward the people of Ammon to fight against them, and the Lord delivered them into his hands. [SUP]
33 [/SUP]And he defeated them from Aroer as far as Minnith—twenty cities—and to Abel Keramim,[SUP]
[a][/SUP] with a very great slaughter. Thus the people of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
[h=3]Jephthah’s Daughter[/h][SUP]
34 [/SUP]When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she
was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter. [SUP]
35 [/SUP]And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back on it.”
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36 [/SUP]So she said to him, “My father,
if you have given your word to the Lord, do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the people of Ammon.” [SUP]
37 [/SUP]Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”
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38 [/SUP]So he said, “Go.” And he sent her away
for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains. [SUP]
39 [/SUP]And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he carried out his vow with her which he had vowed. She knew no man.
And it became a custom in Israel [SUP]
40 [/SUP]
that the daughters of Israel went four days each year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
