LOL! Sorry for the enigma, Phil. I saw this on a poster and it stuck in my mind, and I was thinking most of us probably have an "IT" in our lives. Kinda wondering if the Lord was trying to tell me something... El said it sounded like a good idea for a thread. I think she's right.
An IT may or may not be another person, such as a gf/bf/spouse. It could simply be a dream you've had that you thought probably wouldn't come true - anything from becoming a missionary in a faraway land to adopting a child to opening your own business.
As an example, my IT would be traveling the world and sharing Christ through music. This was something I wanted to do in my teen years, but my mom (who was a backup singer who toured with some very famous country artists and eventually became a teacher/sociologist) convinced me that was not a life God would want for me. I'm older now and realize that singing for the Lord is a whole lot different than singing about trucks/ex-wives/honkytonks/lost dogs.
Now I find myself wondering if the timing was just wrong since wherever I go I seem to be drawn more and more into the world of praise & worship.
Liamson, there are indeed times when, even though we are single, our hearts are still taken/unavailable. Mine was like that for a time. I thought that life had played a cruel trick on me by giving me so much happiness up front only to have it disappear. I thought I would never love again like that and wasn't sure I wanted to even if I could. But, then, someone came along and had the guts to get up in my face and tell me that he "wasn't used to being ignored." (exact words haha) And my heart began to thaw out little by little. I still love that one very much and probably always will. Maybe someday his priorities will shift and he will become as close to the Lord as I would need him to be in order to build a life with him. Maybe not. Maybe he was just an instrument God used to show me that my life didn't stop 6 years ago when I became a widow. Maybe tomorrow someone else will smile at me and steal my heart away. Maybe not.
Life is full of surprises. They're pretty awesome. I hope some awesomeness shows up for you.