...the lover :)

warning: this post may end up coming across as 'preachy' ...my bad! :)

i feel like too many people are rushing. i guess as humans, we're generally impatient and always on some kind of mission to make something happen. so lately, i'm learning that "making things happen" isn't always our role. a few weeks ago at church, the sermon was all about "God's waiting room". kevin talked about how to be "actively patient" while you're waiting. that your part is just to pray and find comfort in knowing that whatever God is doing in your life while you're waiting, is just as important as what you're waiting for ..whether that be love, kids, a job, etc etc. i really enjoyed the sermon and yeah, i've thought about it a lot since then.. but i think a lot of people actually have a problem realizing when they are in that waiting room. i mean, when you want a promotion or you want to score high on a test, yeah, you work for it. but there are a lot of things in life that aren't really up to us. waiting for love. i guess i'm figuring out the "wait" part, because most people are just doing the "looking". most who know me, know that i'm quite the patient single girl :) and a significant other just isn't high on my list of things to find.. i've been in great, long lasting relationships, but i can't say i've ever looked to be in one. i know way too many people (girls, mostly) who are on some kind of crazy hunt.. never letting things fall into place or stopping to focus on their own faults that could use some attention. i guess i'm just saying that God's waiting room for 'that certain someone' is packed full of people who don't even know they're stuck in there with no way out except one... which, yeah, is through Him. i can't say i'm not an 'active' waiter(?), but i've come to find that i just can't pick who that guy is for me. when it's right, it will be, and i'll know. so i guess sometimes, no matter who you do or do not pray to, you have to have some kind of faith that things do happen for a reason. and the pieces will fall into place. one thing i do know for sure, is that you can't love until you love yourself. you won't have the true love you've always dreamed of, until you're 100% with yourself. so, while you wait, focus on yourself, bettering yourself, figuring out what you want out of life and start living. because life[love] is what happens when you're busy making other plans...

:)