[ Testimony ] My Testimony/Part 6 - My 6000th Post!

[Blazin Bones]

My Testimony Part 6 – How I’m waiting for Ms. Right

“To my future wife, I love you. I already pray That God will bless you daily. I know I'm alone this year, but I will use this day to focus on all the Love we will one day share. I Pray that The Spirit will guide you through all of the trials you may face until we shall meet and face our struggles together. I will wait for you until the Father chooses to bring us together, please wait for me too.â€Â

“I know she will be sooo Beautiful in my eyes that I'll never need to look to someone else.

I know she will have the spiritual gift of Mercy and Love. Those are the gifts I know she'll need if she's going to help me serve Him through mass evangelism.

I know she will be unique. I'm sorry guys, but I doubt you'll be able to top my wife, at least in my eyes. God has or is still growing her into one of the strongest women of faith this word has seen.

I know I love her now, and when I meet her, I'll only begin to love her more.

I know that until I put the second of a pair of rings on her fingers, I will not kiss another girl.â€Â

“This shout out goes to my future wife. I've prayed for you a ton this last week. Please stay safe and follow Christ.â€Â

This is only a sampling of what God has done in my life in relation to the woman He has planned for me. In a day and age where it’s a social don’t to be single, God has continued to give me strength to wait for my wife and grow as I focus on Him and His will.

In all truth, I get very sick with today’s instant “love†garbage. Love doesn’t call it quits when they aren’t getting their way. Love isn’t a two week relationship that just wants someone new to make out with. Love isn’t an attraction to a feature you like. Unfortunately, too many Christians don’t even get this.

Love is everything it is said to be written in 1 Corinthians 13. I mean it when I say that I’m already quite in love with my wife. I can already tell you that God has prepared a woman for me that will be more than I could have ever desired. However, if I truly love her as the Bible teaches, I’ve got to be patient right from the start, even before we’ve met.

Until then, I will pray for her daily. I will save my affection for her, and only her. I will keep my eyes focused on the one who will send her to me. I will allow God to prepare me for when we become one. Finally, I will keep God first.

 

[cly]

What an awesome testimony! I'm misty eyed, Timothy - seriously. I hope that once God does introduce you to your future wife, you'll show her that post; it'll truly touch her heart. It makes me realize that I should be praying for my future husband more. Thank you for the reminder.

Also, congratulations on 6000 posts! That's awesome! I know, numbers don't matter, but it's still cool. :bday:

 

[Featherbop]

Not to rain on your parade Tim, but I am really curious about how much thought you have put into what you have said?

You say you are in love with someone you've never met, what does that mean? How is that possible? How does love exist without relationship?

You sound obssessive about this person you've never met. What about taking it easy, I mean, that will take up most of your life when it happens. Why be concerned with it now-it will be enough trouble when it comes...

No harshness intended...

 

[Blazin Bones]

God is the same way with His creation is He not? How many people don't have a relationship with Him, and yet He still loves them?

As for why now and not save it all for later, what I do now will effect later. Suppose I did decide to date now and the young lady turns out not to be the one God has planned. When I do meet the woman who is to be my wife I'm going to compare her to the others I've dated. I've already dated two other young ladies when I was much younger, and both are going to have an impact on the relationship I have with my wife.

Featherbop, I think about my wife everyday, as I said. I know that God has a great plan for my life, and whoever I marry will need to be willing to stick with me. I can't settle for a pretty good gal, I need the best God has for me.

Husbands are taught to love thier wives as Christ loved us. Christ died for me before he knew me, and thus showing he loved me. If Christ loved me 2000 years before he met me, I can love my wife for however long it takes to meet her, and in fact I obey scripture that much more in doing so. 8-)

Does everyone have to do it my way, certainly not. However, for me, This was an oath I made to God, and I plan to keep it. 8-)

 

[Featherbop]

God is the same way with His creation is He not? How many people don't have a relationship with Him, and yet He still loves them?

God knows them from His omniscience. No one could love someone they didn't know, could they?

As for why now and not save it all for later, what I do now will effect later. Suppose I did decide to date now and the young lady turns out not to be the one God has planned. When I do meet the woman who is to be my wife I'm going to compare her to the others I've dated. I've already dated two other young ladies when I was much younger, and both are going to have an impact on the relationship I have with my wife.

You will compare your wife to some woman, regardless. I don't really think it is possible not to compare, period. Whether it be girls you've dated before, your mother, whoever, you'll compare. I'm not saying that is a bad thing.

I'm a little confused though, are you saying you will not date until it is the wife, or just not date now?

Featherbop, I think about my wife everyday, as I said.

Who do you think about?

If Christ loved me 2000 years before he met me, I can love my wife for however long it takes to meet her, and in fact I obey scripture that much more in doing so.

It is the same problem to me. You don't know your wife yet, but God, Jesus knew you. I suppose one must know who they love before they can love that person, I suppose it doesn't have to be a relationship.

Does everyone have to do it my way, certainly not. However, for me, This was an oath I made to God, and I plan to keep it.

More power to you. I didn't intend to seem critical, I'm just curious about what you said.

 

[Blazin Bones]

Not in the terms many think, no. I don't know most of the people who will be blessed through the money I donate to missions, but I love them all the same. However, while I haven't meet this woman, I know what God has shown me. I can love her thru that.

Yes, comparisons will be there, but not in light of this girl kissed better than my wife. That's something I'd rather not be able to compare.

Yes, I'm saying I will not date until God shows me who is to be my wife. I oathed a sign to Him, and Told him that I would not date until that sign was met.

I think about the same things that you would think about while dating. What is this person really like? What are her likes and dislikes? Things like that. But most Importantly, each day I pray that God is the center of our lives now and each day.

 

[Featherbop]

Not in the terms many think, no. I don't know most of the people who will be blessed through the money I donate to missions, but I love them all the same. However, while I haven't meet this woman, I know what God has shown me. I can love her thru that.

You know that the donation is going to real people though....and more than that, your generous act is a love for mankind, not a love that requires knowledge of a person. To me it seems like you are imagining someone tht isn't real and being in love with a dream instead of someone real.

Yes, comparisons will be there, but not in light of this girl kissed better than my wife. That's something I'd rather not be able to compare.

Even if you compared that, would it even be important? You'd be able to decide that who kisses better doesn't matter in light of a marriage partner.

Yes, I'm saying I will not date until God shows me who is to be my wife. I oathed a sign to Him, and Told him that I would not date until that sign was met.

You have left this decision of who to marry to God, correct? Did God decide to pick a spouse for you, or did you decide to make God pick a spouse for you? Would you be okay if God, supposing He did take control of the decision, did not will that you should marry? Does she need to consent to being chosen for you, or would she just naturally feel the same as you and God? Is there more than one possible spouse?

This is all really nebulous to me...[/quote]

 

[Blazin Bones]

You know that the donation is going to real people though....and more than that, your generous act is a love for mankind, not a love that requires knowledge of a person. To me it seems like you are imagining someone tht isn't real and being in love with a dream instead of someone real.

I can't show you what God has shown me. Through prayer, bible study, even other believers, God has given me plenty of reason to believe there is a girl instore for me. If that is how you see it, so be it. However, as I said, I can't show you what God has shown me.

Even if you compared that, would it even be important? You'd be able to decide that who kisses better doesn't matter in light of a marriage partner.

Yes it does. I would hope I wouldn't make it an issue, but it can become one. Past relationships have a way of doing that.

You have left this decision of who to marry to God, correct? Did God decide to pick a spouse for you, or did you decide to make God pick a spouse for you? Would you be okay if God, supposing He did take control of the decision, did not will that you should marry? Does she need to consent to being chosen for you, or would she just naturally feel the same as you and God? Is there more than one possible spouse?

This is all really nebulous to me...

I asked God that if I am to have a wife, that He would guide me to her, and thus I asked for a sign that he would show me so I can confirm his will. If that sign is never met, then Yes I will be content with God's plan for me, and remain single. As for consentand possiblities, that's in God's hand.

I know what He has told me to do, and I know what I told him I would do. Feather, again, I can't show you what I've been shown. A testimony is when a person shares what God is doing or has done in your life. This is what He's compelled me to do. I don't understand His plan anymore than you, but I do understand where He's guided my life.

Feather, this is where my walk with God has taken me. I shared what He has done. You can look at it however you choose, but in the end, it's not your life He's guided in this direction.

 

[Featherbop]

I can't show you what God has shown me. Through prayer, bible study, even other believers, God has given me plenty of reason to believe there is a girl instore for me. If that is how you see it, so be it. However, as I said, I can't show you what God has shown me.

Shown you? If God has pressed an image upon your mind of your wife....then that is different than what I thought you were saying.

Yes it does. I would hope I wouldn't make it an issue, but it can become one. Past relationships have a way of doing that.

I would think God could help you with that as well. You've been mentioning God's ability throughout this entire thread, but you didn't mention that here.

I asked God that if I am to have a wife, that He would guide me to her, and thus I asked for a sign that he would show me so I can confirm his will. If that sign is never met, then Yes I will be content with God's plan for me, and remain single. As for consentand possiblities, that's in God's hand.

I'm a little confused. Are you saying that you have specifically decided with God what the sign will be, or are you looking for a sign(that could be anything non-specific)? Because some people ask God's confirmation via sign, without specifying what that sign will be, and they always find a sign, regardless.

Feather, this is where my walk with God has taken me. I shared what He has done. You can look at it however you choose, but in the end, it's not your life He's guided in this direction.

Okay, let's just leave it at that, then.

 

[covenantwmn]

Awesome post, new here, but this was so moving. I hope someone's praying for me like that, I know I have a renewed interest in doing so. God bless.

 

[Scott]

I asked God that if I am to have a wife, that He would guide me to her, and thus I asked for a sign that he would show me so I can confirm his will.

From experience I can tell you this is a very dangerous thing to do. I've done it myself and when the relationship didn't work out, I was left with only unanswered questions & prayers and hurt & anger at God. It really affected my relationship with God in the immediate years that followed.

 

[Blazin Bones]

I've seen some of that, Scott. Lately it's kinda felt like he's got another way of confirming His will to me, but until I know, I'll be patient and wait. Thanks for the word of experience. 8-)

 

[Blazin Bones]

Well, it's been said before, but it is truth, "God humbles the proud." I thought all the things I wrote in this thread way back when would be how things would go for me...I was wrong.

Since Febuary 26th I've been dating a wonderful Christian woman by the name of Caroline. She is sweet, kind, and loves God very truly. However, There was no sign involved other than answered prayer, and the whole not kissing thing, well we prayed about that and the kissing is definetly there.

I thought i knew how my relationship would go, but in truth, I'm still learning everyday.

 

[Blazin Bones]

About 2 and 1/2 years later and I'm finally narrowing in on 7000 posts. I will be adding a new testimony when I hit the next K.

 

[Blazin Bones]

I have finally made it to post #7000!Click here to read my lastest mini-testimony.