Our God is an Awesome God
He made this world is seven days.
When He was finished in six days He took the last one to rest. He wanted to show us how to live.
He made the sea, the sky, the rock, the plants, the animals-everything.
He saw that it was good.
He made Man is His own image.
He formed him out of earth, and then with a live-giving kiss Man came alive.
Man bore God's image in his strength, truth, endurance, wisdom, and power.
Man with all his responsibilities and wonder was not good.
Man was alone.
It wasn't that Man was not completely satisfied with God and the beautiful world he was in.
Man was without flaw, God had made him in His image, and that he still was.
Loneliness is not good.
God saw that Man was lonely.
He took Man, whom He had made, and caused him to sleep.
Now Man was vulnerable.
Now God could work out His plan.
God opened the Man, and took out his rib.
From the very flesh of Man, He made Woman.
She was also in the image of God.
She embodied God's compassion, beauty, grace, gentleness, and virtue.
God placed her in His beautiful garden.
She saw Man sleeping, and her heart beat quick.
She could not imagine such happiness as to think that he was to be hers.
God led her to Man.
She watched as He awoke him from his dreams.
For the first time Man looked on Woman with wonderment and delight.
She was beautiful.
With her, he would never be lonely.
As these two came to love each other, they became as one.
Thier perfect union was an emblem of God's love for His people.
The love of Man and Woman is an example of the way we love Christ.
The first love story pointed the way to the beauty of Christ's love through the ages.
At the end of the sixth day, God saw Woman standing with Man, and it was good.
Everything was good.
Love is good.
Many people have taken this story and used it for some sort of "no dating" tactic or something, I just wanted to write it out, and maybe cause you to think about the way the first romance worked out. No, it won't happen this way for any of us. Girls, none of us were made from a man's rib. Guys, none of you will ever be the only human being on earth. It may seem more obvious that God is the author of Adam and Eve's love story. Yet, He should be the author of ours as well. He should be the one to lead. When God's people wait on Him, we are living out the love that we have for Him. He is the Master. He knows best. He may not always do things the way we would have Him to. See, Adam did feel alone, even in a perfect world before God brought Woman into his life. How much more pain must we go through now, after the fall, before God will "work all things together for good?"
Waiting on God can seem like a chore at times. Yet, when one really ponders who God is, and what He has done, waiting for His will is far from distasteful. I know that when we allow Him to work in and through us, we will be made perfect in our weakness. When He is King of all things, including the romance of our lives, then we will have a beautiful love story.
Where ever you are on the love story spectrum, whether it be lonely and waiting, or married to the love of your life, continue to see God as the author of your love story. It doesn't start with a romantic relationship, and it doesn't end with marriage. Our love story begins when God saves us from destruction. Our love story will never end because we will be always in His presence.
You may wonder why I feel free to say these things, considering I am seventeen years old and have never experienced many of the things that a person would call romantic. To you I will just say that God has given me a romantic heart. I don't believe that I have to wait until I am married to delight in God and look to Him as my true love. Also, I get discouraged in this area at times. I simply hope that now my thoughts can be of some encouragement to you on your journey. We are here to help each other. We are here to love one another.
"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil, and holdfast to what is good." Romans 12:9
Continue to seek His face. He will not disappoint you.
posted by Becca @ 8:23 AM
8 Comments:
Good post. Somewhat similar to what I'll be posting later on when I have some time to write a book on my blog...
And thank you for the "Happy birthday."
Adam and Eve sure had a much easier time figuring out who was the right spouse than we do.
That was very inspiring Becca... and its a good reminder that God truly is author of my love story. I love you! :)
Thank you *so* much for speaking out the beautiful truths that everyone needs and no one seems to say any more. It's a wonderful strength of yours. But not nearly the only one. :)
21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
22 What a man desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
"When God's people wait on Him, we are living out the love that we have for Him." Becca, thank you so much for this reminder. Being a girl who is the same age and waiting to see what God wills for my life I often need this reminder to be all here where God has placed me now seeking to live completely and utterly for Him. It's such a wonderful blessing that we can fully live out our love for Christ at this age and not be bogged down with other things of life (I Cor. 7). OK I best be going. I love you!
that was me...flo
I like John's line :-) While God obviously will guide each of us throughout our lives, we also must remember that situations change, and that God won't necessarily do for us as he did for others.
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