Brides

Here I go again with the brutal honesty...but I won't jump into that just now.  I'm currently in the process of reading about 10 books (give or take) and one of them is called, "Common Mistakes Singles Make" by Mary S. Whelchel.  A phenomenal read for the single and married alike.  Her premise is that many singles are making mistakes (and many marrieds make mistakes about singles as well).  What struck me is a section titled, "We panic over the scarcity of Christian men".  This is something that I had thought about, yet after much reading (in this and other books) I've realized that may not be the problem at hand...but that's for another blog ;-).  This post was meant for something greater.  And actually has changed faces at least once...blogspot has a new system and while I thought I had saved my work it proved that I didn't :-(.  So, here's the latest and greatest.  When reading this section it hit me that we are the bride of Christ.  That we should seek Him out before, BEFORE, we seek out any other relationship.  I know this may seem trivial to some, but for me - a single mom trying to figure out the dating scene - it was huge.  I have got to keep my focus straight on Him and Him alone and trust that He has got His best plans laid out for me.  While I would like to say that this is a no brainer, easy choice, it is not...it is a day by day (sometimes minute by minute!) choice I have to make.  Surely some days are easier than others and thankfully today is one of those easy days ;-)