Being single has not always met being in waiting. I have been single now for 3 years and 5 months. It has only been a little over a year that I have wanted something more-- hint hint-- a husband. Now I won't be to upfront about this desire because frankly it's intense and may scare any single blog reading gents away, but will say I have a lot to learn about how to deal with this and how to wait on the Lord.
The Lord reminded me this morning of a past situation where I had to wait, and in the end it paid off in an amazing way.
In Nov. 2007 my car broke down. I was driving a 96 Ford Excort. Now I could list off a lot of very humorous problems that I had with this car, but I'll just leave it at 'I had to start it with a screw driver'. Now when this car broke down I knew that I did not want to put a lot of money into fixing it. It obviously was following apart-- very obviously- so I decided to let it go, but I had no money and therefore no transportation. As I was leaving the bank, after finding out about car payments and such for a loan, I received a phone call. It was a friend of mine from church offering to let me use a car that no one in their family was currently driving. Now I had told the Lord that if He did not want me to get a loan (that honestly would have been hard to pay off) that He would have to provide transportation for me while I saved up money to buy a car. That call was an answer to prayer. They told me that I could borrow that car for 6 months so I
really couldn't pass that up--- even though I REALLY wanted to buy a new car! Come March of 2008 I had saved up about $4,000 which would have helped me to purchase a car a step up from the Escort, but God was doing something unexpected. That same month I had someone come to me with a check for $5,000 that Jesus had told them to give to me!!! Another blessing in all this was that I work for a company that gives their agents Ford Five Hundreds and then resales them to company employees at below cost. So I was able to purchase one of these very nice vehicles at $3,000 below blue book and still have money in the bank!!!God was more then enough, and blessed me more then what I had even asked for!
And now to pull this all together. When I was driving this car home after waiting and praying for a new car for a while I realized how much it was worth the wait, and with anything in my life I would rather have the Ford 500's in life then the latter that I could supply with my own strength. Mr. Ford 500 will come along in my life right when God has ordained it, and it will be worth the waiting and way better then anything I could make happen on my own. God has already proven Himself to be THAT GOOD!!!
Lord teach us how to patiently wait on Your best, and trust Your time.
Also, help my Mr. Ford 500 wait on You and allow You to direct his path.
5 comments:
Praise God! God is good and WOW what a man He is preparing for you! Can't wait to see what God has been doing all this time you have been waiting! HE is NEVER idle!
I needed to hear this. (The car story and how it applies to men.) I'm always back and forth on whether I ever want to remarry, but mostly it's because I worry that I would fall for the wrong person again.
And I'm also worried because my car is getting older and older and I honestly can't afford a car payment and have no money saved (and no money to save) to get a new one. (Not brand new, just new to me.) My car is still running right now, but I don't know for how long. Your story is encouraging and reminded me to trust God. Thank you.
Oh, and I had a car that I had to start with a screwdriver also. So that part made me laugh.
You're so awesome!
That really is amazing... especially considering the events I've had going on in my life recently! I'll have to write about it over the weekend if I can. It's amazing can take a traumatic event and use it to bless your socks off!
Amen Sister. I am too, learning to wait on God in many areas of my life, and know that when I am ready, He will provide the perfect man for me. Blessings to you!
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