Singledom without hope

So tonight I picked up Joyce Meyer 'women to women' - an awesome book with brilliant short snippets of wisdom. It's sat next to my loo so I can pick it up and read a chapter during my daily ablutions! Sorry if that has given you an image you'd rather not have but the point is that God can talk to you anywhere really!

So he spoke to me about hope - a life without hope. Those who don't have hope are often so depressed and miserable - who can blame them if they are having a hard time and think that 'this is it it'll never get any better'!!!

The bible says that we are to "hope in God and wait expectantly for him" psalm 42:5 and also "God is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for him" Lam 3:25

If we expect the worst from people we normally get it. If you know a friend will let you down at some point she will and you will remember that part not all the other times when she does something special for you. I expect the worst from men. I always seem to find the men who want only one thing and those who have so little value and respect for their girlfriends and wives. Sorry chaps but I've begun to think that you're all the same which is a complete tragedy.

After reading this chapter I suddenly thought it is what I look for. I don't see the men who aren't like that I constantly look to find the men that are. If I don't see it a first I look for it expectantly! I know it doesn't mean I should go around with my head in a bucket always assuming that every man is an angel but I should stop expecting the worst all the time.

I want a good, funny, stunningly attractive, Christian man who absolutely adores me! Ok maybe my expectations are high but God is God after all and I'm in faith that he has a man lined up for me that will sweep away all the the hurts and disasters of the past.

So tonight I'm going to try and press through and change my attitude to men. Stopping looking for them to be untrustworthy and unfaithful but instead believe in God for the right one and if the others put me off in the mean time that's because they have a big God sticker on them saying "Not for you Rachel - I have better in store"!

So in summary - I shouldn't live in despair that Ll men are alike and that I will never find a good one that I can trust but rather live in hope that God will provide the perfect one. So I wait expectantly for God and in hope - how exciting that day will be!!!!

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone