True Love doesn’t just Wait; it Plans

For singles, the only thing that presumably tarries is the appearance of “the one” in the picture. The book Passion and Purity written by Elizabeth Elliot is a best prescribed for those who are tormented by the pressure of time and longingness. Elliot describes waiting as a period of preservation and bringing one’s love life under the authority of Christ. Aside from waiting for the right person to come along, the Lord has already set before us the time to cultivate one’s personality under the decree of His Word and power. In result, we might not only find the one, for through the process we are also working in faith to be the best person for the right one. Therefore, a single person must also engage in the power of preservation.

If we are not yet able to respond rightfully in this process, we have to remain steadfast and optimistic until the God of love ushered us to His perfect will for our lives. If it is in God’s perfect will that we get married in this life, then not only will He bring to us the person He has picked out for us to marry, but there will also be a time element with it – which means He will bring this person at the exact time that He has set up to occur in our life. I was reminded how a dear friend reiterates this fact; “A right person in the wrong time can never be the perfect one.”

Lastly, we are not only waiting for the right person and His right time. We are also expected to wait and cooperate in His way. In one of the books I read it says, “True Love doesn’t just wait; it plans.”No one is able to work all things out for his or her love life, without the help of God.

If we believe that God is the Author of life then, we will allow him to bring every detail at hand until he initiates to take our part. His way is definitely the best. For gentlemen, if you have in mind the best way on how to court a girl, then let His wisdom guide you in a wonderful manner. On this mark, we can definitely capture what is the ultimate best in His mind. Thus, the message of Isaiah 23:49 NIV will be our testimony, “No one who waits on the Lord will be disappointed.”

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