Prepare for the Bloom

Sometimes it’s good to know God has everything in our lives in His hands. Sometimes? At all times.

Something He’s been teaching me lately is that you can’t force things before their time to bloom.

And that you can’t hold tight to things if you want to find what is meant for you.

Instead of chasing after material possessions, become someone who doesn’t need them, so that when you have them (or currently have them)—they don’t control you.

Money is the same way. It’s like the air you breathe. Something needed to live in this life, but not something to hoard or become greedy for (but abundance helps you give).

God knows you want that special someone too. But instead of chasing after a woman or man, try walking in your purpose and become the man or woman they need.

If they’re aligned with the LORD, they will do the same thing.

The flower doesn’t bloom until it has been watered, nourished, and taken care of.

You will have the money when you’ve proven it won’t control you.

The nice stuff isn’t wrong to want, but keeping up with the neighbors when you have your own path to walk is misplaced.

Your soulmate is out there—but that doesn’t mean it’s always right now. You might have to wait longer to have a healthy relationship, which glorifies God’s intent for marriage.

In the Christian sphere, intent to marry is ideal for dating or being open to seeing someone with a long-term plan in mind.

But you can’t carry another’s heart if your own heart isn’t prepared to sustain you while you do it.

I offer only the wisdom that God offers freely to all who will listen to His commandments.

If even one person “gets it,” then it’s worth it in my eyes.

Prepare yourself to be the person who can handle the bigger blessings of life.

Be thankful for every step taken, every closed door, and every prayer answered. It might not have always been yes, or it might have been: “wait.”

God is interested in making us into the image of Jesus. Jesus was the kindest soul, but still fierce when necessary. Sometimes the path ahead is full of adversity, and the soft Christian approach won’t always cut it.

If you’re a man, then lead like Christ in love—holding on to the fact that tempered strength and controlled might protect the innocent.

If you’re a woman, then don’t shy away from the tender nature God gave you.

You’re supposed to use your emotions far more than a man (not that us men don’t have them), and you’re supposed to be that moonlit energy to the man’s sun.

Both shine the light, but in different ways.

But the key is developing for greater things in life.

An infant doesn’t know how to walk yet. They depend on their parents to get through until maturation allows them to walk.

If your spending habits are out of whack, why should God trust you with greater riches?

And if your heart posture isn’t pure before Him, why should He allow you things that can steal your heart away from Him, who is to be your first love?

If you’re not the man she needs you to be, why would it be now if you might have to mature in your walk a few more years? There is a colossal problem in modern society where men don’t mature to completion until they’re older. Likely because we live in a soft world these days, unlike the rest of history.

If you’re waiting for your God-ordained husband, are you truly ready for him if you’re not trusting in Yahweh enough for Him to bring about a wonder in your life? I’m not against women being independent, but the Bible says marriage isn’t about that, and you must sacrifice for the good of your husband, as should he to you. Women are a gift, so treat yourself with true worth and the hidden woman of the inner spirit, and the LORD will bring the right man.

Love in action is putting another’s needs before your own, not envying what another has, and making the world a better place with the light you carry. Love others, love the path He has crafted, and you’ll find all that is meant for you in life and in love.

You might meet when you’re 47, and there is nothing in the world that can change that. God is sovereign. You can’t rush His timing. Sometimes the timing is sooner than you might think, so prepare yourself to always be the person your soulmate needs.

Preparation means dying to yourself and finding the mind of Christ.

The world isn’t always going to like people who live like this—but that’s a sign that you’re doing something right.

Jesus said we would be hated for following Him.

But I’d rather be alone than stand with evil, and if I can’t be true to my own convictions, why should someone else be true to me?

Right?

Empty your selfishness into a well of living water.

Dispense with the ego to find the good in everyone else and don’t think higher of yourself than you ought to.

Pour out your heart to walk as Jesus taught us to walk, with perfect love through keeping His commandments—which John says are not burdensome.

What must we do to inherit the life meant for us?

Prepare ourselves for the things we’re praying for.

And boy, am I praying.

Shalom.