Rest
Relaxation
Freedom
not.
I started the break off with a cold. awesome. After all, who doesn't want to spend their few precious weeks of no homework curled up on the couch with aches and a sore throat? So now as I sit on the couch, wrapped in my blanket with my mug of tea I'm desperate for any distraction from my dripping nose and pounding head....why not write a blog entry? I'm sure everyone wants to hear me gripe about how awful I feel currently.
This is always when I wish I had a boyfriend, someone to snuggle with and sympathize with how badly I feel. Roommates just aren't quite the same :)
But then I have to remember that I am already in a relationship with someone who is ultimately more fulfilling than a boyfriend can ever be....
I am in a beautiful relationship with my Father in Heaven, and He loves me more passionately and faithfully than any man here on earth possibly can. And His is a relationship that I can always always depend on! People, here on earth, will fail us. It is a simple fact. No matter how hard we try, we as people will fail to always be there for each other. Because we are human, there is no way we can fulfill all of our needs! We were designed that way! God is the only one who can fulfill us completely! And isn't it such a comfort to know that we serve a God of absolutes? A God of extremes.
Psalm 113:4 "The Lord is high above all nations." Not some. All!
Psalm 107:1 "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever." Nor just some of the time, but Forever!
Joshua 1:5 "...Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you." He doesn't say "may be with you, or may not leave you or forsake you" but He will not!
Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." not just some places, wherever we go!
Our God will never leave us! He will never change! He will never stop loving us. He will always be jealous for us. What a comfort is that, to know we serve and are loved by such a God!
He is not limited by us, and we cannot limit Him. He cannot be constrained by our parameters or guides. He will always keep His promises to us. We can completely and totally rely on Him!
And yet, because all we know are human relationships, we bring that mindset into our relationship with God, and we don't trust Him completely, because we expect Him to fail, because people fail.
How dare we?
God cannot be put in our little cardboard boxes! He is above such things, and we should be eternally grateful that He is! We need to stop expecting God to fail, and start trusting Him with everything, because He will come through for us. Maybe it's not in the way that we want, or the timing we had planned, but He will come through for us in the way that is best for us.
So no matter how badly I want a boyfriend at some times, or no matter how disappointed in my friend, I can always remember that there is one relationship that will always come through for me. He will always, always, always love me!
