So, Valentine's Day just passed. Let me tell you, that is THE WORST 24 hours of any single, teenage girl's life....it really, really is. While some are gloating in their roses and boyfriends, girls like me are stuck watching "You've Got Mail," drowning out our sorrows in a gallon of Oreo cookie ice cream, 3 Hershey bars, 2 Blowpops, a slice of Red Velvet cake and a cherry on top. Ok, so it's an exaggeration (btw, I hate cherries) but February the 24th is still a really hard day for every teenage girl, at least for me and everyone else I've talked to.
Something God has been teaching me this year is timing. It's a simple concept really: I don't control anything. But it is SOOOOO hard in this day and age to walk down the halls with people making out right and left, and people confessing their love to their science partner, you know...that stuff. This past year, god told me "chill out....you don't need a boyfriend right now. I'm working on someone for you right his moment, shaping him for the day that you meet him" And I just sighed. It's hard, I really do want to have that special boyfriend figure, it's my teenage hormones kicking in...but laying in bed, I will forever remember the words of the not-quite-eternal Alexi Murdoch (he is AMAZING!!!! Pullleeeeze check him out on iTunes!!!) in his song "orange sky"
"In your love
My salvation lies in your love
My salvation lies in your love
My salvation lies in your love
In your love
In your love"
God knows about teenage girl hormones, he knows about the temptations we face but we are NEVER EVER without love, he is always there for us. And we can't jump the gun on relationships, they have to be on his timing, for his glory and as hard as that is for me....I know that it's gonna be AMAZING in the long run.
8 comments:
i tottaly understand...
not really.
haha but im a boy.
peace
_buddy
yay for teenage hormones!
God's timing, his glory
Ahmen to that!
I totally agree and understand about the Valentine's Day thing especially watching "You've Got Mail" and the ice cream bit.
who needs boys?!
no...I take that back. But what you say about jumping the gun on relationships is completely true.
you're right, timing is everything. while most think that their perfect guy has to be here and now, the wait for him and the timing of when he comes always makes everything uch better.
just today i was feeling the effects of sad, lonely, teenage girl syndrome, but this blog reminded me taht God has got it and has all of our needs in his control.
I'm so glad you wrote this!
It really is so easy to think "what's wrong with me?" when you don't have a boyfriend, especially in high school. But the truth is that nothing is wrong with us, God has someone SPECIFICALLY picked out for each one of us!!! Now that's an encouraging thought!
to have a successful relationship you have to be completely comfortable and accepting of yourself, because you have to become comfortable and accepting of that person and their acceptance of you
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