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Forever Alone?

"Yes, I know what plans I have in mind for you, Yahweh declares, plans for peace, not for disaster, to give you future and hope." - Jeremiah 29, 11. 


Being single is something that could be hard I know that pretty well, because I have been single almost my entire life, during my early years I never felt concern about me being single, I spent my life mostly learning and sharing my life with my family and friends, and I was really happy. But as time goes by, seen loving relationships around sooner or later makes you ask, when will be my turn? 

This long waiting makes me feel sad sometimes, I know that allow that my thoughts makes me felt ashamed of being single is not good I remember a book I read last year:  Beautiful Uncertainty by Mandy Hale. Specially the chapter "God's Heart for Single Women" made me realize that I shouldn't feel sad or ashamed, being single now is God's will.

God wants that I wait a little more, and as Mandy Hale beautifully said: "Waiting does not diminish us... The longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy. Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along."

At the end of the "God's Heart for Single Women" chapter I found a beautiful prayer, that I would like to share today: 

"God, help me to walk through the beautiful uncertainty of my singleness
with peace and hope and joy, knowing Your will is better than mine,
Your timing is better than mine, 
and whether I am single for a season or for a lifetime,
You will be by my side every step of the way."

I love that prayer because it reminds me that I should live my singleness with peace, hope and joy, with the certainty that God has a beautiful plan for me, I just need to trust Him and accept His will even when that means being single for a lifetime, because that doesn't mean I am alone, God is always by my side. 

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