A Customized love
I am the product of teenage sweethearts. Although my parents didn’t have me until they were in their 30s, my parents met when they were 16 and 19. The undoubtable belief that I, too, would meet my spouse young whether in grade school or college was a no brainer. However, as we all know by now, that could not be farther from the truth. Although the enemy tried to turn me into a pessimist, God has reinstated my love for love and the belief that love can happen ANYWHERE, ANY PLACE, and ANY TIME that God deems fit.
Along with restoring my love for love, God restored my enjoyment of watching and reading stories about love, especially young love. However, from time to time, when watching tv or reading about this trope, I become wistful. The last time this happened I began to wonder why? I realized that I subconsciously gave different love stories a hierarchy. Although all love is beautiful, high school and college sweethearts were the cream of the crop for me. God hit me with the revelation that I become wistful because I doubt He’ll provide me with a love as special as young love; I doubt it won’t surpass my wildest dreams. God reminded me that if I take delight in Him, He will give me the desires of my heart (Psalm 37:4). He reminded me that He cares for me and He provides for me (Matthew 6:25-33). He reminded me how He blessed a Moabite woman, a woman of descent Israelites were not allowed to marry, with Boaz because she turned to Him and worshiped Him. He said, “If I did that for Ruth, what makes you think that I won’t do it for you?” Moreover, there are several stories of God fulfilling his daughters’ wildest dreams, like Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah and Esther.
This world is full of conflicting beliefs. When young people date, there is a multitude of backlash; when 30-year-olds are single, there is a multitude of backlash. I constantly have to work on destroying cultural concepts and ideas and replacing them with scripture. From scripture, I discovered that God customizes our blessings uniquely for each of us. My love story won’t be like my friends’, my brother’s or even my parent’s; it will be perfectly designed for me if I just trust in Him.
Therefore, our affirmation for today is:
If I take delight in the LORD, “He will give [me my] heart’s desires” (Psalm 37:4, NLT).
