The One

       Do you believe there is someone for everyone? With over 7 billion people in this world (as of Oct. 2011), I'm sure we all would like to believe it. But is it true? Dating sites have made a living telling people that is someone out there for everyone, and that their soul mate is just a click away. Not that I'm bashing matchmaker sites, but is that just wishful thinking?


      We all secretly want want a big, romantic love story, don't we? We want to believe that there is that one perfect person in the world that God made just for us, someone that we will walk side by side with until our final days; our soul mate.

    Now maybe it's just me, but don't we all just want someone to tell us "we're the one"? To have another person choose you to be with them, and them with you. Now, this clip may seem a bit cheesy, but take a look at what I mean.

        
      
      What do you think about all of this? Do you think there is someone for everyone? How does your faith influence your opinion of soul mates?   I'd LOVE to hear what you think!

PS- check out my friend Bre's blog. She goes along with this idea in her post Fairy Tale Love.

Faithfully

Dear Future Husband,


       I've been thinking a lot about you over the last couple of days. I can only imagine who you are, where you are and what you may be doing. I may not know any of those things, but God does. And right now, that's good enough for me.

     I came across a song today that makes me think about you even more. It's called Faithfully. When I read the words of this song, I couldn't help thinking that it was written just for us! It's so beautiful. The sections of the song that I have listed below are what I think about when you're on my mind.

Tonight I saw a shooting star,

Made me wonder where you are.

For years I have been dreaming of you,

And I wonder if you're think of me, too.

But I have longed for true love every day that I have lived,

And I know real love is all about learning how to give.

So I pray that God will bring you to me,

 And I pray you'll find me waiting faithfully.

CHORUS

Faithfully, I am yours

From now until forever.

Faithfully, I will write, 

Write you a love song with my life.

'Cause this kind of love's worth waiting for

No matter how long it takes.

I am yours.

Faithfully

But I will keep believing that God still has a plan. 

And though I cannot see you now, I know that He can,

And someday I will give you all of me.

Until I find you, I'll be waiting faithfully.

I'll be waiting faithfully for you,

Your future wife,

(You)Tube Tusesday

Yes, I'm going to show you a couple videos today. 
And no, I couldn't think of a better name for this post than "(You)Tube Tuesday"!!


              My sister (aka. my biggest blog fan!) actually sent me this first video. It's a Terri Clarke music video for her song "The One." I'm not a huge country-music fan, but I gotta say - it's a pretty good tune. Have a listen! The lyrics are posted here.

              This next video I absolutely love! I saw a post on facebook of this guy on a friend's wall a couple weeks ago, watched it, and LOVED it! So then I watched more of his videos, and found this little jewel. He's hilarious! Take a look & enjoy! Here is "Ten Ways to Get the RIGHT Guy to Like You."

Happy "(You)Tube Tuesday" fellow single gals (and not-so-single gals)! Hope these videos help brighten your day!!!

Letter to My Future Husband

Dear Future Husband,
      
       My love. I have no idea who you may be, where you may live or what you may do. Maybe we'll meet 5 years down the road, maybe we met in grade school, or maybe we'll meet one day at Chapters in the autobiography section (wishful thinking!) - who knows! But I do know this: I love you. I love you to the very core of my being, and I think about you often. I think about our life together, our marriage, our family - I can't wait until we are together! I am so thankful that you will one day be in my life; you are the answer to my prayers. God is so faithful. He is writing the beautiful love story that we will one day be able to call our own. He has the pen, all we need to do is be patient and wait for His timing.
    
        While being single can cause much loneliness and heartache, I am thinking of you and our "one-day" future together. It's so easy to dwell on what we don't have in our lives, especially a significant other, but I thank God that He has a time and a place when we will meet - maybe we already have (and if we have, I pray that God revels you to me in His own time) - and I take great comfort in knowing that He is using my singleness to prepare and mold me into the woman who will one day be your wife.

       I don't know where you are today, but I'm praying for you, as I do everyday.  I pray that you use this time to become a man of honour, and one who will one day become the leader of our household. I hope that you are living your life in a way that is pleasing to our Father, for that will determine the kind of man, husband and father you are going to become.


I love you yesterday, today and forever.


Your future wife, 

Singleness & The Church

          This past semester at school I had to write an independent study paper on the topic of my choice and how it relates to sociology (and really, if you know sociology, EVERYTHING relates to it!) So I chose to look at singleness, as this was a topic that greatly interested me (thus, where the blog came out of; I found I had a lot to say about the subject that didn't necessarily relate to the class - so, here we are!). I studied some articles that looked at singleness and the church, and I came across this article that was entitled Choosing Celibacy by Marcy Hintz. Here's a quote from the article:

       

           “Christians are familiar with Scriptures such as Matthew 19, where Jesus speaks of "eunuchs" who have "renounced marriage because of the kingdom of heaven," or 1 Corinthians 7, where Paul writes, "It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am." Singles, Paul said, are "concerned about the Lord's affairs—how [they] can please the Lord." Evangelical pastors justify the celibate life with those passages, but hardly ever promote it as a desirable calling.” 
 

        

            I just thought that this was such an interesting statement. We find the Apostle Paul to be a strong advocator of the 'single life', and the church teaches this, but do we really believe it? Do you find the church celebrates and promotes marriage (and family) more than singleness?

How do you take this statement? Do you agree? Disagree?

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!!!

**UPDATE - If you are looking for some further posts on this subject????
\You should check out what Becca has to say at My Life as a Christian Single in her post A Message to the Church on how to Care for Your Singles - it's really great.

Follow Your Heart?

      I had a conversation with a friend today. We chatted about life, school, relationships - you know, girl stuff!! As we discussed the future, she simply said that she had no idea what was upcoming for her, that when she got to the next stage of her life, she would just  follow her heart.

     I thought about that all day today. Follow your heart? Our hearts are so fragile and house all our inner desires. Can they really be that reliable? I think of a verse from Proverbs which says

"Above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." (Proverbs 4:23)

     
       Our hearts are the core of our being; our true selves. This verse just confirms the idea of how precious our hearts are, not only to us, but to God. They are so special, that God warns to keep it safe from harm. But, then I think of a verse I learned in Awana (kid's club) as a kid, which didn't make sense until I was much older.

"The heart is decietful above all things and desperatly wicked, who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)

         Can we trust our hearts? Our hearts can be fooled, lied to, tricked into thinking thinks that are untrue. My favourite quote in this regard is from the movie Fireproof  (if you haven't seen it yet, it's wonderful! I highly recommend it for anyone - married or not). Watch the clip below to see what I mean (if you don't have much time, skip to 2:45, near the end of the clip).

"And don't just follow your heart, man, 'cause your heart can be deceived. But you've got to lead your heart."

           With those words, I leave you now. How true they are. I think decisions are made with your head leading your heart; with God leading you in the direction He wants you to follow.