First come love. I
will meet Mr. Right and we will fall hopelessly in love. We will save our first kiss until our wedding
and will be the most happy and perfect couple that you have ever seen. He will lovingly tease me and we will laugh
together all of the time. I will bake him
cookies and he will call his sweet.
Then he will pop the question. He will have asked my dad’s permission, will
get down on one knee, and will use my full name. Rebekah will be hiding in the background to
capture the entire thing on film. It
will be a complete surprise.
Then comes marriage, preferably in the golden fall. I will be 21.
It will be a small affair with close friends and family in my parent’s
back yard under the big walnut tree. My
father will be the preacher and my sister will be my maid of honor. Instead of a wedding cake, I will help my mom
make a gigantic strawberry pie.
Next comes the happily ever after. A little home just down the road from my
parents with a wraparound porch and a beautiful view of the forest. We will have a Border Collie named Charlie, two
boys named Elijah and Josiah, two girls named Esther and Naomi, and several
adopted children. We will grow old
together.
Yes, these are my dreams that I have made for myself in all
of their glory.
The problem is that
they are my dreams, not God’s plans.
King Solomon plainly states that, “A man’s heart deviseth
his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.” Proverbs 16:9.
But, there is hope!
King David offered words of encouragement when he wrote, “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he
shall give thee the desires of thine heart” Psalms 37:4.
While there is no knight in shining armor riding his brave
steed over the horizon, I know that the Creator of the universe, the one who
knows the name of the furthest star that twinkles in the night sky and knows
when the smallest sparrow falls to the ground.
The master of the world who paints the sunrises and the sunsets across
the horizon with breath taking purple and pink hues. He is the one who created my heart and He is
the one who created this dream and placed it in my heart. He knows when my prince charming will come
galloping over the horizon on his brave white steed, and until that day, He is
the one who will hold my heart. He is
the one who will fulfill me, even after my Mr. Right sweeps me off of my
feet. He is my first love. He is the one who created me, knowing full
well exactly when these dreams will come true and I know that it will be in His
impeccably perfect timing. I can rest in
peace knowing that He is in full control of my future and not myself.
Thank God.
