The Waiting

Scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I came across an acquaintances post about here marriage adventure (what I like to call it). I was taking a break from work, so I took the time to listen to her story and hear her heart. As I listened to what was being shared, I began to realize that I wasn’t alone in the way I viewed dating and where God had called me to be at that point in my life. SOooooo past/over American dating, I was content with waiting for THE ONE. After I watched my friend’s video what happened next…well I wasn’t exactly prepared for it. The written part of her blog showed their wedding date, but what I read was September 2015, which had me confused because they were already married (September 2012). Immediately I knew the meaning of what I saw and in that moment I felt The Lord touch my belly as though he had planted something in me and I just began to weep. Not like a “oh that’s cute” kinda weep…more like an “I need to go hide in the bathroom cause this is gonna be an ugly cry” lol. But for real, I found myself crying uncontrollably in the bathroom stall of my workplace.  As I was crying The Lord began to show me just what he had planted in my heart that day. Finally I had to ask HIM “Who in the world could you possibly have in mind?” I had no prospects and there was absolutely no one back at home or that I grew up with that I would ever consider or think of so…who?? All the while I had been crying like a baby, another lady had been in the restroom and started to leave, but came back and asked me if I were ok. As much as I could say, I let her know I was fine. She then said,  “Ma’am I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m praying for you”. Those simple words brought so much peace to my heart. Overwhelmed with what I knew The Lord spoke to me that day, I did my best to not figure out who, where, how or exactly when….I just waited.