In No Longer An Audience of One and Was I Right?, I explained that I wanted to go back through some of my BigChurch blog posts, linking to them and/or inserting portions of them here, while adding post-David (i.e. after meeting and marrying David) perspectives and commentary and answering the question, was I right?
So without further ado...
On 4/9/2006, I wrote Why I'm Still Single...At 48!, my second post on my BigChurch blog.
As I go back and read this post, I'm amazed at how bold and confident I was in saying this:
Do you want to know the REAL reason I'm still single? Because I haven't met my David yet! It's as simple as that!
God has a plan for my life, and in that plan--already established before the foundations of the earth--is the provision for everything I need to carry out His will and His purposes for my life. And if that includes a mate--and it does!--then it's not about IF I find someone; it's about WHEN I find THE ONE who will propel me into the next chapter in my life without needing to rewrite the book.
As I said in my profile, I've spent much time on the potter's wheel. I've been in preparation for many years...for ministry AND for marriage. The Lord has been working me over BIG TIME!
So when the person He has chosen for me comes into my life, He's not going to, all of a sudden, throw out everything He's been progressively doing in my life and take me in a completely different direction. That's absurd. Will there be changes? Absolutely! I expect that. Will I need to make adjustments? Of course! But the basic work or theme of what He has been doing in my life for the past 27 years will NOT be re-worked or cast aside, merely added onto and further expanded.
So how will one know if he's my David? It will be revealed to him by the Holy Spirit. I absolutely believe that...just like it'll be revealed to me and confirmed in my own heart. And all the various critical pieces of our personalities and our purposes will divinely fit together. No doubt!
Do you know how, when you are working a jigsaw puzzle, you may search and search to find a place for the puzzle piece in your hand, but it will only fit in one place? That's the way I believe it will be with the one I've been waiting on all these years.
Why am I still single? Just haven't found the one I fit with yet!
Was I right? YES! Amazingly...exactly...on every point...YES!
So, why didn't I get married until I was 49? It took that long to meet my David! Was he worth the wait? As one of my favorite politicians says, You betcha! :-)
Are there things in your heart you believe the Lord has clearly revealed to you? Hang onto them. Don't be afraid to boldly speak of them. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matt 12:34). And, "delight thyself also in the Lord and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart." (Ps. 37:4).
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