Tiffany's Page

My younger brother, by six years, got engaged! It was the cutest story yet and will have lots of good pictures and great stories about it (he proposed in a grocery story...on purpose)! :) I was excited for them! *Sigh* He find somebody that quickly and here I am still single! I had heard it all from everyone! "Just wait on the Lord." "God has someone special for you." "Some people were just meant to be single." "Not everyone was meant to be married." "Don't let your desire to become married become an idol." "I thought you would be married before your brother." That last one really hurts and I keep hearing it over and over. The day after my brother and his fiance were engaged, I had melt down and couldn't stop crying. I was feeling hurt and sorry for myself. Thankfully, my mom and I were able to talk about it. She set me straight, told me I was being selfish and to get my "game-face" on. (I'm going to have to make a whole other blog on "The Game-Face" lol) She told me to pray and take all my worries, doubts, and burdens to God. I was a little taken back, but it was just the exhortation I needed. That night, my mom came across "Get Married" on the internet and ordered it for me. My whole perspective and life changed because of it! I'm not quite done with the book yet...I'm taking my time, trying to absorb all that I can (and I'll probably end up reading it several more times!). I'm am starting to pray boldly, doubting God has someone for me has not been a part of my thinking, I view and talk with my guy friends a lot differently, I don't shy away if someone brings up the idea of meeting a "friend" for dinner, as well as many other things! I love the Lord and know that He is truly in control. I think I needed to get to this point to learn to grow into the godly woman (and hopefully soon to be a wife) that someone would love to serve God together with!