Oh lover of my soul

                                            Well, I'm just gonna dive in.....
What's been on my heart lately as I try to press into what God has in store for me and just get to know Him on a  deeper level is His love for me, how good He is to me and He only wants the best for me!
Like it says here,  "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations."Jerimiah 1:5 And in 1 Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."

We are a Chosen by GOD, and FOR GOD. And the point I'm trying to get out here is that I see so many people looking for love in all the wrong places, through boyfriends/girlfriends who are completely wrong for them but they just want to feel loved! (Or drugs...Don't even get me started on drugs I'm about ready to knock a sucka out over that crap...But that's for another time.) Or they see that "everyone" else has someone so...why shouldn't they?

Well, let me tell you my conviction on this:

You are worth so much to God! You don't need to worry about dating so that you can "know what you like in a guy/girl  He knows what you need in a husband/wife even if you don't, and before you even need to start thinking about dating, you need to get right with God so that when He does bring that perfect person into your life you'll be ready! So that you both can walk side by side pursueing God!
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Theres no need to waste your "teenage years" with a broken heart because you went after what you knew wasn't right for you! And God can heal you of the pain of past ralationships; He wants to make you WHOLE. He wants to heal you of whatever pain, regret, or guilt you may have gotten from dating.

"Behold I am making all things new!"


Walk in the confidence that God knows what he's doing, He is God after all. He'll bring the perfect person into your life at the perfect time and it will be beautiful.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jerimiah 29:11 <3

Life, It has some lamesauce problems.

                           Sometimes having problems in your life is like kayaking.

 Kayaking is stinkin' hard, there, I said it! It takes so much upper body strength, it's almost not funny.

Sometimes in life we're struggling, asking God to help saying, "Why God? Can you please help me!" And he says, in a still small voice, "My dear, I've given you what you need to overcome this, I've given you my Word, my Presence and my Holy Spirit. I will guide you home"

 
Kayaking is so much like this it's not funny! I was struggling to get back to where I needed to be.
But I looked down and realized, "Duh Bekah! You have the stinkin' paddle! You have what you need to get home! Just use what you were given!

Ahh, I love that God gives us reminders like this, it's pretty cool how he works.

And we know that God causes everything to work together^[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28

And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” Revelation 21:5

Will I really follow you?

"I will follow you" Such an easily said statement, but so tricky. How many people really follow through with it? In reality, following gets harder as your mind becomes more cluttered. With more and more things taking your time and stressing you out, all the worries of this life, and the "perfectly" scheduled days, do you ever really take the time to sit down, listen, and ask God, "Where are you taking me? Where do you want me to go, I will follow you"?  It's something that's been on my heart lately. Am I letting this world and all it's distractions take away from the relationship I know God wants me to have with him? Am I saying, "Sorry God , I love you, I really do, but I'm a bit busy right now, I'll get to you later." It might hurt a little to think about, but let me encourage you to get off your bum and really, and I mean REALLY..."Follow after God" Well this sums up my heart, in the last few weks, I hope that this may have opened your eyes, or kicked you just hard enough in the bum, to get up, and "Follow" (: