Getting Real by Amy

It occured to me yesterday as I dialogued with a single blogger friend that I'm not the only one "in waiting". Mine may be for a child and hers for the husband she longs to know...but however different these struggles may be, they are equally painful. The not knowing can be the hardest part of any situation.  If you aren't single, don't leave yet!!! I'm hoping you can help in a sec.  A bit of the email:

...don't think that just because there is no one in your "every day world" right now that it means that God isn't working on it. At 27, I remember thinking that "all the good ones were surely gone" and there was no one in my current environment that I would ever consider as potential to marry. On a whim, I applied for a job in Bham, AL even though I was living in Dallas, TX, did a phone interview, and when I got the job, I packed up a Uhaul and was off...didn't know anything about what "tomorrow" would hold, which was very unlike me. 

Within six months, I had met, gotten to know, and married DW. I went fromnothing to everything in a mind-spinning short time. DW has said the same thing...he didn't know how he was ever going to meet the one and then one day an email with a resume came through that changed his life. 
I know it's hard when people around you are getting married and having babies and their lives seem to click and yours is a mystery. Just remember, God can change everything in a nano-second.

By the end of the email to encourage her, I realized that God was telling me to turn that statement about how "He can change everything in a nano-second" riiiiight back on myself. I haven't been living my life like I really believe that as I struggle through my battle with infertility. Again, I'm a work in progress. 

It suddenly occured to me that I'd love for people to tell their stories of when God seemed far or His plan unclear and then they had the CLICK moment where it all comes together and you realize His plan wasn't just there all along, it was a dang good one. I figure we've all had a different journey and each of us has a moment like this we could potentially share to minister to others.  The "Wow, God...I get it" moment. 

I need encouragement today. I want others to be encouraged today.  I'm hoping for real moments of clarity from real people: the things you wish someone had said to you. Things someone did saythat helped. Maybe even the things you wished people hadn't said to you.  Your experiences about finally finding the One, marriages that have survived despite the odds, miracle pregnancies, unexpected job opportunities. I'm confident your story has the power to minister to someone else today.

I've attached one of those McLinky things below. If you'll put your struggle: "Job Woes", "Single Forever", whatever best explains what you went through and what God taught you through it.  Hopefully this will help other readers with similar current issues find you. If you think that you have readers that would like to participate and share, I'd love it if you'd send them over. I'm hoping the more transparent we all are...the more we can help each other do this crazy thing called life.


Crdt to Amy