For Singles Only

When I was single, like most singles I hoped to get married one day.  At some point, I began to pray for my future wife, even before I knew who she was.

I prayed that she would have all the characteristics I wanted in a wife.  The list was long and the bar set high.

One day while praying for my future wife a thought hit me, a thought I am convinced was from the Lord.  Thoughts so piercing and objective about ourselves rarely originate from within.

The thought was that instead of praying that my wife would have all the characteristics I wanted in a woman, I needed to begin praying the Lord would make me the kind of man worthy of the kind of woman for which I was praying. Continue reading “For Singles Only”