Last night I saw a very interesting play with a friend of mine entitled "The Lawd Done Sent Me a Man". I think the title speaks for itself so I won't go into a play-by-play, but the bottom line message was that it's important for women to wait on what the Lord has in store for them instead of trying to go out and get it for themselves. I can honestly say that my life is a living testimony of how true that is because what I went out and found for myself in the past has definitely left much to be desired..lol.
But the play and it's concept got me to thinking...as much as we single chicks dream about having that special man in our lives, would we even recognize what the Lord sent to us if it showed up? In the play, the man that was meant for the main character had a terrible stutter and seemed out of the realm of what she was used to dating. He had been coming around for three years and not once did she even consider him because he didn't fit the mold of what she thought was best for her. How many of us have passed up the not so attractive men who were nice and respectful, only to go after the "fine" men who were not always so polite and had player tendencies?
As women, we usually have a general idea in our head as to what we are looking for in a man, but we tend to seek out what we want based on the package that we think it should come in. This often leads us down the path of no return, running behind some good for nothing guy who just strings us along and adds us to his pack of other "honies", none of which he has any intention of doing right by. While in the meantime, the nice, good guy who has our best interests at heart gets pushed by the wayside in our pursuit to be with the handsome and carismatic playa.
I firmly believe that it is our thoughts and desires that send people and things into our lives because God strives to give us the desires of our hearts. That is why it's so important to be careful what you wish for because if you head isn't right when you are making the wish, you will likely get just what you asked for...and a boatload of trouble and heart-ache right along with it!
I am guilty of this too. In my moments of weakness I wished for stuff that I knew I had no business asking for and then reaped what I sowed after the fact. But as I grow, I'm learning that we can't expect to have what we want in our lives before we have a clear understanding as to what it is we actually NEED and what we know through prayer is actually BEST for us.
I'm still on my journey towards this, but I figure at some point, I'll get it right!!!! :)
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