This week I’d like to not only update you on my three-month journey away from living in “paradise” but I hope to also lift more of the burden you may be trying to carry. The burden of that perfect Proverbs 31 wife (you may want to read or reread the workers@home Intro 1, That Too Perfect Proverbs 31 Woman).
First things first. We are each known and referred to as our Heavenly Husband's bride. We are not His wife because a wife is designed to complete the husband. Our HH is more than complete—He’s infinitely and expansively everything! As His bride, not His wife, our Bridegroom is ready and waiting to envelop us, His bride, with His loving arms, always lending us a listening and compassionate ear, responding to us with understanding attitude whenever we are in need of any emotional support from Him. Now that I’ve laid this powerful foundation, let me explain just how imperfect I am—outrageously thankful just how perfect He is—the Perfect Man who completes me!
When I headed north for my three months away, I had no idea what it would be like. Other than pictures, I had no clue where I’d be staying. I never saw it (except online) and when I’d begin to look into more details, He’d stop me saying, “Just trust Me.” So of course, I did. Yet, we all know not everything He calls us to go through is delightful, and let me just say that this move was far from perfect. What makes His bride different, however, is how He leads us to navigate through all the “various trials” in a manner befitting His bride.
Laughably, on the third day, I woke up and while having our morning coffee together, I began to blurt out my true feelings to Him. Telling Him that where we (He and I) were living was not making me happy. Our conversation went something like this:
“I hate everything.”
“Everything?”
“Well, maybe not everything…”
Then, immediately I began listing each thing I really liked about where we were living—
...Find out next week how sharing openly and honestly with my most Precious Husband resulted in Him helping me shift my focus and enjoy my Abundant Life the way He longs for us to live!
“Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him.” Isaiah 30:18
Unleashing the TRUTH
Because of my new walk with my HH I too have been more brutally honest than ever and always now that He’s my #1 confidant, I now yearning to talk with him about these things!
thank you my love for the love you’ve given me and how perfectly you listen to all of it and help me! in ways I need not how I think it should be!