NO TITLE, JUST REAL TALK....

First and foremost, I want to commend the member of our team that stepped out of her box of expertize  (she is the executive graphic images consultant) and said " I want to write something." When she first made the comment,  I hesitated for a minute and said really??? Not because I had any doubts about her abilities but because she has sooo much inside of her, that I didn't know if she would be able to get it all out in such a way that she wanted. Sometimes things get lost in translation. But she did a remarkable job and we are all so proud... You will be hearing more from her and the single woman's perspective in the future.
In reading her blog, the responses were overwhelming.  Some comments were made publicly to the post and others were sent privately. Not surprisingly, some stories were similar but with different characters. I generally try and respond to each comment but this time I realized that I have to make a statement to all,  collectively.  This may be a two-part series.  Firstly, I wanted to address the fear we have to trust God with everything.   Fear to leave.  Fear to wait.  Fear of being alone.  We may know in our hearts we are deserving of something better but we tend not to trust God's timing of deliverance.  The story of the children of Israel is similar to some single woman of today. We can take a 40 yr journey to arrive at 10 day destination.  Only because have to rid ourselves of the Egyptian ways and thoughts and practices before we can be delivered a complete vessel worthy for the Master's use into our promised land.  What I mean by Egyptian ways are the mistrust, bitterness, unforgiveness  and any other negative emotion that we picked up in our past relationships and we continue to carry around like a Hermes Birkin's bag long after he has moved on, married and living a you-free life.

Conviction

I love how she used the disinfect your self analogy. Absolutely. Use bleach if you have to. The only pure bleach is indeed going to our Lord and Savior Jesus.  I am not one to compromise my belief. Always keeping it real.  I will tell you this is not what I heard, this is what I know.  Yes, me.  Years ago I was the woman in those anonymous comments.  I was raised in church.  Lost my virginity before marriage, yes me. Had children out of wedlock, me again. Lived in sin with my "baby daddy'', yes me.  Convicted when I went to church on Sunday morning after having an amazing Saturday night with him playing wife.  Hello, here I am again.
As I try to be a little transparent I want you to know that when I came off the fence and took the tearful and scary stance to trust the God my mom prays to. The God my grandmother sang to. To get to know Him in the true essence for myself, my world changed. The pains of everything fell off like bound chains.  It didn't happen over night either;  but in the process it happened.  I started on my knees, weak and broken in pain, completely lost. The next place I remember finding myself  was in a place of peace and purpose. Looking back wiping my brow and turning quickly forward to the new possibilities.

No Longer on the fence

The Peace in Prayer 

I am sharing to encourage and empower you to have faith and trust in what God has for your life.  We here at TDOaRW want you to do what God tells you to do.. Know that He loves you and there is purpose for you. In Jeremiah 29:11 it is written For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope And you will seek me Me and find Me when you search Me with all your heart. 
We are not done yet but we just want you to meditate and chew on that for a bit...
Until next week ( I told you it's a two-part series) just a morsel from the desk of a real wife..........