He who finds a virtuous woman!!

Hey all, I know that it has been a while, but I write when God moves, it has nothing to do with me. I would rather write everyday and while God is apparent in my life everyday, he does not ask me to journal and blog to you everyday. I obey when I am sure he is sending a message.

First, this was inspired by 3 things 2 of which are coincidental, one of which did not apply until after the 2 coincidences brought these truths together. A few days ago, a friend and I were having a conversation about ending consecrations and what is to come after. I voiced my thoughts that I had previous to my growth. I thought I would end up in a previous situation again after I got it right with the LORD!! Yes Yes! Well my friend did not hestitate to voice their opinion. "I do not understand, you ladies are amazing women, but these "dudes" you guys choose, I don't get it. I have to believe it's just something that i can't see!"

I thought about it for a second, and then responded with this," After each relationship you enter without God, you lose a few more standards and you gain a few more insecurities. After a while your prefences are shot to hell and by then you just want a nice guy, a guy that was better than the last." Well that happened and the conversation ceased. However I have to reopen the case for discussion.

Second, a few days before that I stayed home one evening to read Proverbs 31, the famous "Virtuous Woman". I decided to study this and apply. Well shortly after My wonderful discipler said "Noooo don't do that, this book I am having you guys read is about it, it's sheds a light on it, so you won;t feel overwhelmed." So I obtained the booklet and started working on it. Well this very morning I started with Day 2, and it taught me that we should not remember and dwell on our sins, forget the past and move forward, the truth is that we are virtuous women, and the lies are that we must live in guilt and condemnation." We should not let Satan make us live in failure and shortcomings everyday, we just have to pick ourselves up and say "Hey I am a virtuous woman, thank you Lord for forgiving me and now I have to see myself as you see me and keep it moving."

Now they all come together.

Dear Friend,

The reason we as human beings end up in relationships that are not befitting of who we are in Christ is because we don't see ourselves as who we are in Christ. We live in the guilt and condemnation of our past relationships and we see ourselves as the mutated souls that appear in the mirrors that Satan holds up to us. We compare our choices to the last choice instead of comparing our choices to who God is and who we are in God. Everytime something fails we should look to the next opportunity in comparison to Jesus. We are righteous in the blood of our saviour. The truth is we are shopping for better threads in the same thrift store when God wants to give us the finest materials from the finest shops. (No disrespect to thrift stores, this is completely analogical, I looove Buffalo Exchange) But I digress. Anyway my friend the truth is we choose based off of what we think we deserve based on our past failures when God wants to give us BETTER and MORE than we deserve based off of who he sees us as in Christ. We just get it wrong and that's the bottom line.We have to live in the kingdom and ditch our own preferences and while God provides choices to us from the kingdom, our only responsibility is to connect with the person that is kindred to us, the person that could very well share the same soul. The person that gets our humor, our personality, our moods, our quirks. But they must come from the kingdom, nothing else will do. We almost must not look at our past or theirs as God has forgiven them and does not see them based on their past shortcomings, and he does not see us that way either. He sees us as virtuous women and men of God, we just need to allow God to bring us the person who sees THEMSELVES that way, then we know we found something. So my dear, insightful friend, the truth is not that we see something that you can't see, you see us in truth while we see ourselves in lies. You see us as virtuous women, and we ouselves in the mirror that Satan puts in front of us. You see that we can have much better choices, and we choose to make choices that are just a little bit better than the last, which always leaves us in a grave of condemnation and shame. Thank you for playing your part in God's message as the missionary that you are!

In Love Cherbear!