Saved and Single

A little something I found a few years ago. It is for all my single friends out there!!!


Saved & Single- Author

What makes you think that just because
I am an Attractive woman of Godly intelligence
That I'm incomplete without a mate?
Who told you that without a man
Something's missingFrom my life?
And if so,
What would that be?
Love?
I love myself
And more importantly
I love the Lord
He told me that when I delight in Him,
He will give me the desires of my heart
Security?
I have everything I need according to His riches in glory.
Intimacy?
Now, how's a man going to get to know me
When he doesn't even know who he is in the Lord
See my Father told me I'm above a ruby's worth
And a gem does not seek
It is soughtI'm single and that's all right with me
See,it's not that I oppose relationships
It's that I detest co-dependency
As a womanI know it is not my role
To chase after any man
Esther 2:14 reads That I am to wait on my king and when he's delighted in me.
He will call me by my name.
My Lord does not intend for me to be needy or desperate.
I am to be Cherished, Relished, Valued, and Honored,
It's not my job to convince him
Or Convict him of that,
My mate will already know it
And consistently show it
And he will stay on his knees daily
Not just to adore me
But to praise the Lord for
The virtuous woman he has found
So, when you see me by myself
I'm not alone
I know what I have coming to me
I'm single and saved, and right now that's all I need to be!

Being Equipped

I was listening to the radio on the way home, and the lady on the radio had a great quote I thought I would share.

"God does not call the equipped, he equips the called"

So many times we think we cannot do what God has called us to do, because we are not equipped. However, God really calls you to do exactly what he wants you to do, then he equips you to do what he has called you to do.

Why one should not wear baggie pants!

Friday most of my students were gone on a field trip. I had a few in one class and they were playing the card game spoons, but using markers. They were being pretty aggresive with this game. At one point, there were about 4 girls playing and 2 boys. Someone grabs a marker, and for some reason, they just don't grab a marker, the boys dive into the middle. They are both small boys, thankfully. One of them dives and then the other goes in. Well in the process of diving, he lost his pants!!! Thankfully not boxers! However no one else realizes except for me and another student who are watching from a distance. He is laying on the ground with his butt in the air for approximately 30 sec, finally I have to call his name, and ask him to PLEASE pull up his pants!!! He was rather embarrassed, but I informed him, that is why we wear close that are our size, not 4 sizes to large!!!

This has been a really good week! My grandmother had knee replacement surgery on Thursday, and is doing good. She is suppose to get out tomorrow! Please pray for fast recovery and for her coaches to have patience as O.P.S. is something she is diagnosed with (by her family at least)!!!

Love

This week God has been teaching me about loving others the way he loves them. As I reflect on the week I realize he has been teaching me this, it was not clear however, until tonight at church. Butch preached about Love. It was about allowing God to love you and loving others. God is teaching me how to love some of my students. Some are super sweet and easy to love, but others not so much. God is teaching me how to love them. I am sure many have parents who love them by allowing them to do what they want or don't love them at all. I have had one student this week ask me several times if I love him, "the way you love your students" as he said. I always answer with of course I love you, and he says, thanks, I love you too. Coming from him, that means a lot. As he appears and acts like a "hoodrat". I also have another student who went through a lot in August as a friend was killed. The way he deals with this, is he acts like he is King of the World. You know deep down, he is hurting, and there is nothing you can do. I have a lot of trouble loving him sometimes because he thinks he is "King of the World", and always has that attitude. At church tonight, God put it on my heart, that I need to work on loving this child and praying for him, as this is an act because he is hurting.

At church, Butch went over 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8a "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

If you really stop and think about this and what it means, it is hard to have this kind of love. I love when it says "Love is not rude", I had to stop and think, Cara this means when someone is rude to you, you cannot be rude back! That is NOT love.

I know this might seem like a lot of rambling (it is after midnight), but as Christians we are called to love all, we don't get to pick who we want to show love too.