You pray and wait and pray and wait and pray for God to send that special man into your life. You have been faithful to God. You go to church every Sunday, and you never missed a prayer meeting or bible study. You honestly feel that you’re ready to exchange those vows. So, what’s the hold up? Well, would I be too bold to throw this Scripture out there?
“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:26 KJV
I’m not telling you to go out on a man hunt, but look at it from this perspective. What do you do besides work and church? Are you involved in your community? Or do you get caught in the home-work-church-home cycle? My point? Get out there, get involved, and meet new people. Expand your social circle. You can pray all day long and ask God to send your husband, but if you only limit Him to your home-work-church-home cycle, you’re not helping Him and you’re definitely not helping yourself. Yes, I know. God can work miracles. He does not need our help, and nothing is impossible for Him. But I’m learning that 85% of the time, God is waiting on us to act (stepping out on faith) so He can do the impossible.
Now keep in mind, I did not tell you to go out looking specifically for a date. Just get out there and meet new people, and naturally the dates will come.
- Take an art class
- Volunteer
- Go to the gym
- Go visit a museum regularly
- Go to that local sports event
- Host a monthly pot luck at your place
Do something different!
~ Crystal
You definently got to think out of the box to meet people. Because it’s taught in every church going to the club is bad! That’s the no.1 place where people meet, so since that’s off the list, where does one go? You made some pretty good suggestions. I would also add houseparties and vacation areas such as ski trips and cruises. People meet in extraordinary ways.
You definitely have to get up, get out, and do something. It’s unrealistic to wait on love and wait on God to send you love. What a wonderful post!
Thanks, Rasia!
I’ve been in some singles ministries that believe you literally wait on God to pop a husband right in front of you. They believe that it has to be strictly God acting in the matchmaking. They discourage you taking in any part of it and that is very unrealistic. God is very practical. He won’t do for us what we can do for ourselves.
I agree, you should definitely go out and meet others because this could be the place that your husband finds you. We are God’s hands, feet and arms so we must do for ourselves in the natural because God has already done the spiritual including finding your spouse.