A Gentle Reminder

This is just a quick one but I felt like I had to share...

So as of late April one of my best friends and I decided to make a pact with ourselves and God that we would focus on Him instead of finding a boyfriend. Too many times we found ourselves talking about our singleness or dwelling on getting the perfect guy and we realized that we're not going to find anyone close to good enough if God isn't the center of our lives. We needed to be the one, not find the one. And so, I find myself in the middle of this pact that involves not dating until I finish reading the Bible. Call me crazy, but I've really enjoyed it. I may only be in Exodus right now (2nd book of the Bible) but I'm learning a lot and I wanted to share with all of you something God is teaching me right now. The following is my journal entry from tonight.

The cool things about reading the Bible is that you can just pick it up, it's totally acceptable to write in it (encouraged really!), and it's a living book. It's a book that guides me, teaches me, and sometimes just hits me square in the face. For example, I got some quiet time on Sunday morning and was reading the beginning of Exodus when it hit me how God used Moses. When God appoints Moses to the enormous task of bringing His people out of Egypt, Moses replies that he was never an eloquent speaker and this job of going to talk to the Pharaoh of all people might not be for him. He refutes God's call. Then the Lord ends the conversation with "Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."(Exodus 4:12). It wasn't about what Moses could or couldn't do, it was about what God had planned, what God was going to do with Moses. God worked beyond Moses' weaknesses to bring the entire nation of Israel out of Egypt. If God can do that, he can certainly work above and beyond my weaknesses. Just like when I finish a program and begin to think about all the things I did or didn't say, all the things I did wrong, all the things I shouldn't have said, God already has a plan. No matter how many times I doubt it, He will reign no matter what I do. I am the vessel, He has all the power. All I need to do is trust in that.