Hope for a friend
I wrote an awful lot here. I wrote about love and loss and my dark desire for fruitcake. I loved. I lost. I ate fruitcake. That kinda sums it up, huh? Yeah, but I still have some hopes.
My hope for the girl I loved so hard is she simply follows the Lord's leading, and I know she will. She is a very special person. God is moving through her. I've seen this in many people's lives, including my own, but there is a second life that begins at age 40. I see it happen most with people who are of faith. There is a bondage and a wandering of sorts sometimes in the first 4o years, and then God brings them into the promised land. I've seen it many times. You can call me crazy if you want. Maybe it has applies here; maybe it doesn't. But I know she will follow her Lord to the end. And He has something very special planned for her. And I have many hopes.
I believe God has someone for her, though she may not know who it is yet. Maybe he's already in her life. But he's the one. He's the one who will know and understand her intimately, who will minister to and protect her always. Her uniqueness he will know and understand as if it was his own. He would lay down his life for her. He will know her inside and out and like the back of his hand. Her fears and worries he will smooth away. Her tangled thoughts he will help straighten. And she will love him unlike any man she's ever known, and deeper. Deeper than she ever thought possible. If that man is the man I know she longs for, I pray he transforms as God directs. I wish them all my best.
I pray God opens her heart to that man with complete trust. Because he is the one. He's the one who will walk with her into the promised land. He will shield her from the cruelty of life. He will wrap her up in his stalwart arms and press her heart to his. He will always have the right words at the right time. And he will always be there for her. That is my wish and my hope. After all she's been through, she deserves the best.
When thinking of the kind of girl I want, I often dwell on someone who knows and understands my story. I hope she meets a man who does the same for her. For me, stories are important. It's all we leave behind, and only for a while.
Everything in life is temporary. So, too, are the trials and tribulations. But God promised to take His people through those trials and tribulations. He also promised to restore the years that the locusts have eaten. I pray these things for her. Maybe they already happened. Many blessings are on the way for that sweet girl. I hope she is ready for them. Amen.
Thank you for reading. God bless.
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