Patience is not as much about the length of time as it is trusting that God will act correctly in His timing. That can be one of the hardest pills to swallow, for it requires faith and patience. Timing is critical for any and everything, and in allowing God to be the author of your love story, you must allow Him to control the aspects of timing as well. They are all different and perfect in their unique way. Just because something does not look like anyone else’s story does not make it somehow lesser or wrong love stories are like snowflakes. They then proceeded to date long-distance and are now married. Because of the introduction years prior, they knew of each other, but the timing was perfect in God’s timing. Another friend of mine met her husband and then did not see him for five years, all to run into him at a National Day of Prayer in Minnesota at the perfect moment. It was traditional but absolutely perfect for their hearts and how God has equipped them, but that does not always apply to everyone. I was in a wedding last weekend where the bride and groom had a traditional story of being friends for a year, dating for another year, and having been engaged for eight months. This is something to hold firm to, especially regarding the flow of a story. Just because a story is different does not make it incorrect or lesser in some fashion. This is why we must not assume that every story must be the classic boy meets girl story, for that is not always how God works. For some people, they meet in high school via an app, and for others, it can be a story so out of the box that the only conclusion can be God Himself. In the same way, we cannot limit God to predictability when it comes to love stories. Both methods accomplished what God intended in giving direction, instruction, and intention, but they were very different methods of communication. To speak to Moses, He used the burning bush, but to speak to Joseph, husband of Mary, He spoke in dreams. Consider in the Bible how God would work in one way for one story but a completely different way at another time to accomplish His purposes. When God is the author of a story, there is not a formulated equation every time. Nevertheless, even with the best writers on this earth, nothing can compare to a love story written by God Himself. Perhaps that is why fairy tales capture our affections early in life and seem never to let go, for they hold a one-of-a-kind story we long to ponder and dream about. There is something woven within the human heart that craves to see not just a happily ever after but the kind of love story where something distinctly beautiful is made.
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