Would you please complete me

Marriage... so its happening. I look around and a large portion of my friends are engaged or married. And the ones of us who are not are beginning to have our hearts transfixed on the idea of being completed by someone. We yearn to be held, to be loved in a way that we think only our spouse can complete that 'void'.

Thats when my reality check came in. God did not create a man to complete me. He did not create my future husband to be my "other half". He created man and wife to separately reflect a different side of the Lords heart. And when they unite we get to bask in that aspect of the Lord's reflection I do not have but a man has, or a man does not have but a woman has. He is a jealous God, and he created a man and wife to not draw closer together but closer to Him. To have a relationship so holy that within each other they yearn for the Lord, and keep each other accountable.

So thats when reality check number two smacked me. Men are not supposed to be our source of love and beauty. No man will ever make me feel as beauty, as loved, as ravished and the Lord can. He created us so that we could draw close to Him and be fulfilled. No draw close to a man, yes he created them to love us, and us to respect them. But I will NEVER be able to fulfill my husbands desire to be respected nor him fulfill my desire to be loved. Because first we have to find out security in Jesus Christ, the ones our hearts were made for.

Today take time to bask in His love and affections for you. Do not seek a shallow relationship to fill the void, because it will always be void. Yearn for His love, let your heart beat to the rhythm of his heart. Focus on His beauty.

Loving through His love.
-Naomi