Created for a time such as this

Esther 4:14  "who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this"
Esther 4:16 "I will go to the king, which is against the law, and if I perish, I perish"

When I was a little girl, my Mother used to read to my siblings and me stories from the bible using these little story books.  There was one of David and Goliath, Joseph, Queen Esther, and many more.  But, the story of Esther was always my favorite one.  I can remember the title, "Queen Esther saves her people".  I even remember sitting on the floor asking my Mom who her people were and why she had to save them.  Those were good times.  Little did I know that God was working something within me even then.  In fact, a love for the story of Esther never left me.  When I was in High school we had to choose names for the spanish class we were in, Esther was one of the names on the list.  I immedately chose the name as if it were meant to be.  As an adult, just over the past couple of years, the name Esther would pop into my head out of nowhere.  I would be watching TV, at work, cleaning, you name it....Esther would pop into my head.

As I was working today, like so many other times before, Esther popped into my head, only this time, I could see at least one reason why.  Esther, born to a jewish family was chosen by the king of a nation that did not belong to her people to become his wife.  She was given a unique opportunity to live an extraordinary life.  Not without it's challenges though.  Esther literally risked her life for her people.  She went before the king uncalled to plead on behalf of her people, when her husband the king, didn't even know she was Jewish.  That's intense!  But, she did it.  And as always, God was faithful.  She and her people were saved, and their adversary was put to death.

Like Esther, I have been given a unique opportunity to be wed to the King.  I have also been given an extraordinary calling in my life to work with the Jewish people and to remain a physically single woman.  But I believe I was called for such a time as this.  And I have come to the conclusion that I will go wherever the King will have me go, and if I perish, I perish.

Is there anything in your life that you can see as a great opportunity to serve our King?

My Love,
I come before your throne today in absolute adoration of Your name.  You are our life and our breath, we are nothing apart from You.  Oh Lord, please give us the courage to trust that we were created for such a time as this.  Help us to see that You are in complete control, and whatever happens, Your hand will never leave us.  Thank You Father!
In the name of the all mighty, Jesus Christ I pray!
Amen!!!

"The safest place to be is in the center of His will" ~ Rebecca Lusignolo-McGlone

Single for His Glory

Hello everyone!

For 7 years now, I have been contemplating the idea of being single to the glory of God.  And for reasons of insecurity and feeling unsupported I pushed the desire deep down, trying to force myself to want a life of marriage.  I began my journey at 20 years of age, searching for the right man, only to find all of the wrong ones!  In fact, I went from thinking I wanted to live to serve the Lord through singleness, to being extremely depressed because I was single.  Let me explain.  You see, I wasn't depressed for lack of a husband, I was depressed because somehow, I had allowed the enemy to make me think there was something wrong with me.  I began to think I couldn't accomplish my goals or my calling without a husband, that somehow, I wasn't good enough all by myself for God to love, someone out there still needed to complete me.  Boy was I wrong!!!!  I will spare you all of the messy details of my life, and say only what an old friend said to me just a few short years ago.  God doesn't create half whole people!

Here's where the good part comes in.  I have now made a strategic, conscience, and prayerful decision to remain single.  In fact, I have decided to marry Jesus!  I mean, who better of a husband to have?  And, He's already proposed!!!  So, here I am now, telling the world, I love my Jesus, and I want no other!!!  I'm going to use this blog to chronicle my relationship with Him from the start of the decision to have eyes only for Him.

My hope in this blog is to encourage both those who are single, and those who are married.  God loves you, right where you are!  When He gives you a dream, vision, calling, or desire, run with Him to it.  Don't let anything stand in your way.  In saying that, obviously this blog is being written about my life as a single woman, so I pray especially for the single women who read this.  I pray that you will see your life the way God sees it.  You can achieve all that He has given you to do, you are able in Him.  I pray you never put your life on hold in hopes for what could be.  Remember this, if You live with your eyes set solely on Jesus, all that you desire will come to pass.  You never need to make decisions based on the thought of "what if".  So, again, I pray that if you have made the decision to stay single, or if you are waiting for God to bring the right one along, that you will have eyes only for the Lord.  He will do the rest!