While I'm Waiting

After I have heard this song, I've come to realize that I'm not really the only one whose struggling about the waiting for God part. Its really hard for most of us especially on our present generation where most of the teenagers are "too" aggressive already and "too" expressive. But remember.. God called us to be different from them. We should go against the flow of this world who has rejected God. Its been always a struggle for Christian teenagers. But God said..

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He wants us to live a holy life for He called us to be holy. It might really be hard at the start but as you grow in love with our Father, little by little, you will learn how to wait joyfully and fruitfully to the Lord. It might be your biggest struggle but God is always with us. All you need to do is to pray, ask for wisdom :)

For many of us waiting is one of the hardest lessons to learn. I have discovered that one of the best ways to wait is to ask the question: "Lord what are you teaching me through this?" -Phil Moser

I have read a book titled "I Kissed Dating Good bye" by Joshua Harris. He is senior pastor in Maryland who kissed dating goodbye during his younger years. He waited for God's perfect time. His book is about how and why we should wait for God's time though its hard especially nowadays. God wants us to spend our whole singleness for us to serve Him full time.. without any distractions. The right time will come, let's not anticipate too much for that time for it might create frustrations and other unwanted feelings. Let's enjoy serving the Lord while we are still free. The time will come. As He promised, He made everything beautiful in His perfect time. All we have to do is wait for that time to come. There are some lines from the book that I really like and learned from it of course.

"Deepening intimacy without defining a level of commitment is dangerous. It's like going mountain climbing with a partner who isn't sure she wants the responsibility of holding your rope. When you've climbed two thousand feet up a mountain face, you don't want to have a conversation about how she feels 'Tied down' by your relationship."

(4) Counterculture Romance: 
Five Attitude Changes to Help You Avoid Defective Dating
     1-Every Relationship is an opportunity to model Christ's love
     2-My unmarried years are a gift from God
     3-I don't need to pursue a romantic relationship before i'm ready for marriage.
     4-I cannot 'own' someone outside of marriage.
     5-I will avoid situations that could compromise the purity of my body or mind

"One of the saddest tendencies of dating is to distract young adults from developing their God-given abilities and skills."

I can't put all since its really a lot but for struggling christian teenagers or young adults, I really really recommend this book "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris. But of course, we should still focus on our Bible and meditate on it everyday. I want to end this blog post with a verse in the Bible :)

Guard your heart above all else, for it 

determines the course of your life. 

Proverbs 4:23