Single's Toast

So I know that I created this blog to share with you my adventure of moving to Montana.  I had no intention of turning it into a personal journal, but I'm starting to change my mind.  I thought I'd maybe share something with you that has become very special to me. 

You see, over a year ago, I had a best friend named Gina.  She and I were both single and loved to go out together.  We would almost always order a glass of wine (or a girly, fruity drink in my case).  One night, we decided that we should have a specific thing to toast to every time we got together.  I volunteered to write the toast.  I took it very seriously  :).  I went to a park, sat down for about an hour, and came up with the following.  I know that it's mushy and girly, but deal with it!  Although God has answered this prayer/toast in Gina's life by bringing her an amazing man with whom to share her life, it is still a prayer for my own life that I hope to one day see answered.  Be gracious when you read this...it had been awhile since I'd accessed my poetic side :).

A Toast 

To surrendering our hearts to their ultimate Lover

To giving up our dreams to their original Author

To working faithfully on what our God has set before us

To our continued pursuit of righteousness and faith

To living this life we have been given listening to the voice of our loving Father and not that of the Enemy

To not letting our hopes for tomorrow speak louder than our divine calling for today

To building our character to that of Biblical proportions

To the sovereignty of the Creator’s hand and the perfection of His timing

To finding men like Timothy—passionate, mature in faith

and obedient to the Spirit’s leading

To men who are courageous in heart, adventurous in spirit, solid in faith

and strong in Godly character

To one day seeing the goodness of the Lord in the smiles of our children

and the embrace of our soul mate 

And, finally, to having fun and faith while we wait.

To fun and faith!