A Chance to Change

Dear God,

I confess that I have not always been as careful as I should've been with my heart. From time to time, my desire for love has caused me to leave my heart in the wrong hands. I now commit my heart into Your hands for safekeeping. Please help me to stop being so impulsive with what you deem so precious. As I learn to celebrate Your love for me, let me learn from Your example what a bridegroom should really be like. Help me to never settle for less than what you desire for me. As I embrace You as the Lover of my soul, keep my affections in the haven of Your own heart. As I rest in Your love, make me more discriminating of those who approach me. I ask that You take over this area of my life. Keep me from those You know would hurt my heart. I invite You to set a hedge around me and keep me from all who would draw me into unfruitful relationships until the day you present me to the mate that You have selected for me. Grant me the discernment to recognize him as he recognizes me. Cleanse me from the temptation to typecast the men I meet according to what I see. Help me to trust in Your knowledge and lean not on my own understanding. I know that You know what is best for me; therefore I yield to Your choice.

Faithfully yours,
The Destiny

This was a poem I saw on one of my FB friends notes. I must say that we do get into relationships that don't benefit our hearts. Most of the time we are looking for someone else to give us something we should have for ourselves, love. Often times we are stuck into what is what we want not what we need. It's a process to love someone. It's a process to love yourself. I cannot imagine not having a few select people in my life. You know what God put them in my life at the right time for all of us. It's hard to differentiate between truth and fiction when you have blinders on. We have to take those blinders off and allow God to speak us (meditation). Let's be still just for a second to understand why we meet certain people. You ever wanted to the best for someone you've loved even when it hurts you. That's a selfless act. I want to be selfish with my feelings when it is not in my best interest to be selfless for a person. I want to be selfless when it comes to God. I need to surrender to God's will. I have to understand that I am living on borrowed time, but there's a reason I am here. God, I'm asking you to give me my reason so I can flourish. Thank you for my life. Thank you for the chance to change. It's only through the God's strength and love can I be the woman I was born to be.