Taking Back The Old Me

"She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed." Proverbs 3: 15-18

    This verse just reminds me of how precious God's thoughts are about me. I am a child of God and just that gives me the confidence that I can do anything through my loving Jesus. When you go into a relationship you know you deserve the best, but when you are in a relationship with a person that continually hurts you and you have trouble letting go of the person, you begin to just put up with all the mess, but you don't deserve that at all. Definitely don't ever let a guy lower your self- esteem. Don't change the person God created you to be just to make another guy more happy. Don't ever change the plan God has for you for one guy. The plan God has for you is 1000x better than what that one guy has planned for you. I made all these mistakes while I was in the relationship. And I don't want you to go through what I did, because you could be using that time to grow closer with God and trusting in Him with the plan He has for your life. But we all learn from our mistakes, right? Sometimes I get angry at myself and God for letting me go through the type of relationship I did. But God has us go through different trials in life for a reason. My reason was to realize how far away from God I had become and to see the worth that I have and deserve. So, now I am taking back the old me, which is being the strong child of God that God created me to be. I know a lot of girls want to fall in love and get married to the guy of their dreams one day, and I am one of those girls that thinks that a lot. But the past few days of reading articles and a book called "Captivating" has helped me a lot through that. I'll never find a guy that adores me as much as my God does, and I'll never find a guy as loving, forgiving, and a romancer as my God is. I don't want to be in a relationship with another guy, unless my relationship with God is where it should be. And right now I'm not there, I'm growing and learning still. I'm learning to appreciate the trials God put me through, I'm learning to appreciate being single, I'm learning to appreciate the gifts and personality traits that God has given me, I'm learning to appreciate the way I look and who I am as a person. Through all those things that I struggle with, God shows me the beautiful person I am through those things. And if a guy can't show me that than he isn't the one. You want a guy to bring out the best in you and most of all who wants you to grow spiritually with God. I can't tell you I'm a 100% okay with being single, but I am growing and learning to appreciate it more each day because I have time with God. I have the time to talk, read His word, and worship Him on an everyday basis. Learn to appreciate who you are because God loves who you are and thinks you deserve the best. Don't let any guy think any less of who you are as a person. If you are in a relationship, let God be the center focus of the relationship, always. If you are single, appreciate that too because you have God and that's what matters the most. Don't ever lose sight of who you truly are, you are beautiful!

    If you are interested in the book "Captivating" it's by John & Stasi Eldredge. I'm still reading it, but it's so far a great book!
Here's an article that I love and it's about being single!
http://www.projectinspired.com/to-the-single-girls-god-has-not-forgotten-you/