Vision Correction

Ever heard a woman say the man they married is nothing like the kind of men they were used to dating? The more I talk to women about their marriage stories, the more common this attribute has become.

I can relate … I had a “type” that I preferred and was even clearer about what I didn’t want. It seemed I had it all figured out … except none of those relationships ever amounted to more than a six-month whirlwind love affair. It always started great, but then it would quickly fizzle out to a mutual, “Eh, let’s just be friends” type of deal.

After I became a single mother, I got this crazy idea: How about asking God what’s good for me? I mean, He’s supposed to know everything, right? I figured the worse thing that could happen is that I’d end up with some pitifully unattractive man who was outstanding in every other respect--which could have been a possibility if God was some merciless evil prankster. In my fear and hesitation to give up control, I forgot that God is not only a loving God but the epitome of love--He is love. He cares for us beyond what we can fathom or communicate. Misery or settling is not part of God’s plan for us.

Immediately when I yielded my desires to Him, I began to see things I had never seen before. These were things that were always there, but I was too focused on what I thought I wanted to notice. While much of my first round of eliminations weighed heavily on what I saw, God helped me to see men as He saw them, not outward appearances but the heart, the thermostat of the soul. And wouldn’t you know, just as God would have it, the man I married has a heart of gold and is as handsome as I hoped. I could have never dreamed him up; in many ways, he defied what I thought I wanted in a man.

God’s thoughts are higher than ours. You could never want something better than what He can provide. Allow God to do some laser surgery on your “vision” and begin to see the blessings that are right before you!