Love is Waiting

This is officially my new favorite song right now. It is called "Love is Waiting" by Brooke Fraser. She sings about the value of waiting for the right kind of love to come into your life and the incredible gifts one can bring to your life. The words speak volumes to me right now. I recently ended things with a guy, and it didn't hurt or make me cry or anything, but made me realize that I do not need a guy in my life right now. I don't need a guy to make me happy. I don't need a guy to bring confidence to my life. This is what God is teaching me. He is revealing to me that He must be number one in my life. He must be my ultimate sustainer, my ultimate comforter, my ultimate provider. God will bless me with the desires of my heart if I seek him first. I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Psalm 16:8. Even when I worry about the future and whether or not I will meet the man of my dreams, my Prince Charming, God reminds me that His plan is far bigger and better than my own and He will provide in His own timing.

I recently finished the book Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. I read it a few years ago but did not fully appreciate the words and meaning of the story. It is based on the Book of Hosea in the Bible. Francine paints a beautiful picture of the ultimate love; not the one a man has for his wife, but the kind that God has for His children. I truly believe every girl should read this book. Each will be able to relate to the woman on some level. It not only teaches about God's love, but allows girls to finally understand that they are all worthy of receiving God's love. A certain part spoke volumes to be the last time I read it. Michael Hosea cries out to God asking why He would bless him with a wife then take her away despite the fact that Michael obeyed God's command to marry a prostitute. God answers with, "There shall be no other gods before me." Michael wonders why God would say this when he has always put Him first and foremost. God responds by saying that it was not him, but her who made Michael her god. God is teaching me that I must put Him first. If I want other things in life, then I must find complete satisfaction in Christ before I can receive anything else. He knows what is best and His timing is impeccable. I shall have no other gods before my God.

Here is the song. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and I pray that the words will speak to your heart.

"Love Is Waiting"

In the autumn on the ground,

between the traffic and the ordinary sounds

I am thinking signs and seasons while a north wind blows through

I watch as lovers pass me by

Walking stories - whos and hows and whys

Musing lazily on love

Pondering you

I'll give it time, give it space and be still for a spell

When it's time to walk that way we wanna walk it well

[CHORUS:]

I'll be waiting for you baby

I'll be holding back the darkest night

Love is waiting til we're ready, til it's right
Love is waiting

It's my caution not the cold

there's no other hand that i would rather hold

the climate changes, I'm singing for the strangers about you

don't keep time, slow the pace

Honey hold on if you can

the bets are getting surer now that you're my man

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE:]

I could write a million songs about the way you say my name

I could live a lifetime with you and then do it all again

and like I can't force the sun to rise or hasten summer's start,

neither should I rush my way into your heart