The List

Growing up I was always told to make a List. A List of things I wanted in a boyfriend/husband that was everything I could ever hope for in my man. Even as a Christian I was told to make this list by friends, mostly with a sense of lightheartedness to it. There were the typical things like funny, sweet, cute, tall, and then as time went on those things were molded into something much deeper. It became about wanting someone who treated children with love and respect, who could make me smile in the worst of moods and again - tall (kidding...kinda). This list is something that most girls have, whether it's written down on paper or not. What I recently realized though is I want someone who knows all the details. Who knows that I love hot chocolate even when it's 100 degrees outside, who knows that I love Funfetti best, who knows that I try desperately hard to please people despite the fact that it's not good for me. I want someone who knows what soda I like best and where I like getting my nails done. Someone who knows what my favorite bible verses are and that I love coffee with cream and 2 Splendas. Now I know this as all been mostly fluff but hang on with me for a second. I realized that I have been hoping for this man to come along and know all these things about me without noticing that He was already here. Not only is He already here but He's the reason why I enjoy all of these things. That He is Christ, the very person who gave me the love of hot chocolate and fresh flowers. I've spent so much time throughout the course of my life on a list that has no real weight to it. I fail to see the relationship I have that is complete and pure and whole with Christ and focus on being excited for whomever I find in the future to have those things. I know I sound like another girl who thinks about nothing but boys, but there is something so much deeper in this lesson. We are loved by Someone who not only knows us but MADE us. He created these crazy things about me and doesn't simply like me for them but loves me for them. He knows our worth and our value and that it's in Him, not some guy or girl walking down the street that may be "the one". I wish I had known all along that when people told me to write this List that it didn't matter what was on it. At the end of the day the List has already been fulfilled to my wildest dream by the most wonderful of all Creators.

 So, Ladies and Gentlemen (single or not) lets all take some time and appreciate that we were created by our God who in Luke 12:7 says "Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows." Christ loves us with such detail that He knows not only our favorite soda but even how many hairs there are on our heads - and that is something to be truly thankful for.

xx