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Is Your All...?

So now seems as good a time as any to tell you all that I am totally and completely in love with the most amazing man that I have ever met...other than my dear sweet daddy. I cannot even begin to describe him. He is everything that I have always prayed for a husband to be...and he loves me. For me. Exactly as I am.

Unbelievable and unbeatable.

But before you start wondering about church bells and wedding dates, it occurred to me the other day that I might truly be called to singleness. The scripture is clear on a single woman's dedication to ministry (see 1 Corinthians 7). I am nearing 40 at an alarming rate and have never been married and never had children. Marriage to this wonderful, amazing man might just be what God has planned for me, but what if it isn't?

I've been thinking long and hard about how I would react if the Lord asked me to walk away from this relationship and serve Him undistracted. My mind keeps landing on the story of Abraham. God promised Abram (before the name change) that he would be the father of many nations and the his posterity would number like the sands of the seashore. Yet, at the time that God made the promise, Abraham was an old man and married to a woman who was childless and beyond her fertile years. Long after the promise was made, the Abraham's wife Sarah finally gave birth to a son, Isaac. It is that same son that God told Abraham to offer as a sacrifice.

How hard must that have been for Abraham? Isaac was the son of promise and much beloved...and God asked for him as a sacrifice? Interestingly enough, the Bible does not even record a moment of hesitation in Abraham. Instead, he got up early the next morning to head up Mount Moriah to make the requested sacrifice.* No questions asked.



So I asked myself: would I do the same? Would I, without a moment's hesitation, walk away from Mr. Wonderful if that is what God required? I struggle with that question. Such a request, if made, would be really inconvenient.

I would like to think that I would walk away. I would love to believe that I truly have no other gods before the Almighty...but honestly, I truly hope I never have to make that decision.

Sometimes God requires us to sacrifice the very thing we love dearest just to prove that there is truly nothing between him and us. Are you willing to do that? Am I?

Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid? Your all does the spirit control? You can only be blessed and have peace and sweet rest when your all on the altar is laid.

 *God sent an angel to stop Abraham and Isaac's life was spared. Read Genesis 22.

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  1. unveilingMarch 24, 2016 at 2:46 PM

    Very insightful

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  2. KathleenMarch 26, 2016 at 1:19 PM

    Giving Christ our all is not easy, but it is necessary if we want Him to be Lord of our lives. He will bless our obedience. Great post. Congratulations. I am approving your membership into the Fellowship of Christian Bloggers.

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    1. Josie JamesMarch 26, 2016 at 2:04 PM

      Thank you, Kathleen. Obedience is certainly the key. God bless!

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