Sharing My Story

Today, I received an intriguing email from the Youth Minister at my school.  She emailed me to ask if I would be interested in speaking at their next week's meeting which is a panel speaking on vocations.  They had realized last minute that they wanted to include a single person in their panel.  (Ahh, the forgotten singles once again....)  ;)  Well, I have to be honest, my first reaction was to laugh!  God has a perfect sense of time.  I replied that I would of course do it, but I shared the perfect timing since I have just recently accepted the fact that for now God has called me to be single.  I am excited though to share a little bit of my story and help shed a little light on the joys of being single (that took me 31 years to realize).  I am really hoping to touch someone that night and be inspired by the teens I come into contact with.

For years in my prayer time I heard the Lord has been saying to me, "Be happy in the now."  and for years I kept saying, "How Lord? How can I be happy when all I want is to be married?  Show me, Lord."  And like always, He has been faithful to that and showing me just how to be happy in the now.  There is a joy in my soul that has never been before.  I have my hopes of marriage, but I have peace for now.  I think that's what I hope to give the teens I encounter.  Fulfillment doesn't come necessarily with a ring on your finger or a collar or habit, rather it comes with accepting God's plan for the now with hope that He has your best interests at heart and He will show you what vocation path He is leading you on.  Hopefully they will win a little quicker than I did!


Wish me luck! Check in next week to see how it goes! :)