Obstacles at Their Finest....

Ok. So I am about to give a really cheesy analogy.....Let's just say you are walking to class. No big deal. Right? But as you are walking, intently focused on getting to your destination, a friendly little bumblebee pops into your path. What do you do? 

First, you probably stop right?

Then, you might do a little avoidance dance so as not to hit the bee.

Then, you might make a face or two in terror.

Finally get around it.

And continue on your way.

But in that moment,

When that bee pops into your path,

You forget about your destination.

All you can think about 

is 

the

bee.

I am now going to try to link this ferociously cheesy story to my life.

Particularly, Jesus and the ever elusive husband topic.

So.

You are just walking down the path of life.

Focusing on Jesus, or in the bee story, your final destination.

He is what we look to.

He is what we aim for.

But often times we find ourselves in situations where other things start to grab our attention.

They make us stop walking towards Jesus.

They make us do a little avoidance dance to maybe try to get away from the situation.

But we often times end up making different faces because we're afraid we can't get away.

But then we remember where we are going,

Suck it up,

And continue on our way.

I find this very similar to the topic of dating, relationships, marriage, etc.

We are focusing on Jesus. Right?

But then some guy comes into our life.

He's really awesome.

And all we can think about is "Well is he my future husband?"

After a while, we might try to avoid him altogether because we don't know what he is.

We might be frustrated because we don't know whether to stay or continue on our way.

Do we linger a little longer out of frustration and uncertainty or do we remember our final destination and continue walking towards Jesus?

Oftentimes, this "bee" also comes back.

It follows you.

You follow it.

Maybe a different bee comes along.

Whatever.

The point is.

We are going to encounter many bees in our life.

Should we let them stop us from walking towards Jesus?

Absolutely not.

Do we often let them do exactly that?

Absolutely.

WHY?

Because we are afraid what might happen if we walk right through them.

Will we be stung?

Will there be pain as a consequence of not sticking around and waiting?

How do we know who are future husband is going to be?

How do we know when too far is too far?

Or waiting this long is waiting too long and you will only be stung?

I just don't know!

It's so frustrating.

Please don't think that this rant is out of some internal frustration or personal anguish that I have experienced lately.

It absolutely isn't not.

I'm just saying that a lot of Christian girls are afraid of the bee.

Which bee will be THE bee?

You know?

Like how long do we have to wait?

Our final destination is SOOOOO WONDERFUL,

so WHY do we get so stinkin distracted from it all of the time.

THIS I shall never know.

Probably because we are all filthy and unworthy sinners.

Just sayin.

Forever His,

Rachel