Dove chocolate single pieces are in essence the "fortune cookie" of chocolate. After you have removed your piece of chocolate a message is written on the inside of the foil. Some times the messages are funny and other times they cause you to reflect. One of my favorite messages is "When two hearts race together they both win." (I think that is what it says.)
Recently my friends and I were talking about the choices we have for who we want to date. We pointed out that we'd have more options if we went to a bar, and of course there are the online dating sites etc... I chimed in on this conversation pointing out that yeah if we did frequent those places we would have more options, and that if I went back to my old dating habits (wrong guys) I could have a date in no time. In the end we all came to the consensus that it's better to wait on the right guy that God has for us, to be single and happy instead of in a dead in marriage that never should have been. Don't get me wrong...we're all for marriage and being married. We just don't want to end up with the wrong guy.
Today, my friends (Teresa & Fabian) visited my church which is also Teresa's old church. They've lived out of the country for the past couple of years and have recently moved back. At the missionary meeting Teresa & Fabian spoke a little on their time away. Fabian gave a short testimony of how his life changed after accepting Christ as his Savior. He talked about the passion he had to tell others about Jesus. Even though he didn't know much about the Bible he still felt the urge to tell others anywhere he was. He pointed out that whether rich or poor everyone needed to hear about Jesus. You could see the passion and urgency in his eyes. As Teresa translated I could see the connection they had. They both share a passion for ministry. Whether on the field in another country or in the US. As I listened and watched the two of them I saw how God worked in both of their lives to bring them together.
I started to reflect on my conversation with my friends, where I am at this point in my life, and the desire to be in a relationship. Watching them and hearing their testimony stirred up the embers of the fire that have been dying out in my soul. I've let things bring me down and distract me from serving on the field either full time or just short term. Friends have tried to set me up with guys, yet I know they don't have the same passion I do to be out in the mission field.
Teresa and Fabian fit the dove message I listed at the beginning "when 2 hearts race together they both win" It became apparent to me today that I need to wait on God for a man who shares my passion of being in the mission field...and that I need to keep the embers stirred up inside of me so that others will see my passion for the broken hearted. That others will see God through me. Check out this video by Brandon Heath "Give me your Eyes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTsYAZvHsEQ
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