You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up; she was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ‘ Tell me what you see.’

‘Carrots, eggs, and coffee,’ she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.

Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, ‘What does it mean, mother?’

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

‘Which are you?’ she asked her daughter. ‘When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.

Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

You might want to send this message to those people who mean something to you , to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendships you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life.

Here is a list of actual places to travel in Texas:

Need to be cheered up?

Happy, Texas 79042

Pep , Texas 79353

Smiley , Texas 78159

Paradise , Texas 76073

Rainbow , Texas 76077

Sweet Home , Texas 77987

Comfort , Texas 78013

Friendship, Texas 76530

Love the Sun?

Sun City, Texas 78628

Sunrise, Texas 76661

Sunset, Texas 76270

Sundown, Texas 79372

Sunray, Texas 79086

Sunny Side, Texas 77423

Want something to eat?

Bacon , Texas 76301

Noodle , Texas 79536

Oatmeal , Texas 78605

Turkey , Texas 79261

Trout , Texas 75789

Sugar Land , Texas s 77479

Salty, Texas 76567

Rice , Texas 75155

And top it off with: Sweetwater , Texas 79556

Why travel to other cities? Texas has them all!

Detroit , Texas 75436

Colorado City , Texas 79512

Denver City , Texas 79323

Nevada , Texas 75173

Memphis , Texas 79245

Miami , Texas 79059

Boston , Texas 75570

Santa Fe , Texas 77517

Tennessee Colony , Texas 75861

Reno , Texas 75462

Feel like traveling outside the country? Don’t bother buying a plane ticket!

Athens , Texas 75751

Canadian , Texas 79014

China , Texas 77613

Egypt , Texas 77436

Turkey , Texas 79261

London , Texas 76854

New London , Texas 75682

Paris , Texas 75460

Italy not far from Dallas

No need to travel to Washington D.C.

Whitehouse , Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!

Earth, Texas 79031

And a city named after our State!

Texas City, Texas 77590

Exhausted?

Energy, Texas 76452

Cold?

Blanket, Texas

Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?

Santa Anna, Texas

Goliad, Texas

Alamo, Texas

Gun Barrel City, Texas

Need Office Supplies?

Staples, Texas 78670

Men are from Mars, woman are from

Venus, Texas 76084

You guessed it… it’s on the state line..

Texline, Texas 79087

For the kids…

Kermit , Texas 79745

Elmo , Texas 75118

Nemo , Texas 76070

Tarzan , Texas 79783

Winnie , Texas 77665

Sylvester , Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile….. :

Frognot , Texas 75424

Bigfoot , Texas 78005

Hogeye , Texas 75423

Cactus , Texas 79013

Notrees , Texas 79759

Best, Texas 76932

Veribest , Texas 76886

Kickapoo , Texas 75763

Dime Box, Texas

Telephone , Texas 75488

Telegraph , Texas 76883

Whiteface , Texas 79379

Twitty, Texas 79079

Valentine, Texas 79854

West, Texas

And last but not least. The Anti-Al Gore City

Kilgore , Texas 75662

“Muleshoe”, Texas

“Cut n shoot”, Texas

“Hoop And Holler”, Texas

“Ding Dong”, Texas

and don’t forget……

And get up at: Early, Texas

Farewell , Texas

Have a Good Day!

This is a quiz for people who know everything! I

found out in a hurry that I didn’t.

These are not trick questions. They are straight

questions with straight answers

1. Name the one sport in which neither the

spectators nor the participants know

the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is

constantly moving backward?

3. of all vegetables, only two can live to produce

on their own for several growing seasons. All other

vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the

only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. in many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy,

with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole

and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn’t been

cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with

the letters ” dw” and they are all common words.

Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English

grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never

sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other

form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your

feet beginning with the letter “S.”

Answers to Quiz:

1. The one sport in which neither the spectators

nor the participants know the score

or the leader until the contest ends Boxing

2. North American landmark constantly moving

backward. Niagara Falls (The rim is worn

down about two and a half feet each year because of

the millions of gallons of water

that rush over it every & nbsp; minute.)

3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on

their own for several growing seasons.

Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside.

Strawberry.

5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle?

It grew inside the bottle… The bottles are

placed over pear buds when they are small, and are

wired in place on the tree. The bottle

is left in place for the entire growing season. When

the pears are ripe, they are snipped

off at the stems.

6. Three English words beginning with “dw”;

Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar.

Period, comma, colon, semicolon,

dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation

point, quotation mark, brackets,

parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen,

canned, processed, cooked, or in any

other form but fresh. Lettuce…

9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet

beginning with “S”..

Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis,

skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

PLEASE DO YOUR PART… Today is National Mental

Health Day.

You can do your part by remembering to send this

e-mail to at least one person.

Well, my job’s done!

Just don’t send it back to me. I’ve already

flunked it once.

You Reap What You Sow

The man slowly looked up.  This was a woman clearly accustomed to the
finer things of life.  Her coat was new. She looked like she had never
missed a meal in her life.  His first thought was that she wanted to
make fun of him, like so many others had done before.

“Leave me alone,” he growled…  To his amazement, the woman continued
standing.  She was smiling — her even white teeth displayed in dazzling
rows.

“Are you hungry?” she asked.

“No,” he answered sarcastically. “I’ve just come from dining with the
president. Now go away.”

The woman’s smile became even broader.

Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm.  “What are you doing,
lady?” the man asked angrily. “I said to leave me alone.

Just then a policeman came up.  “Is there any problem, ma’am?” he
asked…

“No problem here, officer,” the woman answered.  “I’m just trying to get
this man to his feet. Will you help me?”

The officer scratched his head.  “That’s old Jack. He’s been a fixture
around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?”

“See that cafeteria over there?” she asked. “I’m going to get him
something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile.”

“Are you crazy, lady?” the homeless man resisted. “I don’t want to go in
there!”  Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up.
“Let me go, officer. I didn’t do anything…”

“This is a good deal for you, Jack,” the officer answered. “Don’t blow
it.”
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got
Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner.  It
was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had
already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived.

The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by his table.  “What’s
going on here, officer?” he asked.”What is all this, is this man in
trouble?”

“This lady brought this man in here to be fed,” the policeman answered.

“Not in here!” the manager replied angrily. “Having a person like that
here is bad for business.”

Old Jack smiled a toothless grin.  “See, lady. I told you so. Now if
you’ll let me go. I didn’t want to come here in the first place”

The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled.  “Sir, are you
familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?”

“Of course I am,” the manager answered impatiently. “They hold their
weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms.”

“And do you make a goodly amount of money providing food at these weekly
meetings?”

“What business is that of yours?”

I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company.”
“Oh…”

The woman smiled again…  “I thought that might make a difference.”
She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a laugh.  “Would you like
to join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?”

“No thanks, ma’am,” the officer replied. “I’m on duty.”

“Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?”

“Yes, ma’am. That would be very nice.”

The cafeteria manager turned on his heel.  “I’ll get your coffee for you
right away, officer.”

The officer watched him walk away.  “You certainly put him in his
place,” he said.
“That was not my intent…  Believe it or not, I have a reason for all
this.”

She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest.  She
stared at him intently.

“Jack, do you remember me?”

Old Jack searched her face with his old, rheumy eyes.  “I think so — I
mean you do look familiar.”

“I’m a little older perhaps,” she said.  “Maybe I’ve even filled out
more than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through
that very door, cold and hungry.”

“Ma’am?” the officer said questioningly.  He couldn’t believe that such
a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry.

“I was just out of college,” the woman began.  “I had come to the city
looking for a job, but I couldn’t find anything.  Finally I was down to
my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment…  I walked
the streets for days.  It was February and I was cold and nearly
starving. I saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could
get something to eat.”

Jack lit up with a smile.  “Now I remember,” he said.  “I was behind the
serving counter.  You came up and asked me if you could work for
something to eat.  I said that it was against company policy.”

“I know,” the woman continued.  “Then you made me the biggest roast beef
sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to
go over to a corner table and enjoy it.  I was afraid that you would get
into trouble.  Then, when I looked over and saw you put the price of my
food in the cash register, I knew then that everything would be all
right.”

“So you started your own business?” Old Jack said.
“I got a job that very afternoon.  I worked my way up.  Eventually I
started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered…”  She
opened her purse and pulled out a business card. “When you are finished
here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons. He’s the personnel
director of my company.  I’ll go talk to him now and I’m certain he’ll
find something for you to do around the office.”
She smiled.  “I think he might even find the funds to give you a little
advance so that you can buy some clothes and get a place to live until
you get on your feet.  If you ever need anything, my door is always open
to you.”

There were tears in the old man’s eyes.  “How can I ever thank you?” he
asked.
“Don’t thank me,” the woman answered.  “To God goes the glory.  He led
me to you.”

Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance
before going their separate ways…  “Thank you for all your help,
officer,” she said.

“On the contrary, Ms. Eddy,” he answered.  “Thank you. I saw a miracle
today, something that I will never forget.  And…And thank you for the
coffee.”

Have a Wonderful Day. May God Bless you always and don’t forget that
when you “cast your bread upon the waters,” you never know how it will
be returned to you.  God is so big He can cover the whole world with his
Love and so small He can curl up inside your heart.

When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let go.
Only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He’ll catch you when you fall, or
He’ll teach you how to fly!

The power of one sentence!  God is going to shift things around for you
today and let things work in your favor.  If you believe, send it.  If
you don’t believe, delete it.

God closes doors no man can open & God opens doors no man can close…
If you need God to open some doors for you…send this on.

Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing…
“The Task Ahead of Me is Never as Great as the Power Behind Me!!”

Unknown Author

A  store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a  husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how  the store operates:

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of  the products incre ase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may  choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the  next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first  floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 – These men Have Jobs.

She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign  reads:

Floor 2 – These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

‘That’s nice,’ she thinks, ‘but I want more.’

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

‘Wow,’ she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and  Help With Housework.

‘Oh, mercy me!’ she exclaims, ‘I can hardly stand it!’

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help  with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the  sign reads:

Floor 6 – You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on  this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible  to please.. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

PLEASE NOTE:

To avoid gender bias charges, the store’s owner opened a New Wives store  just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer.

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

THE RIGHT ONE

First we must allow our Heavenly Father to do the

picking. And second, the decision for a mate must be

made on a spiritual and intellectual basis before it’s

made on an emotional one.

“What about love? Shouldn’t that be the third? you

ask. No, and I’ll tell you why. “The heart is

deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can

understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9).

The heart is willful and is driven by its own agenda.

It does not consider things rationally and

intelligently it just loves to please the flesh!

Therefore it has to be pointed by God in the right direction:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of

life” (Proverbs 4:23).

Whenever you meet a man, you need to get clearance

from God, check out his attributes, and then allow

your heart to engage.

Dating exists not for mating; it exists for collecting

data. I believe that the biblical design would be

friendship, courtship and then marriage.

Friendship is two people walking together in agreement

and accountability, learning and growing together.

Courtship follows the mutual agreement to commit to

one another exclusively – it is the decisive turning

toward the agreed-upon goal of the marriage altar. It

is a period of laying a foundation and preparing your

life together after marriage.

But dating? Well, if you do date, use the time wisely

to gather these facts.

1. Check out the fabric. Is the person mate material?

Does this man have an intimate relationship with the

Father through Jesus Christ? Does he care what God

thinks about his behavior? Is he accountable to God as

well as another co-laborer in the faith?

Accountability is an important factor. It is

imperative to maintaining a committed relationship. Is

your potential spouse a member of the same family –

the family of God?

You need to have common interests and values and agree

on the essentials of living day to day. You have a

similar spiritual walk. You eat the same spiritual

diet. You enjoy a lot of similar things. You have like

interests, like goals in life, like opinions on basic

life issues.

You have had like experiences in your background.

Though there is some truth to the idiom that opposites

attract, like-minded folks fare better together.

Furthermore, does he want to get married? If you want

to be married and your dreamboat isn’t interested,

don’t waste your time.

Remember, women fall in love and get married. Men

decide to get married and then look for a wife. Note

the difference in order. So if a guy says he’s not

looking for anything serious, take his words

seriously. If he’s not going in your direction, get

off the bus and wait for the right one.

2. Does this man want you? Is he pursuing you? The man

who is right for you will pursue you, and God’s hand

in the relationship will be clear. No guessing, no

fleeces, no dead ends.

Scripture says: “He who finds a wife finds what is

good and receives favor from the Lord” (Proverbs

18:22).

Note -who finds whom? THE MAN FINDS THE WIFE. From the

beginning of time, God has transported men and women

across the world in order to put them together.

At the RIGHT TIME, He will bring that man on the scene

and he will find you. In God’s perfect design, the man

is the one who recognizes his mate. Adam had no

problem recognizing that Eve was his missing rib. You

do not need to strategically place yourself anywhere.

You don’t have to help a guy out because he’s shy!

Men will do whatever they have to do to get what they

truly want. The man in your life should recognize you

as the pearl of great price in his life and be willing

to do whatever he must in order to gain your hand. If

he is passive about gaining your affections, take it

as a sign that he is not interested.

Many a woman’s mother has suggested that it is a good

idea to marry a man who loves you more than you love

him. As cold as that sounds, it actually might be

scriptural if you stop to think about it: “We love him

because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Until then,

take the ultimate chill pill. You don’t need a bunch

of men in your life to make you feel all right about

yourself.

You need only one man – your man, the one God has

selected to select you. And trust me, the right man at

the wrong time can be just as awful as the wrong man

at any time. So trust God’s timing in this. He is the

ultimate matchmaker. Relax, sit pretty and allow

yourself to be found. Again – WAIT until the man

voices his intentions. He should take the lead in

establishing the relationship. You may have an inkling

that he is the one, but God will use the man to set

the tone of the relationship. Allow him the

opportunity to woo you – this is your first act of

submission. Jesus set the standard for all men to

follow. They should love us first. And they should

lead the relationship. And, God will confirm it to you.

3. The man in your life should not desire to move into

your house, only into your heart. A man who prepares

for your future has made his intentions clear. A man

who is husband material has the means to take care of

a wife. He is a responsible human being who

understands he needs to have something to offer. In

short, a man should have the means to be a suitable

lover for you.

4. Check out his buddies. Everyone knows birds of the

same feather flock together, yet most women fail to

see the connection between a man and his friends. A

man’s pals tell you a lot about the person that you

haven’t seen yet. They reveal things about the guy’s

character that might be hidden when he is on good

behavior. Everyone knows how to put his best foot

forward. Don’t stay focused on the foot, check out the

rest of the body!

5. Check out his relationship with his mother. How

does he treat her? This is your preview of how he will

treat you. There are lots of men who, because of a

negative relationship with their mothers, really don’t

like women, yet say they do. Unresolved issues between

mother and son continue between husband and wife.

6. Remember that a man’s family reveals the cloth from

which he’s cut. Take note and decide whether you want

your future with the man in your life to look like

his present family situation.

7. Check out the patterns of his life. Do you see

repeated cycles of drama in his personal kingdom?

Broken relationships? Problems in making commitments

–including the job market? Mood swings? Is a problem

always someone else’s fault? Does he embrace

responsibility or shirk it? Does he keep his promises?

Is he a man of good reputation? Remember all garments

look wonderful hanging in the store, but with wear,

some begin to unravel. Give yourself time and space to

check out the man in your life. Time will always

reveal whether or not he is made of the right stuff.

8. Does this man have a vision for his life? Is he

running with that vision? Remember, God decided Adam

needed help once Adam got busy DOING his assignment.

As we saw Adam, a man doesn’t need help until he is

busy doing what he was created and called to do. Is

the man in your life guided by sense of destiny and

purpose, or does he just allow life to happen around

him? A man who is not certain of his mission can be a

most miserable person – and you’ll be miserable too if

you know where YOU want to go in life.

A man who has vision is not intimidated by a woman

whose mission statement is clear. He will be your best

ally, cheerleader and assistant because he wants you

both to make it! A man who cannot be supportive of

your achievements because he is floundering in a sea

of uncertainty over his own life is not a healthy

partner to have and to hold forever.

Creating dependencies or feelings of obligation is not

the way to get the best out of your man. Somewhere

along the way, he will resent you and flee from the

smothering burden of obligation he associates you

with. You want a man who is firmly anchored in his

identity in Christ. Remember, we are looking for a man

who will be priest and leader of his home. His first

instinct should be to want to cover you, redeem you,

and provide for you. Your job is to decide if this is

the man God has ordained for you to complement.

9. Complimentary. Do your talents and gifts complement

his? Do his gifts, compliment yours? What about your

temperaments? Do you see the two of you as an

effective team capable of bringing blessing to the

lives of those around you? Do your futures mesh? Can

you coordinate your gifts in an attractive and

effective way?

This is why knowing your purpose is so important. Make

sure your hearts beat for mutual causes. When I go

shopping I always consider the fabric, the fit and

what I already have in my closet. Will my next

purchase be a complimentary addition to what I already

have? If I find that I am going to have to buy shoes

and matching accessories to go with a new outfit, I

leave it right on the rack. It is too expensive a

proposition. If the man you meet makes you feel that

you need to completely reinvent yourself, something is

wrong.

This is where I ask you to consider the relationship

in terms of cost. Is this relationship expensive

spiritually, emotional or physically? Does your

longing for a mate make you willing to forfeit who you

are in the process? Or does he see you as the gift

that you are? The man in your life should consider you

a rare find, a priceless jewel-because of you he is

getting ready to get blessed big-time! Any

relationship that causes you to feel unworthy,

unlovely, unacceptable, undesirable or that you have

to work for love, is too expensive!

God has called the man to cover, protect and provide

not only materially for a woman, but emotionally and

spiritually as well. You should be richer in mind,

body and spirit for your union with the man of your

dreams. The man in your life should make rich deposits

into your heart and spirit, not withdrawals.

10. Does he have a healthy love and acceptance of

himself? Make sure the man in your life has taken time

to heal from past relationships and has made peace

with himself. How he cares for himself is how he will

care for you.A man’s relationship with God is crucial

here. His love for himself will only be as strong as

his love for God. This is not something that you can

impart. You cannot be his savior or teacher. That is

out of spiritual order. In his rightful place as your

personal priest, he should be leading you to a richer

relationship with Christ.

If he is causing you to compromise your faith and

destabilize your walk, if he is leading you into

sexual sin or causing you to be distracted from your

commitment to Christ, the relationship is too

expensive. Offending the Lover of your soul, who

promises you eternal love, is too high a fare to pay

for a ride that has a limited run. If you and your man

can’t soar in the Spirit, when the force of your love

for another is tested by the pull or gravity of the

world, your union will not be able to survive.

So you decide. How much is your life worth? How much

is your love worth? You will be able to accept only

what you believe you deserve. God himself calculated

the worth of your love and decided it was worth His

life. He now pledges you His love for eternity. Yes,

Jesus sets the example for all others to follow when

He paid a ransom for His bride. Should you expect less

from a mortal man? Throughout the Biblical age, men

were willing to pay the cost for what they truly

desired. The truth of the matter is, everyone knows

that anything worth having, costs and no one gets a

ride in this life for free.

Our prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

I confess that I have not always been as careful as I

should’ve been with my heart. From time to time, my

desire for love has caused me to leave my heart in the

wrong hands. I now commit my heart into Your hands for

safekeeping. Please help me to stop being so impulsive

with what you deem so precious. As I learn to

celebrate Your love for me, let me learn from Your

example what a bridegroom should really be like. Help

me to never settle for less than what you desire for

me. As I embrace You as the Lover of my soul, keep my

affections in the haven of Your own heart. As I rest

in Your love, make me more discriminating of those who

approach me.

I ask that You take over this area of my life. Keep me

from those You know would hurt my heart. I invite You

to set a hedge around me and keep me from all who

would draw me into unfruitful relationships until the

day you present me to the mate that You have selected

for me. Grant me the discernment to recognize him as

he recognizes me. Cleanse me from the temptation to

typecast the men I meet according to what I see. Help

me to trust in Your knowledge and lean not on my own

understanding. I know that You know what is best for

me; therefore I yield to Your choice.

In Jesus Name.

Amen.

Ladies this is something you should definitely share

with a friend, whether you are single or married… It

is something to think about, When you ask is “He” the

one!

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