God cares about your love life

After my 5 year long relationship came to an abrupt and quite painful end, I was in a space where I didn't know exactly who I was outside of the relationship. I was also so confused, as I was so sure that after 5 years, that it would be my 'forever'. Now 7 years later, I'm so grateful that God had His own plans.

I was a young 23 year old at that time, and needed the time and space to really understand myself, and who God was building me to be. Spending time with God in that time and growing in my relationship with Him meant that I was fully content with my relationship status. I actually enjoyed it very much. Even though it wasn't my focus, God still cared about my relationship status.  He knew who He had lined up for me, and when this would happen - and this is how it happened: Back in 2017, a group of young men came into our church a little late (I notice everything from stage as part of the worship team). As we came off stage after the worship set, I remember looking across to where these new guys were sitting, and remember as clear as day in my spirit hearing to the guy closest (the shortest of the brothers) - 'that's your husband.'  I immediately brushed this off, and thought 'not every new man in church is my husband, shut up!' As part of the Twenties and Thirties team, I was meant to speak to them to introduce myself and the events coming up, but they kept escaping from church as soon as church was finished. Until our Junior Pastor stopped him one day in the foyer, and introduced me to him before he left, also letting me know she thought he would be good to join the Twenties and Thirties team alongside me and another friend. So we swapped numbers. After a few months on team, we developed a friendship as we got on very well. Cutting to the chase, the friendship grew even more. This felt like it came out of the blue. I was hesitant at first and told him that we would need to take things slow while we both focus on God for ourselves, and ask Him if this is the right thing. God showed me in a number of ways that this was His will for me:

1. A number of years ago I told my very close friends that I asked God to let me know if it's my husband or not, by our first date. I asked God for our first date to be a trip to a gallery, and I'll know. And I'm sure by now as you've read this, you can guess what our first date was?! I was in total shock, especially because our first date was planned all by him, without any clues or any help - except by God. (I didn't tell my fiancé this until much later).

2. I had a prophecy at church spoken over me which was in regards to my husband. The Pastor said that 'I may feel like no body is coming to get me, but it's because all the most expensive things are on the top shelf. Not every one can afford you, but God is saving you for the one who can.'  A few months into our 'courting' stage, my fiancé said to me 'you're like a doll on the top shelf, the most expensive one in the shop.' My heart literally dropped, and once again I was in shock.

3. An old friend of mine messaged me a number of years months even before my fiancé joined the church. She's a dreamer and told me that she had a dream about me getting proposed to. I didn't think anything of it, until she messaged me again when she saw a picture of me and my fiancé (boyfriend at the time) and she said he looked like the man from her dream about me. With all of these things what I see as confirmations, and I'm sure there are more, my walls gradually lowered. I'm so glad that God gave me the confirmation and peace about this. He knew exactly what I needed in a husband, at what time in my life too.  Thank you God for your perfect plans for our lives!

To those reading, waiting or looking for your life partner, please trust God has everything you've been needing and even more.