Wrong Place at the Right Time by Wells Dawn Taylor

Author:Wells, Dawn Taylor [Wells, Dawn Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: TAG Publishing LLC
Published: 2012-05-02T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Husband Checklist: 101

As winter turned to spring I developed a little spring fever. Spring is my favorite time of year. It symbolized new life, hope and a refreshing perspective that replaced winter’s short, cold days. My winter was spent enjoying the family of Norm and Karen and how well they functioned as a family unit. I’d now seen two healthy marriages in Jan and Frank, and Norm and Karen. For the first time in my life, I witnessed what a healthy family resembled. The desire to live the rest of my life with a loving husband in a healthy marriage bubbled up inside me.

Three years had passed since my divorce and I wondered if the happily ever after dream that I held in my heart might come true one day. I was grateful beyond measure for all the loving people God placed in my life, and of course, for Shorty, but it seemed I lacked something - that special someone. I placed the responsibility of a husband in God’s hands and waited for Him to deliver.

I went from being single until I was thirty, to married for six years, and back to single for another three and a half years. It was during those three and a half years that I learned to live content with my own company. Many nights I cooked spaghetti for myself and called it my “romantic dinner for one.” I never dreamed I’d actually enjoy my own company.

Jesus is the best husband to a single woman and He never disappoints. One day, I went to a jewelry store and bought a ring I wore on my left hand ring finger. I decided that while I was single with no Earthly mate, I considered myself ‘married’ to Jesus. I proudly wore that ring like an engagement ring with a three carat diamond!

I needed to work on myself and many issues, and I couldn’t do that effectively if there had been another person around that I was focused on. As a single woman during this time, my two main concerns were Jesus and Shorty. My time was focused on issues that concerned Jesus and His will for me. It truly was a precious season.

As I slowly transformed into the woman God intended, I believed I could also someday be the wife He intended. As much as I enjoyed my sweet time with Jesus, deep down, I desired to spend my life with an earthly husband. God knew that, too. He’s the one who gave me that desire in the first place so I’m sure it didn’t come as a surprise to Him.

Eager to learn God’s design for marriage, I listened to an audio CD series by Jimmy Evans, Pastor of Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas. The series was entitled Our Secret Paradise and was a teaching resource to encourage married couples. Although still single, the teaching gave me such hope. The statement I’ll never forget from that series was this: “We’re all messed up!” You might wonder how a statement such as that could give me hope, but it did.

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