Truth for Today

I love my father. If you met me in real life (I'm 5'10") and I told you my dad's name was Rocky & that he worked in the oilfield his whole life and had a tattoo on his bicep of fighting roosters, you would think of a huge, scary guy. But he's absolutely a marshmallow. Haha. He is the father of five girls and we know that he is secretly a softie. All that to say, he writes me letters/poems sometimes. A couple of years ago on my birthday he wrote me a poem. At the end of it he wrote the Scripture that says God is "jealous" for His people. He said that maybe God has not given me a husband yet because He wants more time with me.

I was thinking about that this morning when I heard the David Crowder song "How He Loves" on the radio. The first line of that song says: "He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy." It reminded me of the poem my dad wrote those years ago. I needed that reminder. Jesus wants our attention. He wants our heart…and not just a portion of it…the whole thing. He wants all of us. Exodus 20:5 says "I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for other gods."

This time as a single girl is a gift. Let's get real: when I am a wife and a mom I will not always be able to wake up early and read Scripture in the quiet and talk to Jesus on road trips. Sometimes I am afraid that my desire for a husband and children has become a god in my life. I spend so much time thinking and planning for that time. God is a jealous God, and my heart needs to belong to Him - completely. I don't want to give Him just a part of who I am.

Just some truth I needed to hear today...