In Love With a Mystery Part 16

I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine" - Song of Solomon 6:3

Shoo-we.

I made it through the worship service with out getting in tangled in the web that I had weaved!

Unfortunately, I wasn't any closer to finding a fault or balancing out all those new curious ideas that I had about him.

So what is a girl to do, now?

I wasn’t experienced enough in having a back-up plan.

I hadn’t thought about what I was going to do if my mission didn’t work! I thought for sure it would!

Matter of fact, I was counting on me discovering something so I wouldn’t feel so uncomfortable about seeing him for the first time since that night we went out to dinner.

Once again, the church service took a turn, this time heading back to the normal order. I was glad. I needed no more surprises.

This was the time in service where they had a short meet and greet so the choir could join the congregation. A short time in which everyone in church *loves* on each other in the Lord you know?

This is the time where little children get their cheeks pinched and adults get to gag over hugging the neck of the lady whose perfume is at least 10 years old and fermenting.

And, it is also a time when you are in service that all Momma’s need to warn their girls about, for it can be a time that no one thinks about their girls being so lovable.

Don't believe me? This can be the time where a girl could lose her mind and throw herself casually into the arms of a knight in shining armor and everyone thinks it is platonic.

My only saving grace?

I was much to sensible to do such a thing! Besides he was more than 20 feet away.

In frustration over my mission being sabotaged, I glanced in the Mystery Guy’s direction.

He was already looking at me and smiling.

He gave me his signature greeting.

“Howdy.”

I felt my knees go weak.

I tossed a casual wave in his direction and just mouthed “Hi”.

Absolutely, no awkwardness at all.

A perfect stillness rolled over my spirit and I knew God was wrapping my mind and heart together in perfect peace.

Right then and there, the Anne of Green Gables determination was tossed.

I realized what the Lord had just orchestrated.

I braced myself on the pew.

“God you just showed me that he is different, didn’t you?”

This guy is full of the gifts of the Spirit -- kindness, goodness and self-control.

“This guy isn’t one who is trifle about his actions is he?”

Right then, I raised the white flag in my heart.

“Yes, Lord I am only going to do it your way.”

I didn’t want to make any mistakes.

I didn’t fully grasp what had happened to me. All I knew was that I felt strength from the Lord to lay all that wondering and perplexing feeling about this guy at God’s feet.

It was at that moment that I realized that God didn’t want me to help him out!

And, I also realized that this guy wasn’t in need of help either. He knew what he was about.

My emotions were settled.

If God wanted this guy and I to develop more than just a friendship, he was going to have to make that very plain to me.

If God didn’t want us together than he would naturally just put him out of my thoughts.

No matter what this guy’s purpose, even if he only had a friendship in mind, he was going to have to take the lead. I had left it all at God's feet.

I fully surrendered. And, by doing so I felt less exhausted.

I had to sit down.

It wasn't because this Mystery Guy knocked me off my feet, I can assure you.

No. It was much more beautiful that that-- God just did it again.

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