Seven months have passed since my last post. KatieLyn, whose first two decades of life were spent pursuing her God-given dream of becoming a wife has now deceived herself into an almost surely futile attempt to embrace singlehood!
I doubt that trying to convince herself that she has "a call to remain single" on her life will end any better than her pursuit of the boyfriend that her Mom chose for her. Maybe a little better, because Gwen will resume her less proactive "I support my daughter (
when it's in my best interest)" role.
God is a God of fresh starts. His mercies are new every morning. The prophet Jeremiah recognized this even as he lamented the distressing state of his country. In writing of his hope he said,
"The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 'The LORD is my portion,' says my soul, 'Therefore I have hope in Him.'" Lamentations 2:22-24
But the thing about fresh starts is they follow an ending of the previous thing. Ending is not the same as quitting. KatieLyn quit more than she ended.
The Lesson
...still pending
