If I could read God’s thoughts:

Dear Daughter of the Most High King,

Your entire life you’ve grown up with this picture of “Happily Ever After." In this picture, a beautiful young lady much like yourself is “rescued” by a faint-worthy, handsome, man of your dreams. Immediately the young gal is enthralled and the two (naturally) get married within moments. Now I know you know that these stories are made up and that real life doesn’t happen like that. However, you’ve chosen to write and rewrite and rewrite and edit and add to your own “Happily Ever After”; dreaming of the “perfect man” who loves Jesus, knows all your favorite things, and would always offer his coat on a chilly night. You create these moments in your head of dates, conversations and kisses in the rain. You dwell on the “what-ifs” and the “if-onlys."

What you don’t realize though, is that the only thing you’re doing by creating this “Happily Ever After” is hurting yourself. It’s dragging you away from me. You are wasting precious moments living in a land that will never exist. The more time you spend there, the greater you grow discontent. I’m telling you all this daughter because I love you, not because I want to hurt you. I know it is hard to hear, but it is for your best. You see, the more and more and more you look at me and not the dreams you’ve created for yourself, the less you’ll want any of it! I am enough! Believe this princess, please. Don’t just hear the words and put them to the back of your head. Believe them, breathe them in and live them out. I promise that I know what I’m doing and I am doing it with your best interest at heart. I know you. And I know that you feel like you’ve been waiting for godly "Prince Charming" to come and “Happily Ever After" to happen. What you don’t realize, is that I have been here EVERY day, EVERY moment, EVERY tear, EVERY heartbreak and ache. Waiting—waiting for you. Waiting for you to see that I am all you need and truly all you want.

You tell me you want someone you can spend time with, who will listen to you, and tell you how beautiful you are. Open your eyes. I desire to spend EVERY day with you. I yearn for you to tell me every detail of your life and I LOVE to talk to you; to tell you everything I love about you, including your beauty. You tell me you want someone who will make you laugh and and be your shoulder to cry on. Someone who will grow old with you and love you through it all, someone to go on adventures with and someone who will grow you closer to me, the Father. My dear daughter I am ALL that and more. I am the very being that gave you your unique sense of humor, the one who wipes EVERY tear. Because you are mine, there will never be a day, now or in eternity that you’ll be without me AND no matter what, my love will be a constant flame for you. Lastly, who can help you grow in knowledge and love for me, better than me?

You’ve been waiting so long too. No, not EVERY day is filled with anxiety, wondering, praying, and waiting, but too many of them have been. There is NOTHING wrong with desiring to be in a relationship with a godly, good looking, and funny man. In fact, I’ve created you with that very nature. However, the problem, the thing that’s bringing you heartache and pain, is when you let yourself believe that Prince Charming completes you. He doesn’t. He was never meant to. I am the One & Only. If you will allow me to have every single area of your life, you’ll see that I am the One that completes you. In me you find your meaning, your strength, your gifts, and your desires. Trust me, if you truly surrender every area of your life, even and especially the area that desires that perfect relationship, you will find satisfaction.

You see, I am daily molding, shaping, and changing you so that you slowly begin to resemble me. When you allow me to have access to all you, your view changes and you see more and more of who I AM, my love, and my plan for your life. If you choose to trust me 100%, everything about you will change for the better. You will desire me more and more and you will desire your dreams less and less. Daughter, I want you to be completely and wholly overwhelmed by my love that you see nothing else. I want you to walk through this life oblivious to any false satisfaction, any false love, BECAUSE you are so blinded by my love. You see, I’ve got big plans for you, full of joy, growth & the desires of your heart. No, your life will not be perfect or free of heart-break, but my love is worth it. My love is good, and it is true.

So daughter, what do you say? Are you ready to give me every single part of your heart? So that I can come and fill it up? Are you willing to shred and burn the “Happily Ever After” you’ve written in order to gain true satisfaction. Aren’t you TIRED of waiting for Prince Charming to come and sweep you off your feet? Tired of the false hope that only leads to hurt and tears? Well I am. I am tired of watching my child get her heart broken. I AM tired of watching you wait. SO I WILL WAIT FOR YOU. My arms are open wide, so what do you say?

Waiting here for you,

God