Disclaimer: This message seems to only be addressed to the females. It, however, is not. It is also for the men...Just don’t be THAT dude.
The ex-boyfriend who cheated on you with your best friend. The Daddy who never told you that he loved you. The guy down the street, who used to ride your bus, that joked on you everyday in math. The guy at the bar that you went home with and was gone before you awakened the next morning. The husband who stopped fighting for your marriage and just opted for a divorce. Who ever he is, what ever he did...God is NOT that dude.
So often, we compare God to someone, some man, in our lives that has completely done us wrong. So, mandatory things like trust, faith, you know...those things that you really can’t learn...yeah, those things are pretty impossible for us to do. Why? Well, because no one has taught us how to or better yet, when we stepped out on a limb, some man cut it down.
We have to get over what that dude did, how he treated us. We have to face up to the fact that he walked out or even that he didn’t walk in. We have to accept that he’s not coming back and that his violence was not okay. Yeah, we have some healing, some work to do but, baby girl, God is NOT that dude.
The devil is cunning. Don’t get him twisted, he’s got this thing all planned out. All he’s got to do is have your daddy be too busy to show you some attention or, as seen in a lot of cases, not even be there at all. Maybe after a couple of years, some boy comes along who does. Only this boy is not really looking out for your best interests, he’s looking out for his. The result is a lower self worth and a yearning for the attention that only a father can give but, your earthly dad is still unavailable so, you look for this attention in a line-up of men. As each one steps forward to assume his position in your life, you allow him into the space that is impossible for him to fill. And when he doesn’t, you move on to the next thinking maybe, just maybe, this one will be THE one. You end up giving up so much of yourself that you don’t even know who you are anymore. The childhood dreams that you held so dear, are all a blur and sheer existence is a press. Yeah, love, the devil is cunning. And all this time, you thought is was all because of you.
Well, in a sense, it was. Even the devil knows the magnitude of the gift, the calling, the message that God has conceived in you. He has tried his best to destroy you and the seed you carry. The good news? You’re still here and there is hope. God is not a character that springs off the pages of your children’s Bible. He is not a figure far, far away who is uninvolved with your life. He’s not looking to punish you or dangle blessings in front of you and then take them back because you are undeserving. GOD IS REAL and GOD LOVES YOU.
He loves you so much that He’s willing to prove to you that he is NOT that dude. Just give Him a chance...with Him, the impossible becomes possible.