Boy Meets Girl (Joshua Harris)

Well! Finally I picked up a book to read. For those who knows me well enough, books are not just a no, no but a taboo to me. Muahahahahaha! Ok lah! That's just an invalid excuse. But honestly, I love this author. This is his 2nd book, his first titled, "I kissed dating goodbye". I won't go into that book but it talks about if one is not ready for a relationship, how that one shd go about leading a Christianly singlehood while waiting for the right one. Then this later book is written 4 years later, during which he met his wife. As the title has suggested, he talks about Christianly courtship and eventually marriage. One thing that I like about this author is not so much his writing style or how spiritually he had put his words but rather many of the things he wrote were affirmation of what God had told me. Interesting rite. It may seem far-fetched that God actually talk to me but He did, not so much audibly but in a way that He and I communicate. I have read this book 2/3 through and i stopped. Hehe! Typical me! But I am picking it up once again, and I am determine to finish it. Yeah! I havent' finish reading but here's somethings that I found interesting and I will like to post it. Joshua started the book with an interesting idea. He had Adam in the picture and with him was one of his granddaughter, Elanna (i believe this is a make-up name and the following story is just his imagination). And here's how it goes:

"When you saw her, what did you say?"

The old man's eyes danced
"I didn't say anything, not at first," he answered. "I think I tripped on a root, and she laughed at me. She loved to laugh at me."

"But eventually you spoke to her," Elanna said, determined to coax the story from him

I was flustered," he answered, shaking his head. "My mind was on fire with curiousity and a new kind of happines. Here stood a creature after my own kind. Her every feature comforted my senses and invited me nearer. Her eyes looked back into mine with soul depth."

"You'll understand that moment better when you have it yourself," he continued. "When you meet your soul's match, what words are adequate? Sometimes joy can almost choke you. When we first met, I wanted to whisper and shout and laugh and dance all in one moment."
"Elanna...."
"You ask these questions because you yourself long to meet your soul's match. Don't pretend I don't know you, child. You have your First Mother's eyes. They looked just like yours do now when she was longing for the Garden. But you miss someone you;ve never met. You want to run through time and glimpse that first meeting. You want to know how you'll know him. But you need not fret."

"But it doesn't seem fair to me," Elanna said, the words born of frustration tumbling out. "It was easy for you. The Maker brought Grandmother to you. She was the only woman for you. She was the only woman!"

"Child...."
"It only seems that way. Our meeting was 'easy' as you put it, not because we were the only humnakind but because in those sweet days before we disobeyed, we implicitly trusted the Maker to bring what was good."
He reached out and with both hands lifted her head so her eyes looked into his. "My dear child, what you must try to see is that nothing has changed. When the Maker brings you your husband, you'll be aware that it was He who made you for each other and He who planned your meeting. And in that moment, just was we did, you'll want to sing a song of praise to Him."

I must say it was interestingly narrated and yet it was so clear, trusted the Maker to bring what was good. Sometimes we worry about missing that 'chance' and if we dun take things into our hand, it will pass by us and it will be gone for good. What little faith or even disobedience we can be. I know it's easier said then done. I'm going through it and definitely know how it feels. The mind is full of knowledge that God will provide but den the emotions are just so hard to bear.
Lord, help me to be obedient to You and to trust that You will bring what is good for me. Help me to overcome my conflictings emotions and to divert my energy into serving and giving You the glory.