True love.<\/b><\/p>\n
I think these are two words that every woman wants to not only hear, but two words that she wants to feel. As a single woman I felt that I was unable to find true love. As a woman in a failed relationship I felt that what I thought was true love, truly\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0 and that true love was something I could never truly feel. The true love that I was seeking always seemed to be out of my grasp.<\/p>\n
In retrospect I learned a lesson. Whether I was single, dating, married, divorced. Whatever stage of life I am in there is one person I need to seek true love from. God<\/b>.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about where I am in life; it\u2019s about my personal relationship with God. It\u2019s about me seeking him with an open heart, a clean heart. It\u2019s about me seeking him with all of me. It\u2019s about the relationship between my God and me.<\/p>\n
Seeking God\u00a0isn’t\u00a0some elaborate, grand quest. Like the authors of the book said, it is similar to developing a friendship. We can talk to Him, we can listen for His answers, we can write our thoughts and prayers to Him, and He has written the most beautiful book to us. We can think and meditate on His promises and on His word.\u00a0 We can set our minds on pleasing Him, and on walking in His will.<\/p>\n
Jeremiah 29:12-13<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Then you will call\u00a0on me and come and pray\u00a0to me, and I will listen\u00a0to you. You will seek\u00a0me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \n His is a true love that we are promised to find. A true love that is unconditional.\u00a0 Like many promises God makes to us we have a responsibility to do our part. We can seek and find this true love but we must do so with \u201cour whole heart, a clean heart.\u201d\u00a0 We need to seek God for who He is, not what He can do. We previously talked about motives. Why do I desire to seek God? Because I feel that it will make me look better in God\u2019s eyes and I\u2019ll receive what I\u2019m asking for? \u00a0We need to seek God\u2019s face, not just His hand.\u201d<\/p>\n We will find the true love that we seek when we seek God with an open heart, a pure heart and a willing heart.\u00a0 Despite where we are in our lives, married or single, this true love needs to be the desire of us all. It was promised to us all, and it is our responsibility to be seekers of true love.<\/p>\n God Bless,<\/strong><\/p>\n Tonya<\/p>\n _______________________________<\/p>\n Lets Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n Heavenly Father,<\/p>\n Thank you for the promise of true love. Thank you for an unconditional love. Create in us pure hearts Lord, so that we may seek you with a pure clean heart, with all of our heart, soul and mind. Please teach us how to seek you intimately, teach us how to build a relationship with you. We want to be the woman in Jeremiah 29, the woman who finds you. 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