{"id":5424,"date":"2012-12-11T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T06:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2012-12-11T00:01:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T06:01:40","slug":"lady-in-waiting-meditation-reality-vs-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/11\/lady-in-waiting-meditation-reality-vs-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady in Waiting: Meditation: Reality Vs. Fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2 Corinthians 10:5<\/p><\/div>\n

Meditation from page 292 of “Lady in Waiting”.<\/p>\n

“An important method of limiting your own self-defrauding is through daily discipline over “prenuptial fantasies.” \u00a0Such fantasies may provide you an escape from monotonous reality, but these moments are dangerous. \u00a0They will aggravate your struggle for contentment because they are not innocent daydreams, but an attack on your godly contentment. \u00a0You may be so used to daily fantasies that you might not even realize when you begin daydreaming again about your prince.”<\/p>\n

“Often single women’s struggle with contentment can be traced back to her fantasies more than to her frustrating circumstances. \u00a0Just think for a moment about three words from 2 Corinthians 10:5:\u00a0Casting down imaginations.<\/em> \u00a0Fantasizing about a future with a guy you have been watching in Sunday school or at work is nothing more than your very active imagination. \u00a0What should you do when you start daydreaming about a guy you’ve never dated or even formally met? \u00a0You must take your thoughts to Jesus and leave them in His capable hands. \u00a0This daily discipline of taking your fantasies to Jesus is the foundation for your future as a contented woman, whether you are married\u00a0or single.”<\/p>\n

LET\u2019S PRAY<\/strong>
\nFather God, we treasure our time with You. So many times we talk incessantly about our needs, our wants, our hopes and dreams. We know that You love hearing our cares, but we also know You love to speak to us also. Help us to slow down in our prayer and devotional time so that we can hear from You. It is You who guide us, and without taking the time to listen to the guidance we will become lost. Thank you Jesus for Your patience and love as we continue the process of drawing close to You.<\/p>\n

YOUR ASSIGNMENT<\/strong>
\nPlease share your thoughts on today\u2019s meditation, either in full or in part, below as well as in our Facebook group. Our hope is that you take the time to journal these meditations so that you have them to look back on and use them to help you grow.<\/p>\n

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Meditation from page 292 of “Lady in Waiting”. “An important method of limiting your own self-defrauding is through daily discipline over “prenuptial fantasies.” \u00a0Such fantasies may provide you an escape from monotonous reality, but these moments are dangerous. \u00a0They will aggravate your struggle for contentment because they are not innocent daydreams, but an attack on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":5815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[144,147,1164,181,218,293,425,436,545,554,569,593,686,723,9297,968],"class_list":["post-5424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-singles","tag-bible","tag-bible-study","tag-bible-study-2","tag-captivating","tag-christianity","tag-debby-jones","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god","tag-jackie-kendall","tag-jesus","tag-john-and-stasi-eldredge","tag-lady-in-waiting","tag-michelle-graziano","tag-online-bible-studies","tag-singles","tag-singles-bible-study","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/gch_2cor10_5.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-1pu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}