Lessons on relating to boys
09/26/2010
This is for all the guys who I’ve led on.
This is for my future husband.
I was not playing a game.
But, there is no good excuse.
Only one of you are supposed to be my best friend.
I hate the skin-deep relationships.
But for you, husband, I will refrain.
These friendships come easy.
But I have to release the easy…
…the hard is what’s more worth-while.
“It doesn’t matter who you are, it’s not time yet.”
I’ve got my own mountains to climb on my own.
I am not ready.
I have so much to work out in me.
I am so far from what I’m supposed to be.
This is for the girls who know exactly what I’m saying.
We gotta stick it out.
We gotta stick together.
Girls can be catty.
Let’s not.
Let’s band together.
Let’s do the dance of becoming who we are.
It happens once in a lifetime.
Boys cannot form our identity.
God gives us our identity.
It is in Him alone.
Men find us once we are in our own identity.
WORD!!!! preach it sister!
Wow! So amazing, Ashley. Not just the content but also how you wrote it. The topic itself is powerful but how you present it provokes so much thought and conviction. Great job.
This is a really great idea. It’s something that I wish I would have learned earlier, as well.
Great thoughts Ashley. I know you speak from a deep place in your heart.
On a positive note, let me say to you:
Yes, you do have mountains to climb. And you still are growing into the woman you ought to be.
But you are ready for some things.
You are ready to give the beautiful treasure that’s in your heart.
You are so far from who you are supposed to be. But you will get there by letting God use you NOW even though you are not that person yet.
You have dreams to begin living out.
You have lives to impact and influence for Christ.
May grace and peace be abundant in your life during this time. And may the love of God shine so brightly in your heart.
- Ian Philip Bailey