Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him." Genesis 2:18 "You're so pretty, smart, and career oriented but why are you single? What's wrong with you? You must be picky!" As a 24 year old who will be 25 in a couple of weeks, I've been hearing this a lot lately. So much that when I go to my quiet place I ask myself, "is the reason that I'm single because I'm picky?" I was taken to Genesis 2 in my reading time one morning and I read, "Then the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him (Genesis 2:18 NLT)." I kept reading this verse because I realized that even in the beginning God desired so much for us! Even down to us not being alone. God is not blind to the fact that man doesn't want to be alone. He even said that it wasn't good. In the second portion of that same scr...
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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 I think we're all familiar with psalm 23 in some form of fashion. However, recently I've gained a new understand of this chapter. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want (Psalm 23:1)." In order to fully understand what this verse means I had to first understand the job description and duties of a shepherd. Webster defines shepherd as a person whose job is to take care of sheep; they guide or guard (someone or something). Because the Lord is your shepherd, the one whose job is to take care of you, protect you and even direct your path do you not realize that you have all you need? Because of this one scripture you can rest assure that you are exactly where you're suppose to be in your life because of the one who leads you. In John 10, I love how the scriptures explain the shepherd. The shepherd is recognized because he enters through the gate in verse 2. As soon as the gate keeper ...