I was in the middle of a
counseling call, asking the Lord and the Holy Spirit for a word of
wisdom to help my client understand why their relationship wasn't
working out. As so often happens, the Holy Spirit will lead me
through a series of visions and explanations, to an understanding, aided
by graphical presentation (visions.) I never know where
He is going...but it always come out perfectly! I'm a person who
can't tell a joke to save my life - I can never remember the punchline!
But, as I repeat the words I am hearing from the Holy Spirit.....the
final sentence always wraps up the story, much like a punchline in a
joke. It is complete. It is perfect. It is a divine
fit. The words are succinct. Like the last puzzle piece
being neatly put in place. Edification results. Awe results.
The picture is complete and crystal clear. The vision helped
enormously. A picture is worth a thousand words, but a picture
painted by the divine Hand! Ah, the masterful artistry of our
Lord. He's an AWESOME GOD who fills us with such wonder -
when we listen! No human could have thought that up!
So, here is the "Swiss Cheese
Story:"
The Lord said, "It's as if
each person on earth is cut from a different block of swiss cheese.
They have holes and empty areas within them that come from the trials
and tribulations of their lives. The holes represent the hardships
and hurts they have endured, the fears they have, the patterns they have
developed. The holes are the disappointments and disillusionments
they have suffered.
When one person says, "I want
to find that special person who will make me whole, and complete,
the one who will fill me up and satisfy me! THEN, I'LL BE HAPPY.
THEN, LORD, I'll go back and work on cleaning up all those issues from
my past - all that bag and baggage." In truth, many people
don't want to face the fact that their bag and baggage would fill a
freight train.
So, they meet someone.
"It's him!" " It's her!" "Now my
life will be made whole - I will have my happiness at last!"
This is where the newness of the relationship - that newfound
"love"- that discovery process - and, infatuation set in.
(They are glorifying the flesh, aren't they?)
"Oh, he/she is soooooo
wonderful! They're....."
Handsome/Beautiful
Smart/Talented
Fill
in the blanks
Ahhhhh....but guess what!
That other person, Mr. Wonderful, or Ms. Right, has just as many holes
and empty areas as they do! (Sometimes, more!)
Now, take two different blocks of
swiss cheese, slice off a piece, and put them together. They don't
fill each other, do they? No. They may cover
some of those holes and empty areas, but most of the time, there are
"unsatisfied" or "unmet needs." So, sooner or
later, one person says to the other,
"This
isn't working for me! I'm outtahere!
I'm going to
find someone who WILL satisfy me."
Ahhhh...the cycle begins all
over again.
But, the Lord said, "If
they would each return to their Maker
to find their wholeness, then, when they come into relationships
(of any kind,) they will already be complete. They won't be
"needy" anymore."
Bless
You, Lord!
God is our Father in Heaven.
He had a perfect plan for you when He formed you in your mother's womb:
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before
thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained
thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones
do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou
knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the
womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth
the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Plan? Yes, He has a plan
for you! A masterful plan by His masterful hand! That
includes the perfect mate!
Why
are you looking for love in all the wrong places????
You don't need to go
on Match.com.
You don't need to go
to bars.
You don't need to
flirt with everyone that walks by.
God has already
chosen your special mate.
Find HIS love, and mortal love
will pale by comparison. You will see through the fallacies of the
human condition, and have greater understanding and compassion for your
future mate. Read this and understand what God wants from you,
BEFORE He fulfills that dream of the perfect love that you have:
