Make a List... Keep Checking That Bad Boy... (#WifeWorthy Diaries)

When its Christmas time, children (and some adults) get into a list making mood. They start stacking up toy catalogs and DVRing their favorite shows. Not for the shows themselves, but more for the commercials that show the latest and greatest video games and whatever toys have the best bells and loudest whistles. And the teenagers? Forget about that. My daughters ask for everything from money to debit cards to new phones and phone cases and even phone jewelry...
Why does a phone need jewelry, anyway????
Now, I've never been good with lists. I'll make them, then lose them. LOL. But I know that as single women, many of you may have lists about the type of man that you want. It may include most, if not all of your desires; height, weight, age, income, credit score, family values, favorite foods and colors, even *ahem* personal endowment.
It's okay to get specific, ladies.
However, I would like to point out that, while you are gaining inspiration everywhere to add things to your shopping list of a "man du jour", please don't forget about another list that needs attention and you may have left to grow dusty on the shelf...
It's "Self-Checklist Time"...

Galatians 3: 4 & 5

"Pay careful attention to your own work,

For then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done,

And you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else.

For we are each responsible for our own conduct."

 

Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in biological clocks and the engagements and weddings of our close friends and family members that we focus our attention on finding the right man that wants to bend his knee in front of us. But, while we are making our lists and checking them twice (or thrice), we need to be writing out a list of things that we ourselves need to change, obtain and achieve.
Think about it; you have pages and pages of things that you want and are asking God for in a husband. Okay. But what about the fact that you are endeavoring to be someone's wife? What about the man that God designed to be the head of your household and lead your family? Doesn't he have specifications? And while God is using this time as a single woman to make and mold him to be exactly what you need, He is doing the same to you, but you have to refocus.

For the mean time, set the man list aside. Stop looking around, side to side and even sometimes behind you to see every available man that walks by. God won't let your eggs dry up. You will be able to wear the wedding dress instead of always the bridesmaid. But instead of looking at who is not in your life, look at who is.

You.

Use some of that good ink and write down some things that God may want to do in your life. And be honest; it's just you and God on the notepad. No reason to stretch the truth or hold back. Don't know what you want to change? Ask the Lord to reveal some things to you. Let me just throw a few suggestions out there to get this ball rolling:

 

-Do you have any anger issues?

-Are you messy? Disorganized?

-Do you know how to cook? At least a few meals?

-Are you in shape or maybe a skosh unhealthy?

-Do you have any habits that you would like to break?

-Do you pray on regular basis? Not just before meals?

 Some of these things might seem trivial to you, but they were some of the items that I needed to work on in myself before God could send me the husband that was meant for me. I had to do a lot of self-examination. It was most definitely difficult and a lot of times I put the pen and paper down and had to let some tears fall. All of us have a little crazy down on the inside. It's okay. But at some point, the little idiosyncrasies that you have become used to in yourself may begin to get on your nerves. That's God's way of saying: "Hey, you! We need to get this in order before so your man won't talk about it later!"

So take heart, my love. While Go is getting the man of your List together for you, He's also getting you together for him.

You are the subject of someone's wish list too...