Dear Future... Children

 

  My dear future children,


  How I long for you! I have so many hopes and dreams for you! I hope I can raise you right. I hope you see my love for the LORD in the way that I live. I hope that you grow to love and know the LORD Jesus Christ as I have- and more so! I want to see you do better than I could ever do. I hope the Lord uses me to equip you for your future of serving Him, despite my flaws and weaknesses. I dream that you grow to have love and respect for your father and I. Not because we deserve it, but because it is what the LORD asks of you. I dream you grow into a joyful young lady or gentleman, with a heart overflowing with love and compassion for others. I dream that you have a heart full of beautiful childhood memories.

  I want to play ball in the backyard with you, to teach you to cook, and sew. I would love to cuddle in bed with you in the morning. I will adore watching your eyes light up as I read your favorite stories. To watch as you take your first steps, and hear you speak your first word, will mean so much to me! I dream of us having tickle fights, and playing hide -n- seek through the house. To watch you get dirty from head to toe with the biggest grin on your face will be precious, even if you track it in the house!
To help you get ready for church will be a pleasure, even if you run off half way through! Teaching you character and manners, and then watching as you start using what we have taught you on your own will be a wonderful thing to see.

  I want to teach you from home, as I was home schooled. I think I'm ready for that! I pray I have patience with you as my mom had with me! I hope and dream you grow to have a love for reading, a skill in math, and a respect for history!  I hope I can teach you diligence and determination. I hope you learn to study, not only in school, but the word of GOD! I long to see you quoting scripture on Sunday nights at church. I hope you take that scripture and not only remember it for the rest of your days, but I pray you learn to cherish it and follow it. Let it guide you through everyday of your life!

  I hope you know, you are loved, and you are wanted. Long before you came into this world, I have been praying for you! For you to be a part of my reality, and for your future! At the moment I'm still praying for your father to come along! Maybe one day soon he will- in GOD's timing! I hope you grow with patience! Don't try to speed through life. Don't let the small precious things go unnoticed! Don't forget, even as a child you can do big and mighty things for the LORD, if you only trust and serve Him with your whole heart! Don't waste your childhood and teen years on yourself and foolish things this life offers! I hope your father and I can teach you where true value lies! I hope we can place our pride aside and apologize when we make mistakes, because I'm sure we will. We are only human after all. But, I also dream that you will see that yes, we are in fact, imperfect, and yet you also see we want to do what is best for you in the eyes of the LORD. I pray you never know the taste of bitterness. I pray sorrow never hardens your heart, but makes it all the more tender towards our Father!

  There isn't enough time in the day to say everything I hope to  say to you! There are not enough words to describe the longing I feel to be your mother one day. I am trying to have a patient spirit, but the idea of you is simply so beautiful I long for you more and more everyday! I have a feeling that no matter what, I will love you, because the LORD will have given you to me! I know you won't be perfect, but if the LORD gives me you, that would be one of the greatest honors He could ever give me!

  I think of the preparations people have to make before having a child. Painting the nursery, buying a crib, clothes, toys, diapers, etc... (We really could go on couldn't we?). But, what can I do now to prepare for you? I can serve the LORD. I can serve others. I can pray and read my bible daily. I can die to self daily, and some days, hourly. I can prepare myself for you, by being the woman God wants me to be right now! To learn to live the way I want to teach you to live! To be the best I can with the LORD leading me every step of the way!

  I pray that you do the same! Be who GOD would have you to be! That is all I want for you! I don't care if you become a doctor or a simple janitor. A missionary or a plumber. A teacher or a mother. As long as you are in GOD's will, it truly doesn't matter! Serve the LORD with gladness , and with your whole heart and I know you will do well in life. I hope and pray and dream that I can equip you to do so!


Simply,
  Your mother,
                  Sarah

Dear Future... Husband

Dear Future Husband,

                
  This letter is going to be a bit different from the others I have written you because this letter will be posted on my blog. I truly enjoy writing! I don't know if there is anything more than a blog in my future of writing, but as long as I can continuing writing, then I will be happy with that!

  I'll say this again for the sake of my blog readers, the whole point of these letters are for you to get to know me as a young person. To get to know the person I am before you. I hope I am succeeding in doing that! On to the actual letter :)

  I feel as if our meeting is still far away and yet somehow I think we may have already met, even if it were just in passing. How can you long for something or someone so much when you haven't ever met? I'm a bit of a dreamer, just to warn you! I get that from my mother, bless her heart! We both have wild imaginations and that can be used for good I know, but at the same time, I must be careful and guard my heart or it will get away from me. Having this imagination, has caused me to have expectations for you. I have a list (yes an actual list, you will learn that I love lists!) of requirements for you. I'm sorry if that is intimidating, but I was taught to know what I want in a husband at a young age. Don't worry though, if you have read all twenty something other letters that I have written to you, then you passed, and I am madly and deeply in love with you! :) At this point in my life, I'm not sure what that is like, to love someone in that way. I guess that makes the wait a lot easier!

  I must say, some people may not think I want to get married because of my casualty in waiting. I'm not one of the girls that complain about the single life... much. Lol I actually have one complaint: People thinking I shouldn't be single! I believe the single life would be much easier if people didn't expect you to get married young. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it simply isn't GOD's plan for everyone. But that post has already been written! (5 Things Single Girls Are Tired Of) I can be impatient sometimes, mind you! I simply don't publicize it by complaining. It is difficult to wait when people around your age and younger are getting married and having kids. I long for the day when I have a family of my own. I truly do! But I see no sense in moping around about something I can't change. Why not enjoy this season of life while I'm in it? This is a time of learning and growing in the LORD. I know I can continue to grow even after marriage, but I can let GOD use this time in my life to prepare me for marriage, for you. Because through serving you, and submitting to you, I will be obeying my Father and doing His will. He hasn't given me that honor yet, but there are ways I can serve others in the now! I don't always do well in serving. That is definitely something I must work on!  

  One of my biggest dreams is to become a mother. As scary as that can be, my biggest fear is probably, not being able to. I won't lie. That maybe a bit bold to say on my blog, but I'm sure I'm not the only one! Being a big fear of mine, I have prayed about it a lot! Just for the record, if the Lord decides to not give us children, yes, I will have a hard time understanding that at first, but we will get through it together! Plus I would love to adopt as well!  I do want seven kids! I hope you like that number! I hope we will be good parents! I hope we can be good examples to our children in every aspect. I know we will make some mistakes, that is inevitable, but I hope we can do well in the big things and learn from our mistakes. I want to earn love and respect from our children and I want them to earn it from us. I want to play games together, and honestly, I would like for technology to be an odd thing to our kids. I don't want YouTube to be a common word in our house. I want them to run to tell us the amazing adventures they had in the backyard. I want to have cookouts with both of our families together in the backyard. I want a unity that people think is impossible these days, because I know it's not impossible with the LORD.

  I hope you have a love for Christ and His work. I hope we can be the kind of couple that reads the word together, and prays together. And I'm not simply talking about at meal time. I want to be the kind of couple that doesn't need any words to enjoy each other’s company. I want to be able to sit in silence with you and stare up at the stars. Long, deep talks about our hopes and dreams are very welcome too! I hope we can go hiking and camping and just enjoy the beauty of God's creation together. I hope you can see the beauty in the small things. I want to go on picnics with you instead of a movie. Though movies can be fun sometimes too :). I want to be adults and be responsible together and then some days be completely childish and playful. I want to cook together, and have food fights, to dance barefoot in the kitchen, to live in the moment together. To serve GOD together. 

  Maybe a lot of that is foolish, but that is what I wish for. I wish for a lifelong friendship that nothing can come between. I hope that isn't simply "wishful thinking". It doesn't have to be perfect, but I want something special. I do have hopes and dreams, but if it’s worth waiting for, I can wait. I'm sure it will be worth it!

  I am praying for you. Know that each letter I write to you, I am praying for you as I write it! Patiently, I will pray, and I will wait.

  Simply,

      Sarah


  P.S. To my blog readers, I hope you enjoy this "series"! Thank you for reading! I appreciate it!!! May God bless you all!


  To my single friends out there, we are all in this together! Enjoy this season of life while you can! Feeling impatient? Write your frustrations down! I know writing may not be the thing for you, but do something! Don't simply sit around feeling useless! Make yourself useful! And hey! You can always pray about it! The LORD knows your heart, and He is the one that can help you through these times, so go to Him in prayer!

Dear Future...

As you all already know, I love to write! Aside from writing this blog, I write some stories and also letters. I write letters to people I know, and people I haven't met yet. Such as my future husband and my future children. Yes, I know I'm odd, but whatever! I think it would be cool to hear from your mother or spouse as a teen and young adult. So I am going to start a small series of letters to my "futures". These posts maybe a bit different for you guys, but maybe, just maybe I can inspire you guys to write a "future" letter, whether it be to your future spouse, children, yourself, or whatever.


Dear Future,


  What do you have in store? I can't help but wonder! The possibilities are endless! To know you could change so much for me. Why must you be such a mystery? I suppose that is simply a part of what makes this life so exciting. To think of seeing the future unfolding before me in a way I could never imagine has a way of exciting me . I can't honestly say I understand everything, or even that I want to fully understand everything, but I am anxious to see what you hold! To meet the people you bring across my path. To see the person I am meant to be several years down the road. To meet the man I am meant to marry, and the children we may have. So much excitement in thinking about all the things you hide behind another day!


  A friend of mine reminded me today, that everyone goes through daily struggles. I go through some myself. Some of us may have bigger troubles than others, some may be big, but not obvious. What struggles lay in wait for me Future? I suppose this letter could truly be to my Father, beings He is the creator of the future. So Father, how will I fair in the trials ahead? Will I be strong and humble enough to lean on You? To reach for Your guiding hand? Am I strong enough to do so now? In these struggles I am facing today? Can I hand them over to You, without doubt, without fear? Trusting You will take care of it all, is easier said than done, I must say! This shouldn't be so after seeing all that you have done thus far. I am human, we never seem to learn do we? Not what is of true importance in this life anyway. 


  Father, I ask that you would not show me the future, but prepare me for it. I know that is what You have been doing, but God I stand here asking You to continue preparing me, this time I won't struggle against Your teachings, and Your guiding hand, but follow as You lead me into the unknown. Father, I love you for never giving up on me! I pray I never give up serving You to the best of my ability, and I honestly could do so so so much better! When I am down, hold me up Father. I am weak, please give me strength. When I am anxious, help me to be trusting. When I am frustrated, I pray for patience! Lord I am all of these things right now in this moment! I ask you my God for peace that I know only You can give!


  I love You Lord, help me to love You more!


  Simply,
      Sarah