#soulscripts.

It was a fall night in college and I felt that icky feeling of loneliness. You know, the kind that makes you consider running back into the arms of your ex or calling up old so and so just to fill the void a bit. I had a text to an old love interest typed up. But before sending it I called my mom, and she reminded me never to open the door of your heart to a man who has no problem walking out your door. She explained to me that she pictured me with a taller guy, with light eyes and maybe a little scruff on the face. I had gotten a similar picture in my mind but hadn't shared it with anyone. When she said that, I shrieked, "are you serious?! I was thinking the same thing!" We both laughed and she told me to hang on a little while and wait for my light eyed scruffy face man to knock on my door. Three weeks later, Matt knocked on the door of my apartment. I had a weird peace about him, not butterflies, but just a deep soul rest. We dated for a few years and then two years ago today, on July 7, 2015, he flew across the country, knocked on my door again, except this time on one knee with a ring in his hand. He spent every dime of his college graduation gifts on a little ring and that's the best I could have ever asked for. He gave everything he had to make me his. I know it's tempting to settle when the lonely monster bites you in the butt. I know it's easy to keep going back to Mr. Wrong when life feels awkward and out of wack alone. But I just want to use my story to remind you that there is something better. You may not deserve but you are worth a man whose willing to knock on the door of your heart and give everything he has for you. It's not something you can earn, it's something you were already given by Christ on the cross. Why settle for anything less?