Under Construction

So, Monday afternoon I get an email from someone I didn’t recognize with the subject heading, “Permission to use Waiting for Mr. Right.”  I’m thinking to myself, what the heck?  What is “Waiting for Mr. Right?  I would never title anything that.  Is this spam?  Is this some virus that’s going to destroy my work computer?  Clearly my curiosity won out over the possibility of destorying the entire networking system at CHS.

The email begins with a few names I’ve never heard of, save the ministry entitled Family Life.  That catches my eye, and I think again of the subject heading of the email – Family Life is nationally syndicated, and the email said something about permission?  I’m reading on.  

In August, that’s right, of last year, yes, that would be TEN months ago, I wrote Family Life in response to a teaching on singleness, dating etc. that I heard on the radio from Alistair Begg. If you’re a single Christian woman you’ve read your share of books, and listened to your share of teachings, and memorized passages of scripture relevant to your situation too – you may have even taking scripture out of context.  You may have cried out Gen 4:1 “…I have acquired a man from the Lord!” in a moment false, prophetic desperation.

Moving on, “lemmie sumup,” thank you, Inigo.  I don’t know how or why, but Family Life sent my email to Nancy Leigh DeMoss, and it apparently was encouraging to her.  She then sent her assistant, the lady who emailed me, to contact Family Life to get my contact information.  She wanted my permission to use part of what I wrote in the email, and a poem I sent them in print and/or on the air on either of their two nationally syndicated radio programs.  Um…okay!

So, I just wrote her back today with my response of a humble, and excited, ”yes.”  They also are going to send me one of Nancy’s books for free….sweet. 

The poem and email were born out of pain, struggle, hope and confusion.  Who woulda thunk an email I wrote ten months ago in response to a radio show would possibly lead to this?! 

God is always working behind the scenes.