...on beautiful women and God!!!

I'm not going to tell you how this train of thought started, but bear with me reminiscing and we'll get there in the end!!

You know how sometimes in your life you encounter ladies (or men, of course, if you're a woman!) who are the most beautiful/pretty women you'll ever see? Well, Claire was one of those for me. I was second year at uni and she was one of those girls you see around campus and think 'Wow!' but know at the same time that she's way out of your league. Well, it so happened that my housemate decided to run for election to the student union (SU) executive committee, and so I got involved with his campaign and all that that involved. It also just so happened that Claire was running for another of the SU positions and this was how I got to know her a bit. It wasn't long before I met up with her in uni one day whilst with all my course mates. Now, come on lads, you know you're thinking the same as me! I, without hesitating, break away from my group to go and say hello to Claire. Returning after a few minutes I'm expecting certain questions: "You know her?", "How do you know her?" I can feel my street cred sky-rocketing! But, unsurprisingly, I didn't get to date her and now know nothing of her situation or whereabouts at all.

What has that got to do with God? Well, first let me point out that it was God who created Claire's beauty and the beauty of all the other 'dream girls' like her. It is also God who created the beauty that lies within us all, and I count myself blessed because I seem to be able to see something beautiful inside most of the people I get to know. It may or may not be physical beauty, but I know that all of us have something of beauty within us.
Anyway, my point was going to be this... Do you, or is it just me, find that you continually try and make your walk with God like the 'dream girl', that you are always looking for that pinacle or perfect thing, moment, experience, encounter etc that you believe will make your Christian life 'perfect'? If you, and me, are doing this then we're missing out on the whole point of a journey with God. A journey where we make mistakes and learn, grow closer to God and then realise that we are better off without the 'dream girl', without the pefect thing, moment, experience or encounter.

Looking back now, I am glad that nothing happened between Claire and I beacuse at the same time I was also getting to know another girl, the girl who would later become my wife. I may have missed a few moments of something amazing but I have ended up with the rest of a lifetime with perfection.