Longings & God's Fulfillments

I love this chart, it reminds me of what my longings are and to whom I should rely on :)

Girl: I want to be loved.

Bible: “I have loved you with an everlasting love…” Jeremiah 31:3

Girl: I want someone to adore me.

Bible: The King has brought me into his chambers to adore me. (Song 1:4)

Girl: I want someone to hold my hand.

Bible: “I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” (Is. 41:10)

Girl: I want to be accepted and valued.

Bible: I am accepted in the Beloved (Eph. 1:6. KJV)

Girl: I want a place, a nesting place that is my own to create and use.

Bible: We can rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Ps. 91:1)

Girl: I want help in my days of trouble.

Bible: “And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you…” (Ps. 50:15)

Girl: I want to share my life – the joys and the struggles – with one person.

Bible: God will share with me the treasures of darkness and hidden riches. (Is. 45:3)

Girl: I want a champion of my causes – one who is willing to fight for me.

Bible: The Lord will fight for you. (Ex. 14:14)

Girl: I want someone to meet my needs.

Bible: God is meeting all my needs. (Phil. 4:19)

Girl: I want intimacy.

Bible: The Lord is intimate with the upright. (Ps. 140:13)

Girl: I want someone to help me in my life.

Bible: There is no one like God who rides the heavens to help you. (Deut. 33:26)

Girl: I want to walk through life sustained and carried. I don’t want the whole load of life.

Bible: Even to my old age, God will sustain me, carry me, and rescue me. (Is. 46:4)

Girl: I want a companion for this life.

Bible: God invites us to humbly walk with Him. (Mic. 6:8)

Girl: I desire children.

Bible: God gives us spiritual children like the numberless grains of sand if we invest in lives. (Is. 48:19)

Only He can meet the deepest needs of my heart. He is what I long for. Christ is enough.

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