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Give in to His love

Feb4

I had an appointment for a free leg wax today and honestly wasn’t too excited about going, but just decided to go through with it. So while I’m in the room, somehow or another we get to talking about how I knew Jonathan was the one (oh right, she said I looked young to be married), and then she’s like, “Oh my goodness, you sound just like my mother! She’s 100% Christian. The past four years she’s just become so Christian, and she’s always telling me about these amazing things God’s doing, etc. etc.” And I’m thinking man, this girl hears it all the time from her mom, about how amazing it is to be in a love relationship with the Lord, now here He is, bringing some random girl to tell her the same thing, and I’m like, “Man, God just knocks and knocks and when you sense Him knocking, He just gets louder and louder. He’s such a stalker!” And another girl there started opening up at how she just bought her first Bible last week and how she wants to really start following Him as well and telling me how He’s been calling her and we both were like, “Wow, it truly is amazing that the God of the Universe cares that much to have a relationship with us.”

I also began to share with her what the Lord had told me to read this morning from the book of Hosea; how Hosea was a prophet the Lord told to marry a prostitute because at the time, the nation of Israel, His people, were “playing the harlot,” that is, worshiping other gods. And how in the first chapter He’s very upset, calling Israel “Not His people” and a harlot. It deeply hurts Him that they have now given their love and attention to false gods, the gods the other nations worshiped, and how they had completely forgotten about Him. He’s so mad, He talks about how He’s going to give them over to their enemies and no longer have mercy on them, but then immediately, it’s like His love for them is so great, He just can’t–despite for how much and for how long they’ve been ignoring Him and showing other gods their love and devotion–completely cut them off. He says in verse ten that yet still, He is going to so multiply the children of Israel and that in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”

I’m just blown away by His love and grace. These people have completely turned their backs on Him, doing disgusting things: having sex with temple prostitutes of the false gods, sacrificing their children to these gods by burning them in fire and YET God says, ‘One day, you’ll be called My sons.” To be a son of a king means to be the heir of their throne. God looks at us, having premarital sex, going wild at clubs and parties, or just completely shrugging Him off, and yet He desires to make US His sons? The heirs of His kingdom? The kingdom where there’s no more pain, sorrow, or death, but just complete righteousness, joy, and peace?

Think about that.

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In chapter two His love for rebellious people just further blows my mind. He begins to talk about how Israel was His wife, and He her Husband. That’s how intimate He sees His relationship with His people; He compares it to the most intimate relationship one can have on earth: marriage. And again, He talks about the punishment He’s going to bring on them; destroying their crops, taking away their joy, but just like in chapter one, right after He pronounces the well-deserved punishments, He starts talking about how He’s going to bless them again after these things (see He knows that unfortunately, all the prophets He sent before were to of no avail; they didn’t bring about a change of heart in the people. Israel could care less that God was sending them warnings through prophets so now He says, ‘I’m gonna take away all the things that cause you to prosper and have joy, because only then will you recognize that I was the One who gave them to you in the first place, and then you will return to Me). So He says after these punishments:

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Will bring her into the wilderness,
And speak comfort to her.
 I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope;
She shall sing there,
As in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

 “And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the Lord,
“That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’
And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’
 For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
 In that day I will make a covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
With the birds of the air,
And with the creeping things of the ground.
Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth,
To make them lie down safely.

“I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice,
In lovingkindness and mercy;
 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And you shall know the Lord.

 “It shall come to pass in that day
That I will answer,” says the Lord.” -Hosea 2:14-21

 

See ladies, the affection and attention you crave from men, it is a desire God gave you, but a desire only He could fulfill. These men breaking your hearts, or maybe even treating you like silver (not gold, unless he loves and honors the Lord), but it not being enough, that’s just because a man cannot satisfy and fill that need that you have for love. Only God can. Only the Lord who so desperately wants your attention and love, only He can complete you. Before Sir Jonathan was placed in my path, I was complete. For the first time in my life I didn’t care about having a boyfriend. I didn’t even want one! Why? Because I had finally allowed God to fulfill that void in me. And my, did He satisfy me! (My friends and family can tell you; they thought I was nuts!) But you know how when you meet a guy you think is just so hot and amazing, and you can’t stop talking about him to your friends? Well, that’s just how it was and still is to this day with Jesus. He is so amazing and treats me with such incredible love that I can’t help but tell others about Him. My husband is great, but like I’ve said MANY times before, Jonathan doesn’t hold a candle to my Lord. No man on this earth comes close to how wonderful God is.

Beautiful princesses, I plead with you, allow God to love on you, to pour out His love on you. It is His desire to just drown you with love. The Bible says like how parents decide to have kids just because they desire them and want to love them, God made all of us for, “His good pleasure.” It just pleased Him to have sons and daughters. It’s time to come home to Him. Only then will your heart be at rest, and your joy complete.

“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” -Jesus (John 15:11)

How did I know Sir Jonathan was the one?

Jan29

Many people ask me, “How did you know Jonathan was the one?”

This may sound shallow, but the first thing I noticed was the attraction (bear with me). To me, Jonathan was the most gorgeous guy I’d ever seen. He had everything I wanted; pale skin, black hair, and light eyes.

Now, I know Satan can very well bring you counterfeits so attraction is obviously just a minor clue, and most certainly not the only one. (Side note: If the guy isn’t a believer, scratch him off the potential-husband list immediately).

Next: He shared the same calling. Sir Jonathan, like me, is an actor, writer, and director (though I’m pretty sure God’s not calling me to be a film-director, He has called me to direct theatre actors).

Thirdly, and very importantly: My prayers regarding him and our relationship were consistently, unfailingly, being answered.

I prayed behind Sir Jonathan’s back that he’d really begin reading the Bible, listening to music by Christian artists, go to Calvary with me, make friends with godly brothers who could pour into him, get baptized, leave the Catholic church, and not wanna wait so long to marry me (early on in our relationship, he’d say he wouldn’t be ready probably until he was twenty-five! Mind you, we were nineteen at the time!) Every single one of those prayers got answered. And I was there when Jonathan finished reading the New Testament for the first time, and I witnessed his baptism. Oh, and these prayers got answered without me forcing them to happen (in the very beginning I did talk to Jonathan about how important reading the Bible was, but he’d get upset at me telling him what he should do so I quickly learned, and God confirmed through a random recently converted old friend, that I needed to shut up and pray).

Then there was a crucial moment four months into our relationship on the day I got back from a ten day mission trip to Romania. God told me something I thought I’d never hear Him say: Break up with him.

I was confused, I admit, because I really thought Jonathan was the one, but I knew God wanted me to break up with him, so I did.

For two days I fasted and prayed. After praying for probably the thirtieth time, I rose from my knees and plopped onto my bed. Above me, part of book hung off my head-rest. I snatched Choosing God’s Best. See, a month or so before leaving for Romania, a big sister in Christ told me, “I feel led to give you this.” It was a book on courtship–the term I had first heard a month or two before on a Christian radio station. I had sensed that God wanted me to talk to Jonathan about courting, but I had completely forgotten to. So I finally opened the book to any page and began reading.

The entire chapter was about how damaging dating is to a relationship, and how if that’s what you were doing in your relationship, God was able to “restore the years the locusts have eaten.” Literally, I kid you not, right after I finished that last sentence, Jonathan called me. I answered and re-read the entire chapter to him. He didn’t know what courting was and after what I did to him, he didn’t know if he could trust me, and wasn’t sure he wanted to start over. So, I put my phone on mute and prayed:

“Lord, if You don’t want me with Jonathan, then harden his heart against me, but, if You do want us together, soften his heart, and let him forgive me, in Jesus’ name.” Right after I prayed that and took the phone off mute, suddenly, out of nowhere Jonathan says, “Natasha, I wanna grow old with you.” He decided to take me back, and agreed to court. Oh! Did I mention while in Romania God reminded me of a “spiritual father” a term I’d heard on that radio station so, on the bus in Oradea, I begin to challenge what I believed was God’s voice.

Okay, Lord. I thought, and then began seeking.

Me: Matt? 

God: No.

Me: Mike?

God: No.

Me: Pastor John?

God: Yes.

Okay, God, let’s see if this is really You. I got up from my seat–we had parked at a gas station–and approached Pastor John.

“Hey, Pastor John, do you know what a spiritual father is?”

“Yes.”

“Have you ever been a spiritual father?”

He chuckled. “Many times.”

“If me and Jonathan ever get to that point, would you mind being our spiritual father?”

“I’d love to. When we get back we’ll set up a meeting.”

After three times of running into Pastor John at our huge church, Jonathan finally decided he was ready to meet alone with Pastor John.

Real quick (I forgot one lol), two months or so before Jonathan was ready to meet Pastor John, he was still attending Catholic church and not reading much of the Bible. I wasn’t sure if we were equally yoked, so again, I prayed and cried out to God:

“Lord, if You want me to break up with him, tell me and I will! Please, confirm for me if Jonathan’s the one!” I flung my Bible open to Isaiah 43:19. I didn’t understand it, but God told me to read it in the Amplified Bible. This is what it said:

9 Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

20 The beasts of the field honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen,

21 The people I formed for Myself, that they may set forth My praise [and they shall do it].

This hit home. God’s Word is likened to water, and Jonathan was in a dry place, a desert place due to his lack of consumption of God’s Word. So I knew this passage was talking about Jonathan, God’s “Chosen” for me. That he would one day really set forth God’s praise and be whole-heartily seeking Him.

Now, we both wanted to get married, and felt like we were the ones for each other, but we still wanted to be absolutely sure that God wanted the same. So we prayed for confirmation. The day I asked God to confirm for me if He wanted me to marry Jonathan, I was serving at a Christian foster care home and there were children there from the Haiti earthquake. One of them walks over to me and hands me a card from a game they were playing before I got there. The card she just so happened to place in my hand–again, the day I asked God to confirm if Jonathan was the one He wanted me to marry–was of a lifeguard with hair just like Jonathan’s and green eyes, with the title “Lifeguard” beneath him. At this time, Jonathan was a lifeguard at CB Smith park.

Finally, he proposes, and we take our first pre-marital course. And what is the passage of Scripture the pastor happens to open up with? You guessed it: Isaiah 43:19-21.

There were a few other little things, but these were the major ones that God used to tell me, “Yes, daughter, Jonathan is the prince I want you to marry.”

How to fight lustful thinking

Jan24

Sir Jonathan and Princess Natasha answer viewer questions on relationships and God. In this video they answer the question: In a world consumed by sex, how do you fight lustful thinking? Send in your questions to BetterThanEdward@live.com

I don’t care what Hollywood says, ladies, You’re Not an object for man’s pleasure

Jan7

Hollywood can go to hell.

As you can see, I’m a bit hot-headed at the moment. Allow me to rephrase. Hollywood’s ideas concerning women can go to hell. I pray for the salvation of the souls from which these degrading thoughts stem from, but nevertheless, their ideas are absolutely despicable.

“Dang, Natasha, you usin’ some straight up powerful words here.”

I most certainly am because the Holy Spirit of the living God that has dwelt within me from the moment I invited Him inside stirs me to such anger because He too considers the way Hollywood depicts women as–dare I say it–abominable. Think about it, these are His daughters they’re messing with. If you have a loving Father (whose love comes nothing close to God’s), imagine if some men invited him for dinner and then told him several times how they think you’re just an object useful for their own sexual desires and not much more, and that all they wanted to do was bang you until they got tired of you and then moved onto your sister.

WHAT! Your father would be outraged! He’d likely grab a dinner knife and need to be restrained or he’d be in jail for life for murder.

Now consider the God of all creation, who created you out of love, with love, and for love; who says you are marvelous, who when he saw man by himself said it was not good for him to be alone and thus decided to make you as someone suitable to *help* the man; who entrusted you with the great responsibility of housing a child inside of you, protecting and nurturing it until ready to enter the world, who commands the man who marries you to love you as he loves his own self, to not be bitter toward you, to protect and provide for you (as a king would a princess), to not even look after another woman with lust but to enjoy you his wife for all of his days, and to literally die for you if need be.  Imagine how He feels when men so exploit you, His precious and prized creation. (Now, this also goes for women who objectify men because there are some who do this as well, and all of God’s creation is prized in His sight).

Well, it’s about time women stop buying into the bull-crap, and start buying into what the God of the universe says about them. It is time to get to know God so you can truly discover your incalculable value and stop settling for guys who would tell you you ain’t worth nothin’ but a few drinks or a movie.  It is time to toss those Cosmopolitan magazines that on every wicked cover shout that you’re just a sex-toy in the trash and time to pick up a Bible that says you’re a princess who is to be loved and cherished, and is to to have a man commit his very life to you before he can have access to your body which isn’t some object for pleasure, but a sacred temple.

These aren’t Natasha’s made-up words and ideas, this is what the Inspired Word of God has to say about every woman.

Hollywood’s lies end right here. Share this truth with every woman you know. For you are all worth so much more than these liars make you out to be. Be free from the bondage of their demeaning conditioning in the name of Jesus Christ and be loosed to walk as the beautiful princess He created you to be in Him.

Know Your Worth.

Natasha

The Dangers of False Romance Ideals

Jan2

Hollywood’s definition of romance/love: When a man takes you out, get’s you to sleep with him, and then moves in with you.

The Word of God commands that we take every thought captive and bring it into submission to the obedience of Christ. It also says not to be conformed to the pattern of this world (e.g. Hollywood’s view on love and romance), but to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, and that we, in Christ, are given the mind of Christ. It also says in Jeremiah that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Our sinful nature is inclined to lie. Our hearts, apart from being utterly surrendered to Jesus, are wicked little liars who tie a rope around our necks and drag us into heartbreak after heartbreak.

We also are very influenced by the world who bombards us with romanticism lies. I’m not saying that love can’t have moments of sweet romance, but true love is not only romance, nor does it seek to only romanticize, but it is sacrifice, loyalty, kindness, patience, or as the Word says, “long-suffering.” Romance is nice, but anyone can romance a person. But it takes real love to commit your life to someone, to stick it out in the hard times, and to sacrifice your very life if need be for the other person.

Many Hollywood films show these good looking men romancing women–sleeping with them–and then they live happily ever after. How many men who do such in real life truly love the woman they’re romancing to the point where they’d give their life for her?

So if you’re married yet thinking about an ex it is partly due to your heart lying to you, plus the influences of the worldly views on romance. Just discern that, and then do as the Word says, take those thoughts captive and replace them with Christ-like thoughts. How you are a woman committed in marriage to a man who pledged his life to you and that you will love, honor, and respect your man by only thinking about him when it comes to the opposite sex (and Jesus).

OR if you can’t wait to meet the man appointed for you to marry because you’re craving some endless romance in your life, know this hard truth: not every waking moment with the man God wants you to marry will be romantic. Heck, many moments won’t be. (Be realistic, two sinners living together under the same roof having to share everything can get pretty messy). But, loving that man through rough times and even when he’s not romancing you is oh so much more rewarding because you’re doing what Jesus does on a daily basis: loving unconditionally. And when you do that, you’re obeying Him, and He says in His Word to obey is better than sacrifice.

I don’t know about you, but I’m not living for endless romance. I’m living for Jesus. And doing so isn’t always easy, nor is it always painless, in fact, many times it can be painful, but I don’t focus on the pain, I keep my eyes on the One who suffered torture and death for my sake. The One who promises me an unfading crown, a new name, VIP access to fountains of living water and the tree of life. That is what I look forward to. I promise you, if you do the same, this life will be more joyful for you than the most romantic getaway fathomable.

Until next time, Know Your Worth,

Natasha

Ladies, if a guy catches your eye before you catch his, LOOK AWAY!

Oct22

I’m realizing many girls are “falling in love” with guys when the guy isn’t even pursuing them. This, my dear princesses, is a major problem. First off, falling in love is a mutual thing. It’s supposed to happen at the same time. How do I know this? Let’s go back to the very first couple to ever walk the earth, and He who set them up.

“And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.  Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

 And Adam said:

“This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.””

 

First thing to notice: Adam was sleeping. He wasn’t on the hunt, and neither was Eve.

Second thing: God had already molded Adam to be perfect for Eve, now He just needed to prepare her for him.

Third thing: Right after God finished molding Eve for Adam, i.e. after she was complete–ready–God brought her to him. Let’s linger for a moment. Imagine if God started with Eve’s head, and He continues on and is down to her stomach, but Even starts yappin’, “God, just let me go to Adam, please! Let me go to him now! I wanna be with him already!” And God says, “Eve, my daughter, you are not yet ready for Adam.” “Oh, but I am, I am!” You can imagine what would’ve happened if she tried to get Adam’s attention when she wasn’t completely done yet. They wouldn’t have been able to do one of the major things God wanted them to: bear children. In other words, she really would not have been ready or right for Adam because God hadn’t finished working on her.

Fourth thing: Immediately after He finished, God brought Eve to Adam, and Adam woke up and SAW her. It wasn’t like, “Hey, Eve my daughter, I’m going to bring you to Adam, but he’s not gonna notice you for a year or two before I put you guys together.” When they both were ready is when God placed her right in front of Adam who woke up right away and since she was completely ready, he not only noticed Eve, but instantly fell for her. He knew without a doubt, that she was the one made just for him.

Let’s look at another couple from the Bible.

“Abraham was now a very old man, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh. Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women. Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”

“No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful never to take my son there. For the Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants. He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.”

 

In a nutshell, this servant goes to find a wife for Abraham’s son, Isaac, and God brings a woman to the servant who is perfect for Isaac. Mind you, this whole time, Isaac’s chillin’ around his fields, meditating on God, not knowing at all the He’s about to bring him his future wife, when suddenly, a beautiful woman comes riding in on a camel.

“Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi.One evening as he was walking and meditating in the fields, he looked up and saw the camels coming. When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel. “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant.

And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil. Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent, and she became his wife. He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.

God brought her to Adam at the perfect time: when she was ready for marriage, and after his mother died and he needed comfort and support.

So ladies, get it together! Do not waste your time fancying a guy. Love and focus on God, and He’ll bring you to the man at just the right time. Take it from me, and God’s Word =)).

With love,

Natasha

 

My blogs: Oldest to Newest

Sep3

Once upon a time I was a love-hungry man-eater.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/06/17/man-eater-lets-say-i-was-a-love-hungry-man-eater-eventually/

I became all things to all men so that by all means I might snag some.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/06/18/i-became-all-things-to-all-men-so-that-by-all-means-i-might-snag-some/

Ladies, know your worth!

http://wp.me/s1yNGE-98

Ladies: Close your legs.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/06/22/ladies-close-your-legs/

“I’ve never felt like this for anyone before.”

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/06/30/ive-never-felt-like-this-for-anyone-before/

Now I’m preaching to the prego baby mamas. Oh, and non-virgins too.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/05/now-im-preaching-to-the-pregobaby-mamas-oh-and-non-virgins-too/

What you want in a man questionaire. Place your order!

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/11/alright-ladies-what-you-want-in-a-man-questionaire-place-your-order/

The lust of my life.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/15/the-lust-of-my-life/

Ex-boyfriend drama

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/18/ex-boyfriend-drama/

Break-ups and the road to healing.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/20/break-ups-and-the-road-to-healing/

Bad Boys vs Good Guys

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/24/bad-boys-vs-good-guys/

Got some toxic thoughts that are leading you to toxic behavior?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/07/27/got-some-toxic-thoughts-that-are-leading-you-to-toxic-behavior/

My heart-break journals during and after.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/01/one-of-my-many-heartbreaks-during-after/

This is what love from a man should sound like.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/06/lecrae-i-love-you-feat-chris-lee-dj-primo-remix-happy-b-day-suhaylee/

Gentlemen letting the little boys know how to treat a lady

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/06/heres-some-gentlemen-lettin-the-little-boys-know-how-to-treat-a-lady/

Songs to inspire hope and healing for your hurting heart

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/08/songs-to-inspire-hope-and-healing-for-your-hurting-heart/

“Why men love b*tches.” Why this is a lie.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/10/why-men-love-bches-why-this-is-a-lie/

The never-ending battle between Spirit and Flesh

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/13/the-never-ending-battle-between-spirit-and-flesh/

Blast from the past (those pesky exes)

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/27/blast-from-the-past/

Ladies: Enough is enough!

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/08/31/ladies-enough-is-enough/

I’m not a princess. How do I undo what I’ve become?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/03/im-not-a-princess-how-do-i-undo-what-ive-become/

Will a real gentleman please stand up? Hello? Is anyone there?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/06/will-a-real-gentleman-please-stand-up-hello-is-anyone-there/

I can’t eat and look at what she’s wearing.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/08/i-cant-eat-and-look-at-what-shes-she-wearing/

Even Christian girls are selling themselves short.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/11/even-christian-girls-are-selling-themselves-short/

Every home-wrecker has her story.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/13/every-adulteress-has-her-story/

Saw litmitless last night. Are girls really that easy?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/14/saw-limitless-last-night-are-girls-really-that-easy/

If you think love is simply an emotion, here’s a wake-up call.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/16/if-you-think-love-is-simply-an-emotion-heres-a-wake-up-call/

“If you love me, you’ll hve sex with me.”-your boyfriend

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/19/if-you-love-me-youll-have-sex-with-me-your-boyfriend/

“How far can I go with my boyfriend?”

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/20/how-far-can-i-go-with-my-boyfriend/

Ladies, for crying out loud, can you be a little mysterious?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/24/ladies-for-crying-out-loud-can-you-be-a-little-mysterious/

“I’m a loser because my peer said so.”

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/09/30/im-a-loser-because-my-peer-said-so/

“Why do I still have feelings for my ex?”

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/10/03/i-still-have-feelings-for-my-ex/

“This person will make me happy.”

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/10/10/this-person-will-make-me-happy/

“I’m ten and I pose topless like my grown-up media icons do.”

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/10/17/dont-grow-up-too-fast-youth-isnt-something-you-can-buy-back/

Can your affection be bought?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/11/01/can-your-affection-be-bought/

Object of sexual abuse to a princess of incluable worth.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/11/16/object-of-sexual-abuse-to-a-princess-of-incalculable-worth/

Princess, gotta man who’s afraid of marriage?

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/11/28/princess-gotta-man-whos-afraid-of-marriage/

After seeing Breaking Dawn, raise your hand if you want an Edward.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/12/05/after-seeing-breaking-dawn-raise-your-hand-if-you-want-an-edward/

Be submissive to my husband? Kill me now.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/12/20/be-submissive-to-my-husband-kill-me-now/

For my husband.

http://betterthanedward.com/2011/12/23/for-my-husband/

Husbands, want to win your wife’s heart back?

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/01/03/husbands-want-to-win-your-wives-hearts-back/

A young man shares his views on sex. Ladies, a must see!

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/01/18/a-young-man-shares-his-views-on-sex-ladies-a-must-see/

“You’re not the same man I fell in love with.”

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/01/30/youre-not-the-same-man-i-fell-in-love-with/

If there’s a God, why does He let bad things happen to good people?

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/02/11/if-theres-a-god-why-does-he-let-bad-things-happen-to-good-people/

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Ladies find out what it should mean to you.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/03/25/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-ladies-find-out-what-it-should-mean-to-you-3/

What man can love you like this?

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/03/28/what-man-can-love-you-like-this/

Witnessing Furious Love

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/04/01/witnessing-furious-love/

I hate porn.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/04/04/i-hate-porn-2/

CONTROVERSY ALERT! I don’t hate homosexuals, but I don’t agree with the lifestyle.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/04/10/controversy-alert-i-dont-hate-homosexuals-but-i-dont-agree-with-the-lifestyle/

Do you have a guy on your mind more often than not? You got a problem, girl: you’re setting yourself up for a heartbreak

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/04/13/do-you-have-a-guy-on-your-mind-more-often-than-not-you-got-a-problem-girl-youre-setting-yourself-up-for-a-heartbreak/

Ignorant Christians.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/04/20/ignorant-christians-27/

My Holy Ghost celebrity hit-list

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/05/03/my-holy-ghost-celebrity-hit-list/

Before God I was…

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/05/09/before-god-i-was/

There’s only one cure for loneliness, and it isn’t popularity.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/05/15/theres-only-one-cure-for-loneliness-and-it-isnt-popularity/

All right, I’m annoyed. Love is NOT an emotion, people!

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/06/29/all-right-im-annoyed-love-is-not-an-emotion-people-17/

There’s a girl reading this who is crying right now.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/04/theres-a-girl-reading-this-who-is-crying-right-now/

Lifestyle of the rich and the famous:drug-related deaths” A list of notable people who have died from drug-related causes

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/08/lifestyle-of-the-rich-and-the-famousdrug-related-deaths-a-list-of-notable-people-who-have-died-from-drug-related-causes/

The day I married my dream prince.

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/10/the-day-i-married-my-dream-prince-27-2/

Abortion: The reality of what is being done to these unborn children

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/16/abortion-the-reality-of-what-is-being-done-to-these-unborn-children/

Good friends vs Bad ones

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/16/a-friend-loves-at-all-times/

America’s modern-day Holocaust

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/17/americas-modern-day-holocaust/

It’s okay to kill a child in the womb when…

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/18/there-are-alternatives-to-abortion-please-dont-do-it/

The day my Dream Prince proposed

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/18/the-day-my-dream-prince-proposed/

Chivalry hasn’t died ladies, and if you think it has, you’re with the wrong guy!

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/22/chivalry-hasnt-died-ladies-and-if-you-think-it-has-youre-with-the-wrong-guy/

Courtship vs Dating vlog

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/27/courtship-vs-dating-vlog/

Dating and baggage are best friends

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/07/30/dating-and-baggage-are-best-friends/

Christian guys who court interview teaser is now on youtube!

http://betterthanedward.com/2012/08/26/christian-guys-who-court-interview-teaser-is-now-on-youtube/

 

For my husband.

Dec23

Jonathan,

I was thinking of ways I could love you this Christmas. I decided to honor you here, profess my deep love for you in the open. I’m not sure if words will do my heart, soul and spirit justice, but I will try anyway.

From the outside in…

Your complexion, the perfect pigment for my taste.

Your eyes truly do mesmerize. Their romantic half-moon shape makes it seem like I’m peering into a green star-lit sky.  I lose myself, forgetting my surroundings as you stare back at me.

You still make my heart skip a beat.

Your lips, soft as silk. They move to the rhythm of mine; the best dancers I know.

And there isn’t a man with a smile that compares to your’s.

Breathtaking, to say the least.

In…

Who knew a woman could be so tenderly loved by another human being?

And girls fawn over Edward, my if they only knew…

You’re my knight, you assure my safety.

You fight for me, defend me. You are proud that I’m your lady.

You cheer me on, you believe in me.

The beauty of your spirit inspires me.

I closed my eyes that one night almost three years past, and I dreamt of you.

My mind couldn’t concieve what God had in store for the one He loves.

I pray for the rest of this life we share together I bring you romance, joy, encouragment, inspiration, honor, respect and all the love I can.

Jonathan Sapienza, you will forever be my Dream Prince.

After seeing Breaking Dawn, raise your hand if you want an Edward.

Dec5

“I’m from a different era. Things were a lot less complicated. And if I would have met you back then, I would have courted you. Would’ve taken chaperoned strolls and had iced tea on the porch. I may have stolen a kiss or two, but only after asking your father’s permission, I would’ve got down on one knee and I would’ve presented you with a ring. This was my mother’s. Isabella Swan, I promise to love you every moment of forever. Would you do me the extraordinary honor of marrying me?”-Edward proposing to Bella (Eclipse)

How many of you ladies, if you had the option, would choose a man like the above example: one willing to wait to have all of you on your wedding night? A man who would court you, the “old-fashioned way”?  “Steal a kiss or two,” and vow to take nothing more from you because he knows he loves you enough to someday make you his wife and he will faithfully wait for you until that joyous day he so longs for.

“Ah, Natasha, if men like that existed I would have been married a long time ago.”

“Ah beautiful, special, unique wonder-work of God’s very own creative design, if you only knew: there are men out there willing to court you like a princess. I know; I married one.”

How many of us would love to experience what Bella and so few women it seems have the opportunity to experience on their wedding night. Finally making love to that man you can’t wait to get your hands on because he proved his faithful love and devotion to you by fighting those intense bodily compulsions all because he deemed you that precious to him.  I did and my goodness was it worth those eighteen months of waiting.

See, I’m not one lucky girl out of a million.  I know at least four other women who got the same deal and another girl who is engaged and her man is still waitin’ for that special day.  How did me and my friends snag a guy that not only waited for us, but loved and respected us in all other areas as well, a guy we were more than happy to spend the rest of our lives with?  “Coincidentally” we’re all Christian girls.

“Oh hold up, you’re not gonna get all religious on us now, are you?”

Girl, please.  Religiosity is the furthest thing from simple and true Christianity.  What we have is a love relationship with the God who made us and gave everything so we would seek Him out and get to know Him on a personal level.  We simply reconnected with our Heavenly Father and He worked out the rest.  Talk about the ultimate wedding planner.  Before I cried out to God on that heart-breaking Sunday night, marriage was nowhere on my radar.  If anything, I believed marriage was extremely far-fetched for a girl who’d been through over 52 toads and more than a handful of heart breaks.  It was like every guy I gave my heart to simply couldn’t commit.  And that last ex before I met my prince, truly was the clincher.

When I stopped passionately pursuing relationships and started pursing God, everything changed.  Not only was I extremely happy in my single state, but I believed marriage would someday come to me.  I didn’t need it now, but I knew it was a definite possibility.  However, I didn’t dwell on this fact.  I simply kept my eyes on the One who so revealed Himself to me.  As I got to know this God who answered my desperate cry that fateful night, my tattered heart was mended (in six days, literally).  I was finally in love with the one Man who’d always loved me, unconditionally, with an inexhaustible amount of love.  Just so happened God had my prince waiting right around the corner.  I met him ten days after my ex and I said goodbye for good.  The ex I was ready to lose my virginity to three times.  Now I’m not saying you’ll get the same fairytale story, but God does have a perfect love story written out for you.  You may have tried to write your own for a while now, but it’s never to late to toss out the old type-writer and let God take over the romantic writing process.

Cool thing about God, His love becomes enough.  Honestly, my husband could never love me like Jesus.  But he tries, which makes him the second best man of my life.  (Don’t tell my dad I said that).  One night, before my imperfect prince and I were wed, he did something that made me cry.  On my bed I said to God, “Please speak to me,” and flung my pink precious moments Bible open.  I read the words, “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.”  Maybe that’s where you’re at right now: trusting that some man is going to heal your loneliness and your aching heart, fill that void in your life.  He won’t.  Only God can do that.  But, He’s a gentleman.  He won’t barge into your heart.  You have to invite Him in.

So this is where I leave you.  Want a man who will love you on your best and worst days, no matter how you look, where you’ve been or what you’ve done? Who can forgive any and every stupid thing you do without bringing it up later? A man who gave His very life for you?

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”  You’ve let men into your heart who haven’t taken good care of it.  If you know it’s time, let God into your heart and see how He changes your world.

With love and coming from experience,

Natasha