All or nothing.

Have you experienced having a relationship with someone and all of a sudden you feel like God is asking you to give it up? Maybe you're asking God why. Why do we have to face these things. But I believe God is just protecting us, especially girls, from heartaches of  love at the wrong time.

If you feel like its not yet the right time, KILL it for the meantime. If its really GOD'S WILL and PLAN, He will bring it back to LIFE in His own PERFECT TIME.

When we look in the dictionary, kill means to put to death, to put an END. And so, it calls us to end this relationship especially when you feel like its not yet the right time. End, and not just pause. Its two different things.

Ending something means to come to a conclusion- a final judgement. While pause only means a temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty, a temporary stop.

But being a follower of Christ, its an ALL OR NOTHING. Applying this, God calls us to STOP and not just to PAUSE what we are doing. He wants us to cut off everything that is not according to His will. 

Yes, I know it is hard but through God's grace nothing is impossible. We can overcome all these because it is written, we are more than conquerors. 

After all, true love can wait. One of the sweetest love story we can see in the Bible is the love story of Jacob and Rachel. 

So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her. (Genesis 29:20)

Much has to be sacrificed.

Letting go of something important to you is really one of the hardest things to do. But knowing that its what will please God, it will be worth it.

Much has to be sacrificed in order for greater things to come in. 

I bet this is one of the things God is dealing with me for the past week. God is telling me to let go of some things. So to speak, I just had another Isaac moment. 

I must admit, God has been telling me about this long time ago but I am too hardheaded. I tried to act as if everything's okay. I keep on telling myself we're on the safe zone, maybe because I think we're not seeing each other anymore. But I realized that its more than that. Being emotionally attached to someone when its not yet the right time. Its still not good. I remembered the status of my friend before. 

Wala ngang commitment, pero may attachment naman. 

It really struck me. And so last week I made a decision, to cut off our communications. I know that by saying those words, it means more. It also calls for us to really cut off our relationship with each other. It was really a leap of faith on my side. Yes, it is going to be hard, especially for the coming months and years. But its what God wants me to do, and so here I am, obeying His word. 

I know some of you will not understand why I did this decision. When everything seems to be okay, people may ask me what made me cut off my communication with him? Actually there's really nothing wrong. We're not even seeing each other anymore, but its all about conviction- my convictions. My leader once told this, 

Mahirap na tumanggi lalo na kapag wala nama kayong ginagawang masama.

But its more than that. Its not a battle of good or bad anymore. Its a battle between wise and unwise. And in my case, I believe its a wise yet painful decision. Its also one way of protecting myself (and his' too!).

God doesn't asks us to let go of things because He wants us to feel empty. He wants us to release these things because He is just preparing us for the greater things He have planned for us. Let go and let God. 

Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe- and you're ready. (Song of Solomon 8:4 MSG)