What's love got to do with it?

Most have come to the conclusion that when you are looking for love, you are not going to find it. This has been my recent mantra, "Do not try to find love, love will find you." I'm still struggling with trusting God with this aspect of my life. But I continue to pray that God will take this from me and let His will be done and not mine. I still think about what it will be like though, that one true love. I think I've loved before, but I haven't found that ONE love. The one where you just KNOW it's the right thing. Lately this has been on my mind a lot because it seems I'm the only single girl in the world. Many of my friends and family are getting engaged and are in serious relationships where engagement is on the horizon. Yes, this is scary to me. But, I'm not in any rush to be where they are. When it happens it will happen. And he is going to be AMAZING! I was thinking about this earlier this morning and I just started writing...and this is what came out. Just a flow of thoughts to that ONE love that I am going to have one day.

One day we will finally meet face to face
Maybe we’ll smile
Maybe we’ll pass by and not even notice one another at first glance
Or maybe we have already met
And simply not taken the chance to know each other
For anything other than friends
But in that moment
In that first time we kiss or that first long glance
Something is going to overwhelm us
A feeling like we’ve never known before
A smile that we can’t wipe off our faces
A churning in our guts that makes us want to explode
And we will know
Simply, just know
That we were meant to be together
That God’s hand was in this
And that He placed us together for a reason
Until then, I will try to wait patiently
I will try not to waste my kisses and hugs
I will do my best to be the best woman I can be
Because I know you are going to be amazing
A man so astounding that it takes my breath away to know you
So astounding that I want to serve you
And give you a love like you have never known
I can’t wait until that day when our eyes meet in love for the first time
When we go on that first date
And we can hardly sit still for the butterflies and excitement
It’s going to be nothing like we’ve ever felt or known
I hope you are ready
I am

So, I am ready to meet him...and just let things happen. That's the beauty I've missed all along. I've rushed things and missed the beauty of the growth of love. How cliche is is that love is like a flower, but it's so true! You cannot take a flower from its seed and expect it to be the lovely flower that is going to take time to grow. Just like love that is expected to be beautiful from the start...it's not going to happen. A seed of friendship, a sprout of a relationship, and a bloom of love all come with time and the hand of God providing the vitalities that are needed in a healthy relationship. Without time and without God, the relationship will die just like a flower without water and sunshine. So, the key ingredient is time...even though I'm ready, I am willing to wait for a love sent from God. I like this quote from Oscar Wilde, "If you're not too long, I will wait here for you all my life." On that note, I'm out like Elton John. I'm sorry, that was so wrong!