Waiting for Mr. Right like a Firefly [Part 1]

Its that time of the year- Summer. Almost every night when I walk my dog one last time before going to bed I see these little lights flying around- Fireflies. Many of us have fond childhood memories of summer nights with fireflies; maybe some of you have caught fireflies and put them in a glass. But you probably wondering: "How in the world can I learn to wait for Mr. Right from a Firefly?"

Well lets see:

Fireflies can control the light they produce. They send out light in a pattern of flashes. When it gets dark, the firefly flies through the night. It flashes light like a signal. Each firefly has its own personal signal. The male firefly flashes his light for a very important purpose.  He is trying to look for a mate. A mate that flashes the same signals. {source}

The female firefly has short wings and most of the time cannot fly. She perches herself on a bush, rock or in the tall grass and waits, waits and waits. When a male passes by with a signal the female recognizes, the female flashes back the same signal. If the female smells right to him, the two get married and live happily ever after... {source}

I remember my mother telling me how the ones flying around were the males and the females were the ones in grass. I remember jokingly telling male fireflies where I saw a female. Toward the end of one summer we saw this one female firefly that had been sitting in particular spot in the grass all summer, far from all the others. We told her to move farther down, she will never find someone there but every night she glowed and glowed and glowed. She finally did meet someone because we didn't see her anymore. ☺

That summer I can learn an important message from these fireflies. As a girl I should stay at home, read my Bible, pray every day, keep my heart clean, do my responsibilities at church, do my best in school/college, be a good example at work... be that girl the Lord wants me to be. As I am doing this I am flashing my light. Each girl flashes a different pattern. Our light tells the guys around us how much love the Lord, if we are athletic or musical, shy or outgoing, a reader or crafter, and so much more.

When we stay in the "grass" God put us in and flash our lights, the Lord will bring the right firefly our way. Too many girls go roaming around, try to flash a different light than their own only to be heart broken because the relationship didn't last. Just wait, do Gods will for your life right now and flash YOUR light pattern.

Some may have to wait an "entire summer" to find the right one but what a blessing it is when you look up one day and Mr Right is flashing the same light you are flashing, knowing full well,

"This is God's perfect firefly for me!"

Come next Tuesday to read "Waiting For Mrs Right [Part 2]"

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