I've been preparing for this my whole life

Since becoming engaged, I've been targeted with tons of ads about Christian marriage.  Lots of "how to prepare to be the perfect wife for your future husband" and that type of stuff. At first I shrugged this off.  But then, it hit me: I HAVE been preparing for this my entire life.

Eating wedding cake, that is.

Please, oh please, read this first.

The goal of most Christian single women is to eat cake.  However, that does not mean you should wait until you're engaged to start preparing to eat cake.  Married women told me this years before I began to heed the advice.  However, once I realized God prepared us to receive blessings I realized I needed to prepare to receive the blessing of my cake.

I recently came across a song called "Joseph's Prayer of Adoption" by Danielle Rose.  Here's a salient line:

Will you take this [cake] as your own?
Will you give this [cake] a home?
All the love that he [sic] deserves I want him [sic] to receive
To know the Father's love in this family.

Doesn't that just give you a whole new perspective?  God has a cake just for you and God is preparing you to be a part of this new destiny.  With that being the case, we need to get ready!

But this doesn't come easy.  It takes work.  Here is my step by step guide for how to prepare for a Christian marriage (cake):

Step 1: Pray for your cake

Many Christian single women pray to eat cake and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.  But this step is not about praying to eat cake, but rather, praying FOR your cake.

I mean, really, if you aren't praying for your cake, then who is?

Step 2: Prepare

Eat all the cake.  Be adventurous.  Branch out.  Tres Leches? Deslish.  German chocolate?  All the feels.

I know this might be out there for some people, but you might even want to venture out into the wild world of pies.  #secularism

I even tried a paleo cake in this process.  Again, this preparation is for reals.

Step 3: Practice

Eat even more cake.

Hey, it's tough.  But do you want a good Christian cake or not?

Practice takes sacrifice.  You may have to buy new jeans because the old one's don't fit.  You may convert to leggings all day every day.  Nobody said this was easy.

Step 4: Praise

CAKE IS WONDERFUL! ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD KNOW THIS.  I highly encourage your use of instagram on this endeavor.

Step 5: Pray for a discerning spirit

You've been putting in the time and money.  When confronted with the wide selection of flavors, shapes, frosting types, how will you ever decide?  This is when you pray for a discerning spirit.  Have God walk with you through the flavor and frosting selection process.

You cannot do this on your own.  The sugar will take over.  Invite God in and make the decision together.

Step 6: Perceive

It is quite easy to be focused on the glorious day when you will eat the one that Christ has for you, but don't lose sight of the here and now.  Just because God is preparing you for wedding cake does not mean we are to do nothing in the meantime.

Eat cake.

Step 7: Pause

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you prayed and prayed for it, but when you got it you realized it wasn't all that great?  Most times in these cases, we finagle our way to get the thing rather than accepting God's no or waiting for God's best.

I implore you, don't do that with your wedding cake.  Wait on God. Who knows better how to prepare you for wedding cake than the One who designed wedding cake?

And that, my friends, is how you prepare for your wedding cake.

Special thanks to my friend Bridget for helping form this post.  I owe you some cake.