If God wants you to be the wife of that man, you will no matter what. But if God doesn’t, no matter how hard you try, you will not succeed.

Be careful, don’t be fooled and don’t insist saying that things need to be as you think it fits you best.

Sometimes, at our insistence, God allows that our most ardent wishes come true, even if they don’t lead to nothing good. 

(Translated from Sfântul Macarie de la Optina, Povețe duhovnicești, Editura Egumenița, Galați)