So, for the 147 billionth time today, Valentine's Day, I had someone tell me: "You know that when I finally realized that I was content being single, God gave me my husband/wife. All you have to do is tell God, 'I am content being single' and you will really see him work in your life."
Hold up, wait a minute. WHATEVER. Just because people are single does not mean that we have not achieved some supernatural, super christian state where we can now recieve what God has been trying to give us, BUT, we just weren't content. I love(sarcastic) how people think that they earned or deserved the gift of marriage. Well, what about the GIFT of singleness? and I am so sure that peole who get married right out of college experienced true contentment with their singleness. Oh really? During college, surounded by all your closest friends, a few hundred peers, learning, and having the time of your life you experienced what REAL singleness is. It must have been so hard to come to grips with living single for the rest of your life. So in that moment of contentment you thought you achieved this forever state of "no matter what comes my way, I am content with singleness." Try being out of college for a few years, heck, living in your thirties, and handling most issues on your own.
ANYWAY, my whole point is... I hope that we singles realize that it is a gift for the time being. Amy Carmicheal, the Apostle Paul and many others who remained single their entire lives were so much more effective in the kingdom than many married people have been. Not that it is a comparison. One of my deepest longings is to be married. I really want to. Marriage is a good thing, and I can't wait, if God so chooses. And I have many respectable married friends and I am more than happy for them. I just want people to realize that single does not equal discontentment. Yes, I have times of discontentment, just like married girls, and I have times where I accept my position and submit my will to God. Lets encourage singles instead of feel sorry for them, lets learn from singles instead of think they have nothing to say, lets all appreciate God's choice for our lives and Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.
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AMEN!!!!!! Thank the Lord for singleness. I wouldn't/couldn't be where I am if I were married.
Thanks for helping stop the thought that singles are wierd just because they aren't married, or somehow following the Father less.
I love you.
I love that you have a blogspot, friend! Hope to pop in again soon... May the Lord richly encourage your heart and turn "stinging comments" into opportunities to show His grace and love that you are living out by such wonderful faith. Blessings onya, beautiful woman!
Thanks Ally! Keep on following our wonderful Father. You are a Godly woman, and your contentment overseas has impressed me.
Preach it Price. That's what I'm talkin' bout. Holla back.
Well said. I hear "it will come when you least expect it" all the time. I wonder if "they" would be okay if "it" never comes. As soon as Christian folks find out that I'm single, they want to fix me. It's so frustrating.
being single is cool! and thats all i gots to say about that
Do you feel me?! Thats what I am talking about! THanks for commenting.
Merea, You don't need a husband to be complete. You are complete in Christ!
Love, Mom Harvey
Apostle Paul wasn't single his whole life. In the the Jewish culture there is no way he would have reached the respected position as a Pharisee if he was single. Most likely, his wife left him when he transformed his life, which is perfectly legal, that's why he writes about it. I just don;t think you should use that statement of the Apostle Paul being content being single as a reference to your arguement.
Dear anonymous,
first of all thank you for posting on my page, but next time leave your name, its okay. Anyway, yes, some have said that Paul was married at one point. It is not proven fact though, and Paul does talk about being single and also says in 1 Cor. 7:7 that he would have others be like him, talking about singleness. I feel like you missed my whole point. and your point just proves my point even stronger, if Paul's wife left him, it was obvious that his single life was to be lived in focus on Christ. and I think you are wrong if you assume that Paul was not content being single. He is the one who wrote "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am in." Would you disagree that we should not be content as singles? In WHATEVER circumstances we are in. Anyway, my whole point was for people to be grateful where they are in life. So many of us singles sit and waste our life away wishing we were married, and so many of us married people think that singles aren't complete unless they marry them off. BOTH are wrong and I think my point about the Apostle Paul was a good one. Thanks for making me think stronger about it. I not explaining myself well, but anyway, I still think I will use the Apostle Paul as a good example of a single person used in mighty ways by God. duh!
hey merea:)
roxi here. just in case... we spoke for a little while at your terrific church two sunday nights ago:) so i just read this blog and well, i really think it is great. it is so heartbreaking that there are so many people(christians who maybe should know better) today who seem to only have an identity in their dating relationshps... when it should be in our Father. i just really admire the thoughts you shared in this specific writing! i also read the comment left by an unknown reader and well...even if paul was married once upon a time...he remained single for the remaining time of his life and God was able to use him is such amazing ways. God can use the married and the single but when single, we should serve joyfully because....it might not last forever:) have a fantastic week.
Roxi, thanks for commenting on my thoughts. I totally agree with you and your encouragment is wonderful. I saw you at church again but didn't get a chance afterward to say hello. So hello. keep serving the Lord joyfully. I really appreciate your comment.
So I found this on accident I was actually looking up my name, Merea and low and behold there is another Merea in the World!! Well as I read your perspective about single people, I was so happy!! I've never heard someone put this specific subject in such a manner, but it is how I've been feeling all along. I just want to tell you that. God Bless.
~Merea
Thank you for affirming those of us singles past a certain age who are tired of getting hit on the head with the "club of contentment"! Certainly, all believers, married or not, should strive towards contentment, but it really gets overstated to those who are single.
BTW- Did you hear that the "gift of singleness" has been removed from the New Living Translation, with The Message soon to follow? Paul never meant to give the message that all singles have the "GoS", but that remaining unmarried was an option that you can freely choose, if you are gifted with self-control (affirmed also by Christ in Matthew 19:11-12).
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