So what is this blog all about? Simple answer: singlehood. Complicated answer: only God knows. I have felt God calling me to write a book about singlehood and what it means to live your life as a single person rather than putting your life on hold until the day you get married. The truth in the matter is, this is not how things work. There is not one event in life that will make your life complete but believing in Christ and accepting Him as your one and only Savior; He is the only way to true and long-lasting contentment.
My thoughts have been all over the place lately on the topic, but it has been a good time of brainstorming. My whole synopsis on singlehood and this new place that I have discovered I am at is, what I believe to be, a different way of thinking. Singlehood to me is not meant to be a depressing, sad time where you wallow in the fact that you are single and nobody likes you. Is there any truth in that? No, there isn't. If you find some, let me know.
I strongly believe that God has called some to remain single, because the way relationships are looked at in today's society is much different from that of the Bible. The Bible, for example, tells that man and woman are to become one in marriage. However, in Romans 7, it is written that Christ has overcome the old law and we are married to Christ. Being married to Christ means that we can live a fulfilled life in being "married" to Christ and not having the requirement to be married to another person.
Some may say something about Genesis and how God created Eve as a helpmate to Adam. This is true, but I believe that as more people entered into the world and how Christ has come and overcome the old law, there are relationships all around us that can complete us. We only need Christ to be complete. Now, I'm not saying that you need to go and live your life alone and as a hermit, because you have Christ, but rather to not let your time of singlehood be wasted. Rather, live your life to the fullest and seek God's will in everything you do, knowing that you have been made whole and complete in Christ.
May this be an encouragement to you, dear friends, wherever you may fall in the realm of singlehood. I encourage you to be content with where you are in life, whether single, dating, engaged, married, or any other relationship status. God doesn't care whether you are married or not, He wants you to look to Him for everything and in everything bring Him the praise and glory. I will leave you with this passage from James 1:2-4.
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." (ESV)
