1 Corinthians 7:34-35ish "34 ... The time and energy that married people spend on caring for and nurturing each other, the unmarried can spend in becoming whole and holy instruments of God. 35 I'm trying to be helpful and make it as easy as possible for you, not make things harder. All I want is for you to be able to develop a way of life in which you can spend plenty of time together with the Master without a lot of distractions."
*Before I even start on this blog, I feel like I need to say that I believe with ALL my heart that marraige is a gift from God and I too hope to marry someday.... so here it goes...
* I think marriage is a beautiful, God given thing. In fact I have spent most of my life wanting to be married.And I have met a lot of people in there 20's whose main focus and desire is to find "Mr. or Mrs. right"... to find "the one" that God has for them. Pretty much every Christian ( or non christian, for that matter) between the ages of 20 and 35 who is unmarried are waiting and wondering the same thing... "Is that HIM? Is that HER? Could this be THE one? Where? When? How? EVER!?!"
*Well, here is a thought... while married people are taking care of thier families and nurturing each other... WE as single people get to spend the time we would be spending on earthly relationship with the God of the universe!... we get to spend time in the ultimate relationship! We think we have it so hard, and we get so lonely thinking "If we only had that special someone things would be like... blah blah blah..." BUT, it is a privelage to have all the freedom in the world to spend with the Lord! We are free of the responsibility that comes along with marriage and a family ( the married people are screamin' AMEN!) Marriage is a gift... but us single people who think it's daisies and roses after we say "I do" are sadly mistaken... marriage is a commitment and work... that obviously the Lord hasn't chosen to give us yet... (thus the reason we are still single :)
*One day, if the Lord wills it... then we will get to enjoy marriage and family and the blessings that come along with it... BUT until then we must embrace the freedom of time and the opportunity to focus on our relationship with Jesus.
*Qiut thinking about how great it will be when you get married and embrace how great IT IS to serve God with wholehearted focus... or as Paul would say enjoying being unmarried "because the unmarried can spend more time and energy becoming whole and holy instruments of God."
*Hmmmm... sounds good to me! Get over it, love God!
dude pants, so good and true. thanks for the reminded of the incredible blessing we have! love you!
Wow, this is great! I just turned the corner, so I totally relate to both! I had an awesome time being single, and didn't get married until 29...so HAVE FUN, do as much as you can and the moment you aren't looking..someone will pop into your life :) You are so right about being able to serve God - you have the 'edge' right now over all of us marrieds :) Its been fun getting to know you!
wait...responsibilities of marriage? am i missing something?
haha j/k. no seriously, J/K!
dudepants...i love it!
so good! as much as i want to be married one day i LOVE being single. (most of the time ) and i am very glad that i'm NOT married right now. God is so so amazing and i usually feel like i don't get enough time alone with him as it is; even when i get a lot, because as much as i get he always leaves you wanting more. i think that sometimes people look at not being married as some sort of punishment or like being single is something they must endure but not being married gives you more time for God and more time for people. so it's freakin sweet.
love u pants! tanks.
man i needed to hear this. So good, andrea. When it boils down to it all, it really is all about Jesus. He is enough and i sadly i forget that at times. God is good.
thank you so much for being as bold as you have been on this blog. i hope to see more of your postings on any other matters.
my friend saw this blog and told how "it's SO good..you should definitely read it!"
so you are admired for conveying your thoughts to cyberworld.
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dude pants, so good and true. thanks for the reminded of the incredible blessing we have! love you!
Wow, this is great! I just turned the corner, so I totally relate to both! I had an awesome time being single, and didn't get married until 29...so HAVE FUN, do as much as you can and the moment you aren't looking..someone will pop into your life :) You are so right about being able to serve God - you have the 'edge' right now over all of us marrieds :) Its been fun getting to know you!
wait...responsibilities of marriage? am i missing something?
haha j/k. no seriously, J/K!
dudepants...i love it!
so good! as much as i want to be married one day i LOVE being single. (most of the time
) and i am very glad that i'm NOT married right now. God is so so amazing and i usually feel like i don't get enough time alone with him as it is; even when i get a lot, because as much as i get he always leaves you wanting more.
i think that sometimes people look at not being married as some sort of punishment or like being single is something they must endure but not being married gives you more time for God and more time for people. so it's freakin sweet.
love u pants! tanks.
man i needed to hear this. So good, andrea. When it boils down to it all, it really is all about Jesus. He is enough and i sadly i forget that at times. God is good.
thank you so much for being as bold as you have been on this blog. i hope to see more of your postings on any other matters.
my friend saw this blog and told how "it's SO good..you should definitely read it!"
so you are admired for conveying your thoughts to cyberworld.
love&blessings,
bmgsings