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When husband or wife or both are not living for the other in self-sacrificial love, but are living for self and treating one another as a tool to get what they want, that causes all sorts of problems and pain and struggle. For the single life too, this could be a real struggle. Perhaps someone
Of course, for some it will be rather easy to be single, others will find it hard because they have a desire for married life, motherhood and family life. But the Lord always gives what is needed in all circumstances of life if we but live by faith and near to God. And don’t think for a moment tha
It was not any disappointments with the joys of married life. No, the only regret I have is the time and energy I wasted fretting about single life. I wish now that I had used the good gift of single life more carefully. The time you have as a single man or woman in the church is precious time. Once
In the church there are also those who must live alone for a long time after the death of a spouse. These are faced with tremendous changes in their life. It is not easy to come home to an empty house. It is not easy to be left with no partner with whom to have fellowship and friendship, with none
You see, the single life can be fulfilling, and single people hold a special place in the church of Christ. Romans 12:4–8 reminds us that the body of believers has many different members, each with their own gifts and talentsand single people are no exception to this. But they have the somewhat envi
“A string of uncommitted relationships is not the gift! God gives us singleness—a season of our lives unmatched in its opportunity for boundless growth, learning and service—and we view it [instead] as a chance to get bogged down in finding and keeping boyfriends and girlfriends. But we don’t find t
I think this is the aspect of singleness that I struggle with the most and not for the reasons you may think. For myself, it is not as painful to think of a life without a husband as it is painful to think that the people of the church view me as inconsequential because I am not producing covenant c
Of this night, Jacob was reminded by his crippled hip the rest of his life. There are people for whom the Lord has planned no mate. That is not all bad. A single life of contentment is certainly far better than a married life of constant misery. Besides, there is also a very important place in God
Then there are young men, and likely also young women, who for their own selfish reasons either never marry or postpone marriage as long as possible. Often these single persons have a good job, they make good money, and they enjoy spending their time and money on sports and pleasures for their selfi
We’re in our prime, with few responsibilities, and we’re not “tied down” (as they sadly say) by marriage. So we foolishly think, “I’ll never get another chance at this kind of freedom,” and we put aside the thought of marriage for now because we’d like to avoid godly, honorable responsibilities. We’