Loving The Single Status A Bit Too Much?

I would like to apologize to everyone who has been waiting for a blog post, I am very sorry. I have about 6 posts drafted since my last post in May. Why I never got to publishing them, I do not know. For this reason, I will be making at least 3 blog entries before the year. So I could say I had 12 entries in 2013. Can we pretend I blogged once a month? No? Well, I tried :)

So I actually wrote this post in May and the title was 'Being Content in Your Singleness' but I had a conversation with my fiend in October, and decided to modify the post a bit. During our conversation, she said to me ' I think you are too comfortable being single' and we laughed. I was talking to another friend and told her what my friend had said. She agreed! I then called someone else who said 'your friends are right though'. I spoke to someone else who said 'Keep being content until you are 30 and single'.

Don't get me wrong these people weren't trying to tear me down or anything. Did the mean what they said? YES! They were just looking out for me. Some were even just messing with me. However, the first person sowed a seed, and the others watered it without any of us knowing it.  I started thinking a whole lot about it. Maybe my standards are too high? Maybe I should just relax a bit?

I really thought about it. I mean REALLY thought about and  I came to the realization that I was indeed very content being single. I honestly do not think I have missed out on anything great. I don't need any human being to make me feel complete or whole.

Please do not get me wrong. I find men attractive. (Hello Lance Gross) It's not like I have no emotions whatsoever. I get excited when I meet really attractive godly people. My face might not show it, I may even come across as uninterested, but I am totally asking God what He is saying about the man being my husband. I'm kidding. Maybe not entirely. LOL. The point is, I would like to get married someday and have a family that will love and serve the Lord but I am in no hurry.

However, I don't believe in dating randomly. I believe in courtship ('dating' with a purpose). One of the most important decisions I will ever make is who I marry, and I definitely can not mess that up. I once heard a preacher say 'The next worst thing after hell is a bad marriage'. So if I can't see myself bing married to someone, there is no point being with him. 

To every boy/girl/man/lady/woman who might be feeling pressure to date, get married, etc. You are not alone. Be content in your singleness. Enjoy it! Spend time with God! Develop a closer relationship with Christ! Improve yourself! Make great friendships! God will make things happen in His time.

So, until my 'Jesus Loving, Spirit filled, cat/dog loving, guitar playing, playful, intelligent,ambitious, kind, funny' man finds me, I will be very content in my singleness,and give all my devotion and attention to my first love, JESUS.


P.S No you don't have to like cats/dogs but you MUST play the guitar or know how to sing!  Unless you are a Lance Gross or Chris Hemsworth or John Abraham look alike ;)

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Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NLT)

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