So many people are seeing being single as a disease that needs to be cured rather than a season of life or possibly even a calling for life. Some men will approach a lady just to ask her why you are still single? Can’t you find a man to marry you Or, if you weren’t so picky, you would be able to catch a guy?
Others are much more subtle. They don’t speak so much of your singleness, but are always trying to hook you up with that guy that they say “you will just love.” All the while you are thinking, “If I need your help, I will ask you for it. Until then, stay out of my dating life please.”
Is it possible for you to be single, maybe even stay single, and still be fulfilled in life? The quick answer to that is a resounding “yes.” You may not be married. You may not be dating. You may not even want to be in any dating Relationship, and you can still be right in the middle of God’s perfect will for your life.
Sometimes, it takes a while for people to find their purpose. If you are single and still not sure of what God sent you to do in this world, don’t lose heart. Apostle Paul writes specifically to those who are not married in the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 7. If you are single, God won't forget you. God is not overlooking you. In fact, God wants to use you in many ways that He cannot use someone who is married.
You may or may not be single all of your life, both of them is fine, but for this season, while you are unwed, can you be happy? Can you be useful? By all means, yes! Here are three things you can look forward to!
1) Unexpected Freedom. Single people have a freedom that married people do not. This is not to say that a single individual can not have a packed schedule, but usually, their schedules are filled with concerns that are limited to themselves alone.
On the other hand, married folks have many concerns that are primarily centered around family, and these include jobs, business, children well-being, financial plan, also how to make their spouse happy. Typically, the unmarried are free from these things, and that is liberating. Since they are not faced with these responsibilities, they are free to take on other types of commitments. They can do things in a ways that married people can not.
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2) Unencumbered To Serve Others. Single people have a tremendous opportunity to use their freedom to serve others in creative and exciting ways. Whether they choose to work with an established charity or start their own benevolent program, they will find a plethora of events where their hearts and skills are needed.
The good news is that serving other people is one of the best ways to be happy in life. The unexpected usually happens when you take your eyes off of yourself and begin to think of others.
3) Unmistakable Happiness. In 1 Corinthians 7:40, Apostle Paul ends the passage about being single by saying that the unmarried person is “happier if she stays how she is,” that is, single. Happier? Is that possible? Don’t single people miss out on some things? Not if they are walking in obedience to the Lord. Because for each thing that a married person has that a single person doesn’t, there are other things that single people have that married people do not. You can be single and happy.
If you are single, you are not a second class citizen. You are not a second class Christian. If you are walking in obedience to God, He may use your single status in ways that He could not use you if you were married.
4) Time to prepare for Marriage. During the time you are single and searching or single and not searching, that's the best time to prepare for Marriage.
Preparing for Marriage is not just about the event itself, but to gain knowledge about marriage before going into it. That's the best time to learn how to live or manage a marital union between opposite genders.
That's when you have the time to read books, attend single and married seminars, visit website that are purposely created for Marriage and Relationship, and also to be a close friend with the couples that are already enjoying successful Marriage. The best time to prepare for Marriage is when you are still single and not after you are already married.
5) Time to be financially ready. One major challenge many people overlook while still singles is the financial part of Marriage. Marriage is saddled with lots of financial responsibility, especially after giving birth to your first child.
After giving birth to your first child, expenses will automatically be increased in many things such as feeding, clothing, etc. A breastfeeding mother eats more than she was eating before giving birth, you see how feeding expenses increased?
Baby clothes are more expensive than you think, even though it's of small size. Baby food is not left out until when the baby start eating things like adult.
If you are not financially prepared, you will not escape the challenge. Get ready now that you are still single.
Until God calls you to something different, stay single. Stay happy. On purpose.
Are you single and happy?
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