Recently, a popular pageboy hat-wearing blogger wrote an article - TopicsExpress

Recently, a popular pageboy hat-wearing blogger wrote an article about marriage that quickly made tracks in the Christian blogosphere. This article essentially reprimanded the Peter Pans and Wendys of the 21st century and encouraged us to get our acts together and get married already because Marriage-Is-The-Best-Adventure-Of-Them-All and being married young is a fruit of the Spirit. I would like to respectfully remind this blogger, and all of the people who couldn’t share his article fast enough, that 1 Corinthians 7 has not fallen out of our Bibles. Singleness is not a form of embarrassed earthly purgatory. It is not a sign of God’s displeasure. It does not make you a different kind of Christian or require you to start your own separate Bible study with the other spiritual lepers. We are actually in good company, those of us without joint bank accounts. Jesus, for example, would presumably be forced to join the singles study. Don’t misunderstand me: Marriage is a gift. But it is a gift (Proverbs 19:14), meaning that it is God’s to give when He pleases. And it isn’t for everyone (singleness is also a gift). We pay lip service to His sovereignty but collectively lose our minds when it comes to relationships. I read that 2 in 5 women suffer from a deep fear of being alone forever. But, I would like to gently remind you sweet sisters and brothers in Christ that fear isn’t OK — we are called to live fearlessly, boldly, trusting in the God who is good, who already gave His Son for us, and who will most certainly hold nothing we need back now (Romans 8:32). The fact is, singleness is a gift, and thats biblical. Weve just forgotten. Lets take a few minutes to remember together...