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Being single and a Christian.
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Makes you think.
✵Joshua✵
Amen to that ( ͡- ͜ʖ ͡-).
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
-KJV
Yep.
This is also said though.
Proverbs 18:22 - He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:14 - House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25-33 - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
-ESV
The image is a repost but I felt it needed to be fleshed out a bit more.
In one instance one can devote themself to the Lord rather than marriage with a significant other. And on the other hand they can exemplify Christ and his Church through marriage and honoring it.
It's a very personal decision though. Do you wish to devote yourself to God or share life with another believer? It's a mystery as even Paul said with what becomes of people in the next life with such couplings. But those who show patience and restraint, devoting themself to God. I can imagine there is something quite special about it that goes beyond our understanding.
I'm not saying one can't be blessed in marriage, they can. But devoting oneself to the Lord. That's a league all its own.
Here, more read on the topic.
Gotquestions.org
It's very hard to be alone or unmarried because the other side drags you toward it all the time when single , the Adversary that is , is whispering thoughts of sexual freedom and deviant life in our minds , if we aren't married or being in a couple , and they are so convincing that one is almost convinced to put them in practice...
I personally know well i cannot live in abstinence even if my intimate relationship is with an object for the present and with just myself , but i still wish from God to grant me a husband to quench all my hunger , if i would deserve it , and if not i'll remain an unmarried miss for life but i won't promise i'll remain abstinent too
The true , virtuous way is when one gives their own life by personal choice and sacrifice into celibacy like monks do , but in the same time being able to find anyone if they would wish it - that is true sacrifice that's welcomed by God
When we just simply cannot find someone and are single because we cannot find that someone is not a sacrifice , because we know well that once we will find someone we won't be single anymore , our desire is to marry in this case not to be single
When we desire to be single and have no one but we cannot do without being with someone ( for ex. someone that is forced into relationships and we know well what that can mean : arranged marriages that are forced , traffic , even in prostitution and adult industry etc.) , once they will be able to be alone and free they will dedicate lone life to God , for them is the desire to dedicate life to God and not marry
I personally do not imagine Heaven and life with God being in a single status . Single is a state of sadness and loneliness that is more akin to forgetfulness and a sentiment of being abandoned . In a couple only , two persons can experience Love that was created by God and in a couple this Love is experienced in a deeper , more intimate level than one would ever be able to experience it alone
Of course we can still have Love for God's gifts : for our breath , our health , our beautiful nature of this world , even for our friends and family we can be and should be grateful to have them , we should be grateful for anything good we receive in life really , we can have love for our country , for our fellow people and for the beautiful things in life but is not the same kind of love like for someone that you offer your body and soul entirely to be theirs and they offer in turn their own body and soul to you , in the name of Man & Woman couple love
I personally think that because God made the first human beings to be a couple , in a couple , Adam and Eve , i think we were created and meant to live in couples and not alone . Our optimal state of existence is being in a couple , the way i understood things and i am fully convinced of it . We ever seek our other half all our life until we find it anyhow...
I wish wonderful marriages to everyone that needs them and deserves them and a happy solitude for those of us who want to be alone
I can understand that sentiment I mean it's even said in Genesis it's not good for man to be alone. But, don't discount God either.
I mean, even when it seems you're alone. You have Him, that's what counts.
Sometimes i even think there is only God and me , nobody else
because nobody else is on anyone's side like God can be