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The Single’s Advantage in Marriage
Does that sound puzzling, the Single’s advantage in marriage? I hope so. My aim is to get us thinking about the advantages our time being single gives us advantages for the benefit of marriage. Everybody is destined to be single. EVERYBODY. Most singles experience desires for a marital companion. Desiring to not be alone is a holy desire God Himself stirred in the first man who stands as a blueprint for the rest of humanity. The Genesis 2 story shows us the divine set up of desire stirred by God and God’s provision for it in Eve. God provides for the desires we share with Him. Simple math, right?
How Do You Know They Are The “ONE”
Without an undistracted time of intimate relationship with Christ taking the lead our capacity to trust Him in our future marriages will be so small.
Premarital Paralysis
Relying on the checklist of “do’s and don’ts” makes us anemic in our relationship with God. Numerous points of defined compatibility do not produce the divine revelation we need to be confident we are marrying God’s best. Is the idea of “us” thrilling His heart? We don’t know because we are not asking Him…Thanks for the social science guidance but it’s not enough. This generation of premarital paralysis needs revelation!
Be a Valentine…
It’s THAT Month. Oh, you know… Valentine’s Day is coming for us again. We have a single friend who posts annually on social media, “Happy Single’s Awareness Day!” in response to all the romantic coupling being paraded in front of him for 24 hours straight. His angst echoes Adam’s experience in the garden, all the coupled creatures passing him by, stirring in him a new desire, a desire for a companion just right for him.