This article was in my inbox when I got up this morning.
I loved it's title, "Stop Telling Christian Singles What They Can't Do," and continued loving so many of the points made.
Here are some snippets, if you don't feel like reading the whole thing, which I suggest highly enough to link to it THREE times on this blog!
"Don't" dominates the church's guidance for singles far more than "Do."
But the race is run looking forward — no matter how badly you ran the last mile.
In my early years of adulthood, I was so disgusted with singleness that about the only advantage I could see was the chance to practice lazy hygiene without major consequence. But the older that I've gotten, the more I've begun to see contrasts between my own life and opportunities and those of my married friends. And while I still don't always enjoy sexual abstinence, I believe the church would do well to talk more about what such restraint frees single people to do with our bodies and our lives.
But the universe of relationships is much bigger and more diverse than that; interacting mainly with those who share your life stage or could share your bed relationally impoverishes you.
However you invest yourself in them, non-romantic relationships — especially with those in different seasons of life — provide a good reminder that life entails much more than randy singlehood, and loneliness can be assuaged by more than a lover.
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