Is singleness a gift?

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Susanna

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#81
Hmmm. Flirting with coupons? What is next? Come to my house and I'll show you my collection of foodstamp?
I guess bringing people home to show them your retirement plan is next.

Mr old geezer to Miss old hag:

Whatyasay, sweet thing, care for a little readin' up on my retirement plan? (Blink blink)
 
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Lynx

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Yeah Susanna, anybody can have any old IRA, but I have a Roth IRA! Way sexier.
 
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Susanna

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#83
Yeah Susanna, anybody can have any old IRA, but I have a Roth IRA! Way sexier.
What about an added out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest & Stroke Insurance?

Would make any old hag call her nearest bridal service in a heartbeat.
 
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Hellooo

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#84
Thank you very much for the compliment. Unfortunately, I am doomed to “frustrated old maid” status and shall end my days as a crazy cat lady. I was caught, but thrown back in, so not a keeper after all. You are very kind to say so.
That sucks, Galatea!
I know how crushing it can be when things don't pan out.
Being thrown back doesn't mean you aren't a keeper.
 
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Tinuviel

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Life is a gift. Everything in life is a gift. Yes, singleness is a gift. Does that mean I'm content with it? No. Is that right? Well, how would YOU feel if you gave your most treasured possession to buy someone a gift, and they said "thanks, but I don't care for it." I guess that's how God feels when we are discontent with the gift of life that he gave His son to buy. So, with that crushing bit of logic I think I have to work on contentment lol
 

FlSnookman7

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This may sound crazy but I still think God has someone in mind for me. I am almost 49 but I am content with myself so I will wait and be joyful. It has been a very long time indeed since I was "in love" with anyone so I kinda hope I recognize it when it happens.
 

Tommy379

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Didn't God tell us to be fruitful and multiply? I swear I read that once.
 
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joefizz

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#88
Didn't God tell us to be fruitful and multiply? I swear I read that once.
A valid point but it is also written that to be a virgin is holy,so it's a take your pick type thing really.
 

seoulsearch

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Didn't God tell us to be fruitful and multiply? I swear I read that once.
I'm sorry, but reading that statement has always made me feel like a rabbit, even though I know it was God who said it.
 
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claysmithr

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Life is a gift. Everything in life is a gift. Yes, singleness is a gift. Does that mean I'm content with it? No. Is that right? Well, how would YOU feel if you gave your most treasured possession to buy someone a gift, and they said "thanks, but I don't care for it." I guess that's how God feels when we are discontent with the gift of life that he gave His son to buy. So, with that crushing bit of logic I think I have to work on contentment lol
Jesus purchased Heaven for us, and I don't think anybody is going to be sad about that gift!

Life is a gift because we then have the capacity to go to heaven.

God wants us to suffer a bit, to appreciate heaven more? I dunno. He also wants to remove the weeds from the wheat.

For the non-christian, life is the greatest gift they'll ever have, then face an eternity of condemnation for not accepting God.

:(
 

Tommy379

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A valid point but it is also written that to be a virgin is holy,so it's a take your pick type thing really.
It could have been the virgin who wrote that one.
 

Tommy379

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I'm sorry, but reading that statement has always made me feel like a rabbit, even though I know it was God who said it.
Well, rabbits might have the right idea.
 
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Tinuviel

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Jesus purchased Heaven for us, and I don't think anybody is going to be sad about that gift!

Life is a gift because we then have the capacity to go to heaven.

God wants us to suffer a bit, to appreciate heaven more? I dunno. He also wants to remove the weeds from the wheat.

For the non-christian, life is the greatest gift they'll ever have, then face an eternity of condemnation for not accepting God.

:(
God wants us to suffer? Say rather that He wants us perfect as He is perfect, and the way to perfection lies through suffering.
 

BillG

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Ask a married couple who are not happy together then they may say yes.
Ask a single person who seeks a loving relationship then the answer is no.
Ask a single person who is happy being single then the answer is yes.

Ask my two dogs sat next to me whilst stroking them their answer would be no:cool:
 
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joefizz

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Ladies and gentlemen,
I HAVE FIGURED OUT GALATEA'S MISSION!

Observation: Galatea is always talking about how being single is abnormal, lonely and depressing.

Observation: If somebody disagrees strongly enough Galatea will back-pedal, but she always comes back two or three days later with the same song.

Tentative hypothesis: Galatea is deliberately TRYING to convince single people they are miserable. If so, why?

Conclusion: Galatea is a shill for Christianmingle.com and she is here to drum up business. Her mission here is to make singles convinced they are miserable (and abnormal, don't forget we singles are so abnormal) so we will flock to matchmaking sites to find other singles and get a date or maybe get married.

Sorry Galatea, but that's the only conclusion that fits all the facts. I can't think of any other reason you would keep on and on (and on and on and on) about how abnormal and lonely and depressed we poor, miserable single people are.

Galatea if you're not a shill for Christianmingle.com then why do you keep trying to tell us we singles how bad our lives are as singles?
Come to think of it isn't Galatea kind of turning against some women because I hear all the time from typically women"sex is not love" and I myself believe sex is not love,nor necessary for a relationship,a relationship can go that way but I would rather have a relationship with "talking" to the girl I like all day without the troubling thought of sex,I think many people have forgotten what "True love" is...
It's not about sex,or having kids,it's about caring so much for whom you love that you long to be around them,worry about them when they are away,want to know genuinely about them instead of thinking on explicitness,you don't have to have such things immediately or really at all,I for one like talking to someone and am not concerned about rushing to such stupidity,I have seen so many people rush to sex like they just have to have it and end up breaking up or not caring for one another,and it's better in my opinion to not think on it so much because it leads to backsliding or pushing someone away,I believe a relationship should be more about getting to know each other,heart wise is alot better,because anyone can just up and find someone and have sex in this corrupt world that is getting worse by the day,but that isn't love.
I could've done something ludicrous like that years ago but I didn't because I have always searched for that special someone whom I can talk to hours on end,laugh with,cry with,praise God with,(church not required),I may be an outcast in my own generation and time,but I for one though my idiotic hormones torment me,am not looking for any female to have sex with because it is not what I seek in a relationship,"talking" and "caring" is what I seek,I may be labeled a fool for that,but that's just me.
Sure I have watched fleshy things in the past and my body has gotten excited,but my heart has sunk there after,so I really don't like thinking on that stuff because it pains me,physically,spiritually,and mentally,I really could do without that sort of thing,and would "only" even consider sex or physical intimacy in any form if the female I was with "wanted" such a thing,I am not some dominant idiot looking for a female that I can tell what to do,I "have respect" for women,and who ever I may end up with in years to come I have no desire to seek sex,I only wish for a partner in life that I enjoy company with,you know that age old thing that people used to do...
Talking to who you like and getting to know them by actually listening and conversing with them,that to me is worth more than any form of money,sex can be part of relationship,but it doesn't habe to be one's first focus or center of a relationship,God should come first,in one's life and in a relationship,and "learning about each other and caring for each other" should be there long before even considering sex,because what is a relationship without both of you eventually "genuinely caring for each other and taking an interest in each other"?
In my view that's a dead relationship,I for one prefer a "lasting relationship".
 
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Galatea

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That sucks, Galatea!
I know how crushing it can be when things don't pan out.
Being thrown back doesn't mean you aren't a keeper.
It is a long story, told by a fool, and one I don’t want to elaborate. Suffice it to say, I only want and love the one who caught me and threw me back. I keep swimming around looking for his boat in case he wants to catch me again. I am an unusual fish, highly evolved. I only respond to his bait. No one else has it.

Sounds weird, but I am weird and abnormal.

Thank you for being kind, though.
 

Lynx

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Didn't God tell us to be fruitful and multiply? I swear I read that once.
God only said that two times, and both times God said it to people who were going out into a large, empty world - to Adam and to Noah.
 
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Yahweh_is_gracious

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Life is a gift. Everything in life is a gift. Yes, singleness is a gift. Does that mean I'm content with it? No. Is that right? Well, how would YOU feel if you gave your most treasured possession to buy someone a gift, and they said "thanks, but I don't care for it." I guess that's how God feels when we are discontent with the gift of life that he gave His son to buy. So, with that crushing bit of logic I think I have to work on contentment lol
Wow. That's very profound. Thank you.
 

Alertandawake

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In the world we live in today, and going through my own struggles, singleness can be a great gift.