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I think the idea that a goodly number of single people are single because they have some kind of flaw is slightly faulty thinking.
I think part of the reason more people are single today is because it's actually easier to be a single person in our society than it was say...100 years ago. A lot of the stigmas or difficulties attached to singleness no longer exist.
Also, people are much choosier today about who they marry. The expectations that people have about marriage and a marital partner are significantly higher today than they have ever been historically, so that means that people are taking more time to decide who to couple up with.
But if you look around, there is plenty of evidence that God brings all kinds of flawed people together in all kinds of ways. So, in that sense of it, I think it's very possible that the reason a Christian might be single is because it's God's will for them to be single.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
God may have a person single for a season so He can call that person to deeper intimacy with Him. Or maybe they're single because God is working on the person He wants them to marry. Or maybe they're single because God wants them to have a sense of joyous independence that will be altered with a spouse and children. Or maybe they're single so they can work in a particularly ministry that would be more difficult with a spouse and children.
Ultimately, our investment shouldn't be in our own expectations, but in God's will.
I think part of the reason more people are single today is because it's actually easier to be a single person in our society than it was say...100 years ago. A lot of the stigmas or difficulties attached to singleness no longer exist.
Also, people are much choosier today about who they marry. The expectations that people have about marriage and a marital partner are significantly higher today than they have ever been historically, so that means that people are taking more time to decide who to couple up with.
But if you look around, there is plenty of evidence that God brings all kinds of flawed people together in all kinds of ways. So, in that sense of it, I think it's very possible that the reason a Christian might be single is because it's God's will for them to be single.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
God may have a person single for a season so He can call that person to deeper intimacy with Him. Or maybe they're single because God is working on the person He wants them to marry. Or maybe they're single because God wants them to have a sense of joyous independence that will be altered with a spouse and children. Or maybe they're single so they can work in a particularly ministry that would be more difficult with a spouse and children.
Ultimately, our investment shouldn't be in our own expectations, but in God's will.
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Well it could suggest that fantasy is part of a persons thought process? And maybe a lack of being able to relate to real people? ...just a guess 
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If I lived way back in the day, when it was practicaly impossible for a woman to make an honest living on her own. I would have married one of my friends a long time ago so they wouldn't be destitute. I guess thats marrying for love, but Im personally glad to live in modern times because that is not something a guy in this day and age really ever needs to worry about.
I collect dolls...and guys don't like that!
Also, I'm a prude apparently.
Also, I'm a prude apparently.
Out of curiosity, what kind of dolls are we talking about here?
If I met a girl who collects bunch of dolls with no head or missing body part, then yeah, I will be like whaaaa..t? But if he knew you well enough and like you for who you are, your doll collecting hobby would not matter whatsoever even if ones with missing body parts.
Electric pallet jacks scare the hee haw out of me.
We have one at work and I refuse to touch it whenever possible. I'll take the old-fashioned "cranking" kind any day.
They're actually TOO fast (in my humble opinion)... As in, you could accidentally hit that reverse button--and crush your own feet under the weight--in the blink of an eye.
We have one at work and I refuse to touch it whenever possible. I'll take the old-fashioned "cranking" kind any day.
They're actually TOO fast (in my humble opinion)... As in, you could accidentally hit that reverse button--and crush your own feet under the weight--in the blink of an eye.
And that's the most ironic thing about selflessness.
If we actually got a payback for it, how much of it could be counted as being selfless anymore?
I'm certainly not advocating abuse. It's just that I have to wonder... The Bible says even the world is good to those who are good to them--the time when we get "full" heavenly credit is when we are selfless... and get slapped in the face.
I have to wonder if the people who stay in marriages in which they are selfless but constantly run over but honor their commitment will be counted as more righteous than many of us who get to do what we want... Maybe not, but it's just a thought.
If we actually got a payback for it, how much of it could be counted as being selfless anymore?
I'm certainly not advocating abuse. It's just that I have to wonder... The Bible says even the world is good to those who are good to them--the time when we get "full" heavenly credit is when we are selfless... and get slapped in the face.
I have to wonder if the people who stay in marriages in which they are selfless but constantly run over but honor their commitment will be counted as more righteous than many of us who get to do what we want... Maybe not, but it's just a thought.