Written by Shana Schutte. He made marriage. Both are good. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians Before I married, I longed for a man to hold at night to take the place of my heating pad. I wanted someone who knew me and who accepted me as I am. I wanted a friend for life. Being an older single was confusing in ways I could have never anticipated when I left high school and entered the adult world as a new believer.
If you are single and you would like to marry, I want to give you some encouraging words. Perhaps you have felt shame in being single.
Listen up, friend. There is no shame in being single. There is no shame in being married. You are not second rate if you are single. You are not better if you are married. God made singleness. And wherever you are, there He is.
He is in singleness. He is in marriage. He works in the lives and through those who are single. He works in the lives and through those who are married. He loves the single person. He loves the one who is married. He loves you. Perhaps you have felt guilty for wanting marriage. After all, you hear voices saying that you must not want a relationship because you must be satisfied with Christ alone.
Granted the Lord wants you to love Him most. But do you remember that in the beginning Adam walked alone in the Garden with God?
