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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Single for a Season...Single for a Reason

Note:  If you've never experienced a long season of singleness in your own life, then this blog posting is probably not for you.  However, please feel free to pass on to others who you think might be blessed by it. 

I couldn't help but share this amazing article of encouragement with all my fellow singletons, but before I share it, I want to preface it with some of my own words.  I am finally at a point that I am enjoying my season of singleness  to the  fullest.  I wasn't always at this point and for most of my 20's( I'll be 30 next year), I was dragged down the road of God's will often times kicking and screaming like a big baby. lol.  I really thought that I would be married by the time I was 25 years old (uuummm, I've kind of changed my mind about that).  I used to ask God, why am I not married yet?  I'm a decent gal.  I've done everything right for the most part (completely self-righteous as if our works can manipulate God into doing what we want). If its not time, I used to beg God, please take this feeling of wanting to be married away from me so that I can enjoy my life. Yah, that didnt' happen. God wanted me to learn how to depend on Him even more.  He wanted me to learn patience by being put in situations that required PATIENCE.  It didn't come right away, but I recall the time where God began to speak and tell me, You have waited on me and now I'm going to give you what your heart truly desires. I am going to give you a season of pure satisfaction and contentment only in me.  I'm going to give you that rest you  asked me for all this time.  I am going to give you a season of joy and peace where you can serve me without distractions and with singleness of heart.  This will be one of the most blessed seasons of your life.  I cannot express fully what God has done in this season of my life up to this point.  I feel a supernatural push daily to serve God like never before. I feel happy just getting up in the morning. Some even say I smile too much.  I have been blessed in my career as well. I just received a scholarship to go study at a prestigious museum in New York City this summer.  It had nothing to do with my abilities, but everything to do with God's.  He has planted in my heart areas of ministry that I was too afraid to even dive into before.  I feel like I have a gift to encourage other singles to live for God like never before.  Did you know that right now, in our world today, the largest group of under-served and un-churched people are singles.  More young career professionals are putting off marriage until later years in order to pursue their goals.  I believe the church has a wonderful opportunity to share Jesus with these people, disciple them, and send them off the make more disciples.  They not only have the time, but they also have the resources.  I want to be part of the group that makes this happen.  If God can use my simple life to help in this area, then so be it.  Don't get me wrong, I know that one day when God decides to open that door, I will join in matrimony with a person who I can team up with to further God's kingdom, but for now, I want him to use me to the fullest to reach others to build His kingdom.  Some may not be ready to hear me out and I totally understand that. I was once at that same point.  When you are ready to let God use you, where you are at in your life, with what you already have, there is a place for you and an amazing opportunity to make a difference.  Pastor Jason Sciscoe said it once and it has stayed with me until now:  The most on-fire people, the most dedicated, the greatest prayer warriors, and overall, the greatest Christians should be single people.  They can give themselves wholly to God without reservation and without limits.  May that be my life-story.  :)

Here's the article that I found that will encourage you in your season.  May it empower you like it empowered me:

http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/single-satisfied-and-sent-mission-for-the-not-yet-married


Other resources:
Rev. Lee Stoneking and his thoughts on singleness:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOLeCjC-2K4
Skip Heitzig's Series on Singleness, Dating, Marriage, Divorce, and Widowhood (Great series, completely downloadable):  http://skipheitzig.com/teachings_search.asp?series=112  

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