![]() I love that so many single women desire marriage. Marriage is a good thing that God created. You can be a woman focused on Jesus rather than guys.īecause Christ is where true freedom and purpose is found. Even with my complete and total singleness, I can honestly say that I’m not just surviving this season, but I am genuinely thriving. I don’t have a man to whisper sweet nothings into my ear. ![]() They come from a heart and life that relates to how you’re feeling.Īs I write this chapter, I am still single. I wrote those chapters while I was completely single. In Love Defined, I wrote two chapters to single women. Don’t waste your single years pining for the future. The less I focused on finding my man and the more I focused on living for Jesus, the more content and joy-filled I was. I get the being a bridesmaid over and over and over again.īut I can tell you wholeheartedly that the best years of my single life were the years I lived all out for Christ. I know what it’s like to want to get married. Are you spending this unique season of your life totally focused on the Lord? If not, why not? What’s keeping you from using this incredible season of freedom to serve God fully?Īlthough I’m married now, I was single for thirty years. If you’re single, I want to challenge you to take a few minutes to think about your life. Surrendering my future plans to God was one of the most freeing things I’ve ever done. I began pouring out my time, energy, and focus on serving Christ. I daily surrendered my life to Him and asked Him to use me in whatever way He saw fit. Trusting God to work out my future (whether that meant marriage or not) became my new way of living. It wasn’t until my mid-twenties that I finally surrendered my “ideal plan for my life” to God and truly began living for Him. I wish that I had understood this sooner. In other words, singleness provides a unique opportunity to focus completely on the Lord. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. #Undistracted focus how to#But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. ![]() But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. You know that passage in 1 Corinthians 7 that compares being married and being unmarried? Well, the apostle Paul (the author of the book) is unpacking the idea that the unmarried men and women have a unique availability to serve the Lord with an undistracted focus. It wasn’t until my mid-to-late twenties that I finally understood and began to truly live out God’s call for my life. I wanted to serve Christ, but I also really wanted to get married. Somewhere in-between wanting to make the most of my single years and desiring to live an “undistracted life for Christ,” I got distracted. ![]() I was one of those “undistracted singles” who was totally distracted by marriage. I spent half of my life totally focused on serving the Lord and the other half totally focused on finding my man. If your resolution for the new year is to find yourself a man, you won’t want to skip this post from Bethany. #Undistracted focus series#Enjoy them again (or for the first time) with our “Best of” series all month long. To kick off 2020, we’ve pulled your favorite posts out of the vault. We can’t wait to spend another year with you. ![]()
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