![]() ![]() And just because one is married now, doesn’t mean they always will be. Just because someone is single now, doesn’t mean they always will be. The Bible doesn’t indicate, though, that either gift is always permanent. It certainly appears from Scripture that singleness and marriage are gifts. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 7:7) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. In the following verse, He recognizes both marriage and singleness as gifts:įor I would that all men were even as I myself. Though throughout the New Testament God upholds marriage as a sacred institution which is permanent until the death of one of the spouses, and as a representation of His relationship to the Church, He also asserts highly the value of singleness. ![]() ![]() He asks the question a bit differently from the woman in the coffee shop, but it boils down to the same basic questions most Christian singles ask sooner or later: What is the gift of singleness? Does it exist? If it does, how do I know if I have it? And if I don’t, then why am I not married? These are all good questions to come to terms with, and the best place to start is God’s Word. What is the real purpose in being single when one really doesn’t want to be single?” One divorced man asked it this way: “Singleness is an option highly applauded by the Apostle Paul, but marriage seems to be the mainstream design. Did I miss something somewhere?”Ĭountless singles find themselves asking the same questions. I’ve always wanted to be a wife and a mother, but here I am, too old to have children, and likely more than half my life is past. “My pastor says if I don’t have the desire to be single, then I don’t have the gift of singleness and will marry someday. “I know I don’t have the gift of singleness!” she was saying. She sat poised as one confident about her life. A lovely woman in her mid-fifties, she sat across from me in the coffee shop, her hands resting lightly in her lap. ![]()
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