On singleness.
I guess I never appreciate things when for what they are, in their entirety. I have a tendency to focus on how things stress me out, rather than appreciate each stage of life, in all its pluses and minuses.The funny thing is that as torturous as I find the particulars of being single, the fretting, the "game"; I just know, that in years to come I will be reminiscing about these days, these silly innuendoes. As content as my "married" friends are, they tell me with relish how exciting it all was back then. They live vicariously now through the remnants like me, when I share my fumblings and faux pas over a lot of laughing, cringed faces, hugs and coffee.
Sillyness aside I sense the danger in all this. The potential for self-exaltation, or just general selfishness. Whether it is the influence of secularism, or just plain old human nature, the field feels distinctly savage - it's each one for himself. How easy it is to be deceived, to let the flattery get to your head, to let romance cloud your judgment, to say things you don't mean, to hurt someone or yourself....
The difficulty is to be grounded. To know who I am, in Christ, to know my purpose, to serve Christ. To live that out, pleasing Him, trusting Him, loving as He loved, and seeking someone who share the same love, live out the same life.
Once again, Christ is the answer. Not because He is my Dr Phil who solves my relationship woes. Because He is my Lord, my first and foremost relationship, to whom all things revolve around.
posted by me. @ 8:52 PM
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