I'm not saying a romantic relationship is all peaches and cream; you take the good with the bad. You also have your relationship with God, but the reality is you can't see him, here is voice audibly (NOT referring to Holy Spirit; by audible I mean like when you hear somebody's voice on the other end of the phone) you can't touch him. You can spend time with God, but not face to face, like you can with another person.
Quite frankly I can only think of one thing:
Freedom of time; you can spend it how you want, and don't have to worry about being tied down.
That's the ONLY good part about it. Here are the things that are lousy about being single:
*Nobody to share household responsibilities, errands, chores. You have to do it all by yourself.
*Finances; if they go south, then you nobody to help you bare the burden. Yes there is the fact that people make poor financial decisions, and they have to suffer the consequences of their actions. However it's not that simple. Bad things happen to good people, and unforseen circumstances occur which can drain you financially.
*Unrequited love. Sure some Christians are meant to be single, and some Christians are content with being single, even love it. However lumping every Christian who is single into this category is a HUGE generalization. Not every Christian who is single likes it; looking at all their friends who are romantically involved and them being single, doesn't help the longing for a romance either. I'm not saying they're deliberately rubbing this in the face of their single Christian friends; it's just something that you have to deal with if you're single.
*Stress affects you more. If a crisis occurs in your life, then you have to take it on without the support of a loved one. I realize that with a marriage conflict and arguments will occur; that this unavoidable.Sure there is the church; but sometimes Christians are so busy with their own lives, they don't bother doing what they're supposed to; just because Christians should do the right thing, doesn't mean they do.
*Coming home alone. You're stuck coming home to an empty house/apartment.
*Times of difficulty are even MORE difficult. If you go thru a hard time, and are single, aside from your family, you really don't have anybody to help you thru it.
Unfortunately some single christians can't even count on THAT because either the relationship with their family is estranged, or most of the ones that they were close with in their family have died or live so far away they can't visit them.
Quite frankly I can only think of one thing:
Freedom of time; you can spend it how you want, and don't have to worry about being tied down.
That's the ONLY good part about it. Here are the things that are lousy about being single:
*Nobody to share household responsibilities, errands, chores. You have to do it all by yourself.
*Finances; if they go south, then you nobody to help you bare the burden. Yes there is the fact that people make poor financial decisions, and they have to suffer the consequences of their actions. However it's not that simple. Bad things happen to good people, and unforseen circumstances occur which can drain you financially.
*Unrequited love. Sure some Christians are meant to be single, and some Christians are content with being single, even love it. However lumping every Christian who is single into this category is a HUGE generalization. Not every Christian who is single likes it; looking at all their friends who are romantically involved and them being single, doesn't help the longing for a romance either. I'm not saying they're deliberately rubbing this in the face of their single Christian friends; it's just something that you have to deal with if you're single.
*Stress affects you more. If a crisis occurs in your life, then you have to take it on without the support of a loved one. I realize that with a marriage conflict and arguments will occur; that this unavoidable.Sure there is the church; but sometimes Christians are so busy with their own lives, they don't bother doing what they're supposed to; just because Christians should do the right thing, doesn't mean they do.
*Coming home alone. You're stuck coming home to an empty house/apartment.
*Times of difficulty are even MORE difficult. If you go thru a hard time, and are single, aside from your family, you really don't have anybody to help you thru it.
Unfortunately some single christians can't even count on THAT because either the relationship with their family is estranged, or most of the ones that they were close with in their family have died or live so far away they can't visit them.
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