The Waiting Season - Singleness

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:30‬ ‭

“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: But envy the rottenness of the bones.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13:5‬ ‭

“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”

Recently in my life there has been a deep struggle in finding contentment with being single. I know this is something that everyone talks about and it gets really annoying and trust me I’ve been there.

I’m currently learning that every time I think and desire a relationship with my future husband I get entirely down on myself and start throwing hate on myself, even in front of my friends.

About two weeks ago, it was becoming really hard to talk about being single to others. Although I had a strong desire to talk about guys and such, I knew inside that it was hurting me physically and mentally.

I became aware of this one night after spending some time with friends. It wasn’t about anything they were saying but it was about the mentality that I was showing towards being single, desperate! This is something all single girls go through and it’s very TOXIC.

So after that night, I was talking to a friend and we were talking about being single (BIG SURPRISE, RIGHT!) Well I started to think about my relationship in Christ and it had become less of a priority not that I wasn’t reading my Bible or anything but, it wasn’t my top favorite thing to do at the time.

We started just talking about our daily walk with Him and it became so sweet because I stated “maybe the reason I am not content with being single is because I am not completely content in Christ.” At that moment it became real in my eyes that I needed to start over again with really trying to serve Christ wholeheartedly! Not half hearted.

It is so easy to fall in the category of easy Christian living and that is what I was doing consistently from day to day. When you fall into that place He no longer becomes your first priority, you do. Yourself.

This is something that I have seen all over social media within different aspects of the Christian life and maybe your struggle isn’t being single but, maybe it’s not being completely sold out for Christ?

Maybe it’s not knowing when to set a specific time for prayer and reading time with HIm? Maybe it’s you specifically, that heart problem when serving Him. We don’t always know when we will go through a trial but I can tell you this, either you are in a trial or you are about to walk in a trial and the bigger question is… how will you face it?

With joy and contentment in Christ or in a moody self-righteous attitude?

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