We're closing in on Real Sex, the book we are going through in bible study. It's been a really great study and a fantastic book. Chapter 8 is about singleness and I figure I'll share some of what I thought was interesting...
"Perhaps we ought not fixate on the call to lifelong singleness. Some people, of course, are called to lifelong singleness, but more of us are called to singleness for a spell, if even a very long spell. Often, our task is to discern a call to singleness for right now, and that's not so difficult. If you are single right now, you are called, right now, to be single. Called to live single life as robustly, and gospel-conformingly as you possibly can. The problem comes when the assumption that these are lifelong callings creeps in--panicked single folks think they must discern, at some given age on some given date, whether or not they are called to singleness forever."
"In marriage, it is tempting to look to one's spouse to meet all one's needs. But those who live alone, without the companionship and rigor of marriage and sex, are offered an opportunity to realize that it is God who sustains them. In singleness we see not only where our true dependence lies, but also who and what our real family is. Singleness reminds Christians that the church is our primary family. Baptsimal vows are prior to wedding vows."
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Good thoughts for sure
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