The Abundant Single Life!

“The tears…streamed down, and I let them flow as freely as they would, making them a pillow for my heart. On them it rested.” ~ Augustine “Tears are healing. They help to open and cleanse the wound. Grief is a form of validation; it says the wound mattered.” ~ John Eldredge As much as my heart prefers to celebrate and sing a joyous song, I’ve come to a place of befriending grief and sadness. Sorrow cannot be satisfied without it. Giving us emotions was all a part of God’s grand design when He lovingly fashioned us. I haven’t always understood or embraced my emotions. Tears have often betrayed me by springing forth sometimes at the most inopportune times, in public places no less. But there’s beauty in that, isn’t there? Being raw and uninhibited is something that comes easily for a child. Then we grow up and try to hide things. Why? Sometimes life calls for raw emotions. Sometimes it happens in public places. And for that, I’m thankful because often times grief has been ...

Spring has arrived and with that the beginning of the wedding season has also come.   The wedding bells are ringing! In the last few months, I’ve seen several people enter a relationship, become engaged, or get married. It has been an abnormal amount of people and ones that have waited for a very long time for their beloved. My own brother is one and I must say, I’m beyond giddy with delight because of this news! I have another friend who I’ve been praying for to be joined with her husband for many years. Guess what? She has met him and is getting married this summer!   God is answering prayers left and right! He is saying, “yes” to the hearts desires of His children. There is a wave of weddings happening this year! So what do we as singles do with that when our own wedding still waits to transpire and we haven’t quite caught the wave yet? Celebrate! That’s what we get to do! Celebrate like it’s your own breakthrough…because it very well could be. Someone else’s break...

Why are you single?  If you have been single for any length of time, you have probably been asked this many times. Sheer human curiosity wants to know why. Often times this question comes from well meaning people.  Parents. Siblings.   Uncles. Aunts. Cousins. Friends. Strangers. I know many have said it with the intention of meaning, "You're such a great catch, I can't understand why you're not married!" While it is a wonderful compliment for someone to think I am a great catch, it is the second part of that statement that often times makes me cringe. Let me explain. Having someone say that they do not understand why I am not married feels like they are saying one of three things: either there is something innately wrong with me, or  I am doing something wrong,  or God is doing something wrong. I know that is not the intent behind that statement, nor is it the truth. But let me tell you, as a single person who desires t...