A Single Perspective

So I’ve been single a while.  Okay, I’ve been single my entire 30 years.  And I’ve had a lot of time to think and pray (God knows in my humble opinion, too much time).  This single thing sure can get confusing.  One of the things I’ve been questioning is why more and more people are putting marriage off until later in life.  Some may be doing so for legitimate reasons, I don’t know.  I do know that I hope to get married and I know an amazing group of women, from young twenties to young thirties that want to be married as well (sooner rather than later).  Sometimes we’ll discuss marriage but the prospects of it seem bleak.  Could it be that the church is falling right in line with the culture in regards to marriage?  It seems as though we’ve put it on the back burner on low simmer.  And in not wanting to over romanticize it, we’ve beat it with accusations of discontentment and allowed “more important matters” to keep it muffled.  If the world can see a picture of Christ and His bride through the union of a man and a woman, shouldn’t the church speak becomingly of this relationship and use some of the force to help move singles toward marriage?… (read the full article here)