Really needed this reminder tonight. Singleness is a gift! And this was nothing short of an enormous failure on the church’s behalf. Of all institutions, church should have been the place where single people could thrive and feel valued for who they were. After all, there is a deep respect for singleness both in the Bible and throughout church history, just as much as for marriage. So the church could have offered itself as a community and family for single people, a place of lifelong and loving commitment, so that no single person would ever have to worry about growing old alone. We could have, and should have, stood apart from the world as a refuge for single people, the one place that they could find freedom from the pressure to get married, and be valued no matter what their marital status, as being single is hardly a sin.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 03:22:07 +0000
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