Last week my brother Joel got engaged and I think it is awesome. Amber is a great girl and I wish them the best. But where does that leave me? Joel was the one guy I could always count on to be without someone (sorry Joel) at a reunion. I'm the last single Roberts sibling. Well, where does that leave me? So many people can find themselves in these situations and get depressed. I've been to weddings and I see the bride and groom and wish I were them. But at the same time Paul the apostle refers to singleness as a "gift" in 1 Corinthians 7:7. I say enjoy the gift! I look at my life right now and I'm happy. I have a lot of good friends. I have the freedom to take a trip to Upper Michigan a couple times a year if I'd like or maybe Europe. I could even move to another state. I have a lot more freedom then I would if I were to get married. Now, that said, I am certainly not ruling it out! No way! But until then I'm not going to sit around and cry that I'm the only single Roberts sibling left. Let's be positive! I'm the only single Roberts sibling left! Now what can I do? Where can I go? I'll tell you. Having four weeks vacation every year is tough :-) and so as long as I can I'm going to start picking different places and going there for a week to get some pictures, go hiking and just enjoy different parts of the country. I'll say this It will most likely be near water. I love sunsets, sunrises and walks on the beach. Oops. Ha! That almost sounded like I was filing out a profile for one of the dating web sites. But I do love those things and if there is someone out there that feels the same way then maybe one day I'll be out walking the beach, watching the sun set or rise and so will she and we'll meet. Stranger things have happened. Oh what a story that would be!
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Paul, thanks for your honesty. There is an excellent sermon on Singleness by John Piper (part of his marriage series, can't remember the name offhand). He talks about how single people in the family of God have a role to represent God's relationship to us, just as married people do. Marriage pictures the love of Christ for the church. Singleness pictures the fact that we are adopted into God's family, and that blood kinship is not the basis for our family relationship, but rather spiritual kinship. Similarly, single people remind us that it is not blood offspring but spiritual offspring who are the means by which the church grows. It's a great sermon, I highly recommend it to single and married people alike. Glad to be your spiritual sister!
Maria
I think this is the one I'm thinking of:
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/by-topic/dating-singleness
Maria, Thanks for your comments! I just saw that they were there or I would've responded earlier. I'll have to check that sermon out. Oh and thanks for being my spiritual sister! It seems my family just continues to grow! Go has blessed me in more ways then I will ever be able to count.
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