Why don’t you have a husband?
When will you get married?
I don’t know why you’re single, you’re so great.
Do you want to get married?
These questions are regularly asked. At home and here on the World Race. At times it’s out of concern (under the belief that I need a husband to be fulfilled and happy), pure nosiness, and here it’s often out of amazement and wonder. Being 31 and single is weird.
I’d be lying if I said I was happy about being single all the time. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want a husband sometime soon. And I’d be lying if I said those comments/questions didn’t bother me sometimes.
This past week these thoughts have been in my mind. I have questioned (again, as I have many times in the last 5 years) why am I single? What is it that prevents me from being pursued by a Godly man? Satan uses these questions to make me doubt my worth and see myself in a negative light.
Truthfully I don’t know why I am single. But I do know that God’s plan for me is better then anything I could dream up. I know that He has a good plan for me. I believe that my desire for a husband is a God given desire. And I trust that God is preparing me for my husband and preparing my husband for me. (Let’s be real, he’s going to have to be pretty special to a match for me.)
This past week I have been reflecting on men and young men in the church. It doesn’t take a genius to see there are more women than men in the church. My squad alone is 9 men to 35 women. After a conversation with a friend I began to feel a new yearning to pray for my own generation of men, that they will step into God’s role for them within the church and within their lives.
Men of God, stand up.
Men of God, shout out.
Men of God, be counted.
Step into God’s design.
Walk in faith.
Break forth, trusting the Lord.
He has created you with great care.
Strength. Courage. Wisdom.
These things you can walk in.
Men of God, take your place.
God’s children are crying out.
The church is aching for you.
Men of God, stand up.
Men of God, shout out.
Men of God, be counted.
Thank you for following my journey and partnering with me. Your prayers are so important.
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