The gift of singleness is probably the most rejected gift ever. God graciously gave us such a beautiful gift, and more often than not we throw it back at him saying: "Thanks God, but no thanks. I need to be with someone else in order to be happy." as if we knew what is best for us and what will make us 'happy' better than God himself knows.
Unfortunately for us, our society has turned us into thinking that if we are not dating and do not have a boyfriend/girlfriend hanging around us all the time, we are pretty much worthless and there must be something wrong with us! It breaks my heart to see both guys and girls who float from one relationship to another looking for love and acceptance from anyone who will give it to them.
If God had wanted to, he could have taken away our singleness all together and had us come into this world with another person who we'd be with for life. Why might have God given us this gift of singleness in the first place? Let's consider... First of all, our time of being single isn't meant to make us lonely. It is to help us realize that we are made to love one another. While we are still single, we are not tied to one person. We are allowed to love all people equally, to spread God's love to the world. Once you have been bound to one person, although you still are able to love others, you are not able to minister to them in the same way.
The period of singleness is meant to be the time when we find ourselves, and discover who we are as a person, BEFORE we tie ourselves to another person. We need to become complete human beings with God's love without another person, so that when we do meet the one that we are suppose to be with, we are ready for them, and not trying to find ourselves in them.
The period of singleness is also God's call to each and every one of us to love Him even more deeply. Being single doesn't mean that we aren't worth as much as those who aren't single. It simply means that we are in a very blessed stage of life that is preparing us for our future.
God Bless,
Catherine
Catherine,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your writings on this...such an important message to be shared. Keep your faith burning with you. I pray that you will attribute to inspiring other young people to embrace the Catholic faith wholly :) Happy blogging..
God Bless You