Single and Happy

I received a sweet letter today posted below. It is true--I have so much for which to be thankful. I am going to be writing more on the blog in days to come about BEING HAPPY AND SINGLE and not needing anyone to make us happy. I get so many letters from singles who are "waiting" (and waiting and waiting!) for the right person to come along, as if marriage is a panacea for happiness.

Happiness can be found today in my life! It is much better to be single than married and lonely with the same struggles I face today within. At least I am not married to the wrong person. I read this letter below and thank God for my life. After all, I am not the God of my life, and the Lord has blessed me so much.

Interestingly, I woke up this morning, before reading this email, with the reality of the sobering fact that I am sure I will never have children. The moment struck me as surreal, as I always assumed I would have children, because I love them so much. Yet, I knew it was a truthful moment. I just prayed that God would continue to keep my eyes on Him, realizing He has blessed me far beyond my dreams in many ways. Children are a gift from God, but not without the right husband. If God would rather have me working hard in the table outreaches we have begun (which I love), I certainly will not complain.

As Condi Rice put it when she was interviewed about why she never married, "I am quite happy things have turned out the way they have." She explained that she was not against marriage, but she had simply never met anyone to whom it would work for her to marry. She has led a very full life and been happy. She was engaged once but knew it would not work, so she broke off the engagement. I could really relate to her life. She also said that because of her faith as a Christian, it hard for her to find someone compatible. In a world full of Christian men who would love to marry her, she has just never found the right fit. That is how it has been for me. I could be married, but it has never been right. I am not going to marry unless it is right. My "children" are the table outreaches I have begun! Raising them well and sustaining them continues to be a challenge, and I am quite contented in such glorious work God has given me to do.

Dear Dwayna,

Strange thing but I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about how blessed you were on Mother's Day. Do you realize how many born again (by the Holy Spirit through believing in Jesus Christ) children of God you have helped birth? As I consider your ministry and the countless souls to which you reach out with the truth of God's Word the Holy Bible and the truth of Jesus Christ, God's "only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life," I marvel at how God is using you to bring to life souls for His glory!

Praying for you.