I had dinner with a young friend of mine Thursday night. She is 26 and a lovely Christian young woman in every way. She graduated from college but continues to live with her parents, operating a home business. She is talented at the business end of what she does, but that isn’t really what she wants. In college she was jeered at because she defended Titus 2’s biblical model of home and family. Her desire to be a homemaker and raise her own children was subjected to frequent scorn. She told me over dinner that she refuses to lower her standards. She wants to marry a man who has saved himself for marriage, as she has, and who loves the Lord and who will lead a Christian home. Despite her involvement in various conservative church college/career groups, she has yet to find even one with this vision for his life. We talked about the rampant immaturity, the adolescence that now extends well into the 30’s for many men and how difficult it is to wait sometimes for the Lord’s timing. She is not alone. My heart aches for those fine Christian young adults who refuse to accept the slovenly, carnal standards of the day and yet who are deeply lonely. They long to begin a Christian family and they have honored the Lord in their commitment to Him. I have asked my friend to write an article for Slice on this issue—the challenge of remaining faithful to the Lord while waiting for a Christian mate. Clearly, some are given the gift of singleness. I don’t mean to imply that every Christian single is pining to get married. I am referring to those who would like to marry. When I have the article I will run it. It would be a great thing if some dedicated Christian singles who have all but given up on finding someone who shares their love for Christ and family vision could find that they are not alone out there. Stay tuned.
Posted on July 2007
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