Do you ever feel like you don't fit? I've had that feeling a lot, at certain times in my life. I'm too "liberal" for this group, or too "conservative" for that group. There's some anxiety in feeling like a square peg in a round hole, but also excitement in figuring out what I really believe about certain things. But when it comes to a single, Christian gal, I'm back into not fitting in. I do want to get married, but I don't want finding a husband to be in my top 5 priorities. So is there a place for me? I have to admit, I don't feel like this site is it. But maybe I'm wrong... Here's the issue for this post though. In one of Candice's blog posts entitled "Praying for Wives for the Men", she quotes a woman as saying "She realized the enemy doesn't want us to have homes. He wants to keep us alone. Because then the world is denied a picture of Christ and His church. And so my mother started praying for me. Each day at noon, for two years, she prayed for me when I was single." I agree that Satan wants us to be alone, but I don't agree with what is implied by this statement that a single person is "alone" and unable to have a "home". I am probably reading too much into this particular statement, and I don't want to be unfair about that, but I do think it's important to point out that if you are single, this is a PERFECT time to be in community. And not just because it might be a great way to meet your future husband. But because Christ does not want us alone, and he wants us to be serving other people in whatever way we can, and being in community is a great way to live out the interdependence God wants us to be a part of. Thoughts...?
