While You Are Single

While you are single, read your favourite books, talk to your mirror reflection, take lots of photos of you, have your occasional tub of ice cream to yourself, spend time with your friends, babysit for your sisters, keep a diary.  There is so much to enjoy in being single, these things will become a luxury once you are married so just have them in abundance now.  You can add to the list, I bet there are many more things that you can get up to in your single days.  Nurturing your spirit, soul and body not only makes you a better person for you and for your spouse(-to-be), it keeps your mind focused on all the right things.  Many single ladies waste time fantacising about their dream wedding, their ideal husband and so forth, so much that they lose themselves in unrealistic worlds and end up having difficulty appreciating the husband they eventually meet.  Remember that you attract who you are.  Prepare yourself to be the best you can be and you will meet the best man for you.  if you are spiritually empty, don't bother praying for a spiritually charged man, rather spend time building your relationship with God and allowing Him to mould you into a virtuous woman.

Why The Question?

This blog is a result of time spent questioning why I was feeling so much pressure to get married all of a sudden.  I know that many single Christian women are probably under the same pressure and feeling helpless about their situation, especially as they approach their late 20s and 30s.
I personally think that I would have been fine with the fact that I am nearing 30 and still single, thats if I didn't have people ask me at every corner when i am getting married.  I have run out of answers!  I tried laughing the whole thing off and giving answers like, "If I could propose to myself I'd be married by now" to being downright honest like, "I don't know" but none of these leave me feeling proud of myself.

Now as Christian women this should be the time for us to be growing spiritually and we really must do just that because the more time we spend thinking about marriage(or usually, a wedding) the less time we have to appreciate the time God has given us and the wonderful people around us.  Now I think it would be great for us all to share our stories and laugh them off or support each other rather than allowing others to didctate out own lives to us.  Jesus loves you more than anyone will ever love you, so bask in His love so tat when you do get married, you will be radiating love to your husband.  A spiritually empty woman makes for a depressing wife, and no man wants that!