Being a single person is hard. Navigating the world of friendships, dating, and living a Christ centered life can get all jumbled up. It is especially difficult when well meaning friends don't fully understand everything you are struggling with. So many people make you feel like you have to be completely happy with being single and have no desire to want to be married before God will bring someone into your life. That being content means to be completely satisfied with being single and to not have any struggles or pain from the fact that you are single. That if you are completely content then you wouldn't feel lonely or your heart wouldn't feel a slight tinge of pain when he hear of someone else getting married or having a baby.
Well today I read two amazing articles on crosswalk.com. They were actually two parts of the same article but it was about being content but not being satisfied. I would suggest any single person or anyone who knows a single person read these articles.
Content But Not Satisfied Part 1
Content But Not Satisfied Part 2
I really related to the part where he talks about how it would be much easier to not hope for a mate at all. Keeping hope alive is what helps us be content but it is also the part that can get impatient and want it right now. Being content but not satisfied is truly patience in practice.
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