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JT's avatar

"God is at work, even in waiting. James 1 tells us trials—even unwanted ones—grow endurance."

Good reminder...

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Carson's avatar

I have wondered if it’s possible that the burden of unwanted singleness is heavier now because most other forms of communal identity (family, town, city, even church) have been so degraded. It may not be so abnormal for young men and women to be unmarried later in their 20s, but I would argue that they are significantly more LONELY and isolated from historic covenants and communities than any unmarried young adults of the past.

The phenomenon of young men and women living outside their family home, sometimes many hours away, is certainly new and likely not at all helpful.

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