Every single woman must at some point come to grips with the fact that not all women will marry. Marriage is not a need, though God chooses to let marriage meet some needs a woman may have. Marriage is not a right, though God chooses to plan marriage for the majority of women. Marriage does not complete a person, though women who properly marry find that marriage rounds out some of their weaknesses. If marriage were a need, a right, or completion for women, then all godly women would marry. There are many examples of true, God-honoring women who had no earthly mate but were still Ladies of Patience.
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Don't let your impatient longings rob you of the life God wants to bless you with as a single. Realize you do not need marriage for happiness or a full life. If you are holding onto marriage as a right, relinquish this right so it will not keep you from God's fullest blessings. God knows what is best for you. His timing is perfect and He will take care of His Lady of Patience.
If marriage were a need, right, or a completion for women, then all godly women would marry.
I know I've talked of this before, but what a hard pill to swallow. I pray that I will be blessed with someone to share my life with. Someone to raise a family with. What if that's not in my future? Does that mean I will lead an empty, lonely life? No, of course not! I'm surrounded by people who love and care for me. I am blessed to have made forever friends. I don't need a man to make me whole. All I need is my Lord and Savior. That's not to say I don't want a husband. It's only to say, I know that I don't need one. I've lived 27 years without one, I'll continue to thrive if that doesn't happen for me.
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