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If you think God is in any way approving of humans trying to have "relationships" with computers instead of other people... I don't think you know Him very well.
Few people are genuinely, completely unable to find partners. Most people who cling to this thinking simply refuse to put in the work that's needed to become better partner material.
That's not how the world is. There's thousands of people who aren't good partners at all but are still able to get partners. Lot of good people are unable to find partners. It's just how it works. God just has to give you the one
It is, in fact, how the world is. Most people find a partner/spouse at some point in their lives. Very few people live and die single. "Finding" and "not finding" partners is typically a season in a person's life. People go years with/without partners and then things change for them.
Very good advice. I think most people feel discouraged about this at some point in their life. Anytime a person has to encounter obstacles or go through a hard phase in life, they will inevitably worry that it will never end. When you are struggling it is hard to remain positive. I think it is good to keep in mind that there are phases in life. I know some people who struggled for years to get a job in their field. It was seemingly impossible. Then the breakthrough finally came. The key is to keep trying and to ask God for help.
Those who want good partners don't settle for lousy matches. In my experience, that is the most common reason for singleness. Even among those who claim to not be single by choice. Pair them with somebody they don't get along with and see how quickly they change their tune! We should put in the work to better ourselves regardless of whether we have a partner or not.
I have been thinking more often that God is saying "I am sovereign and control everything that happens, and if you don't get something despite wanting it a lot, tough then. I am the only one that has the power to effortlessly grant what you desire, but I won't necessarily do that except for my own sake."
But that's not His nature, so this thinking is wrong. I know it can FEEL this way sometimes, but those are flawed, incorrect emotions that we should correct with what we know of our Father. God does not tease, torment, and torture His children.I have been thinking more often that God is saying "I am sovereign and control everything that happens, and if you don't get something despite wanting it a lot, tough then. I am the only one that has the power to effortlessly grant what you desire, but I won't necessarily do that except for my own sake."
The experience of chronic singledom and involuntary celibacy for me and a lot of other people feels like it's own purgatory itself. It's like we are being teased with it.
The Father provides exactly what we need when we need it in the amount we need it.I have been thinking more often that God is saying "I am sovereign and control everything that happens, and if you don't get something despite wanting it a lot, tough then. I am the only one that has the power to effortlessly grant what you desire, but I won't necessarily do that except for my own sake."
The experience of chronic singledom and involuntary celibacy for me and a lot of other people feels like it's own purgatory itself. It's like we are being teased with it.
If God isn't a cosmic tease, then why are we allowed to be alive on this planet and desiring something so bad that isn't really for us, with the implication that you will never ever be allowed to have it, even in paradise. Allowing somebody to have an existence of wanting something very much but not having it fulfilled sounds like teasing to me.
