Today is my birthday!

Happy belated birthday!

Here's something I have eventually come to realize concerning singleness and contentment - if you desire to have a spouse, you can't have contentment with singleness all the time.

At times it's very hard. Reading books helps me at times - it captivates my mind and helps me forget.

This was probably not advice you were looking for, but it's the truth.

How to work on yourself - ask God what needs to be worked on. He desires to conform us to His Son. Only He knows what needs to be done.

Keep busy is my advice. There's a lot of blessings in the world. We have responsibilities to do & we have freedoms we can do.
Keep in the Word. The Bible says Singles have a unique ministry.
Find company in others. No one is truly single

I wish when I was younger people hadn't given me 'lists' but Bible application. & Bible application not as a means, but an end-goal in itself. When I finally started to get it, the damage may've been done

peaceful-forest said:

Happy belated birthday!

Here's something I have eventually come to realize concerning singleness and contentment - if you desire to have a spouse, you can't have contentment with singleness all the time.

At times it's very hard. Reading books helps me at times - it captivates my mind and helps me forget.

This was probably not advice you were looking for, but it's the truth.

How to work on yourself - ask God what needs to be worked on. He desires to conform us to His Son. Only He knows what needs to be done.

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That's what I don't get when people tell me to be content single. If you're content single, you won't like being married or choose to get married. If people were content being single, they wouldn't get married.
On my worst days I feel like the advice is a polite way of saying 'God's apparently not called you to marriage, so live w/ it.'

Were you able to spend time with friends or family on your birthday Sonic?

DragonFox91 said:

That's what I don't get when people tell me to be content single. If you're content single, you won't like being married or choose to get married. If people were content being single, they wouldn't get married.

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Perhaps you should review the definition.

CONTENT, adjective [Latin , to be held; to hold.] Literally, held, contained within limits; hence, quiet; not disturbed; having a mind at peace; easy; satisfied, so as not to repine, object, or oppose.

Not that I speak from [any personal] need, for I have learned to be content [and self-sufficient through Christ, satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or uneasy] regardless of my circumstances. I know how to get along and live humbly [in difficult times], and I also know how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret [of facing life], whether well-fed or going hungry, whether having an abundance or being in need.

I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.]

Contentment is derived from Who we serve not how we feel.

~bella

Hello ChristianSonic, my advice is to learn virtue.