Hi Far Side, praying for you!
It's tough to be lonely and single in this world when you want to be married, even for a Christian (of course, we always need to remember how blessed we are in the midst of the struggle, knowing that He causes ALL things to work together for the good of those who are His children
..
Romans 8:28).
I was single until I was 32 years old, so I 'know' what a tough thing it is that you're going through. But as time went by, I unknowingly decided to do something "Biblical" (I highly suspect with the Lord's help ..
Proverbs 3:5-6). Instead of continuing to live in my frustration, I decided to trust Him with this aspect of my life, just like I did with all the rest of it when I first became Christian
IOW, I chose to trust and believe that He knew what was better for me than I did, because up until that point, I was clearly refusing to surrender that particular area of my life to Him.
I told God that I knew He knew what I wanted (to be married .. and I never stopped hoping and praying to be), but I decided to trust Him, EVEN if being married was not His plan for me, because I truly believed, then and now, that He knows what's best for me. I decided to find my contentment in Him, come what may. BTW, this story ended not more than a few months later when I met my wife*
*Please understand that while I'm recommending that you do the same thing I did, I'm not telling you that the "results" in your case will be the same, that's up to God (Who knows you and what you need far better than you do yourself
).
The Biblical command is this: "
Delight yourself in the Lord". And the great promise that goes along with it when you do is this: "
He will give you the desires of your heart"
..
Psalm 37:4
Be careful to understand that
Psalm 37:4 is not instructing you to try to delight or please God in some manner so that He will give you what you want, rather, it's telling us that we need to find our contentment and joy in Him first, that we need to love and trust Him with our lives and fully believe that He alone knows what's best for us! And when we've truly done that, He will fulfill His promise to us.
God's very first commandment to mankind was to "
be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth", so it is not surprising that He still looks very favorably upon marriage for most people
But what He seeks to do above all else in the lives of His children is to make us all, each and every day, more and more like His Son (and He will do whatever He deems necessary to make sure that happens ..
Philippians 1:6, PTL).
Here are a couple of His other great promises to us that might be helpful for you to remember (
Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 20:11). Most of all, always remember how much He loves you, cares for you, and wants the best for you, so much so that He chose to die rather than live w/o you
Yours in Christ,
David
"Seek ye first His kingdom, and His righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you"
Matthew 6:33