The Bible teaches that some of Davids best soldiers were loners.
God designs some animals to travel in packs. Others, by design will live alone. Likewise for men/ Many of the prophets were alone. Nothing wrong with either as long as its God's design for you. I love my solitude as well.
Thats kinda my views on things too. FOr a long time, I didnt want kids. THen now I have a warmer feeling about, BUT I'm pretty sure there's a lot of tribulation coming this way, and well, if God tells me to bring a child into this world, I would oblige, and happily so, but not everyone are to be saved, while we are to share the Gospel with all of creation, we also have the commandment to let what is unholy remain unholy. I dunno, a kid these days would 100% have to be homeschooled. The sick things I was taught at school, the freaks I had to be around.. They gave me hardcore inappropriate contentography when I was 8 or 9!
WHether you have one or not, one thing is for certain, this world is certainly no place for children.
I’d rather choose adopting some orphans if I can than having my own. They are already born and in desperate need of love and grace and everything.
If you get married, you might change your mind.
However, there are many worse things than being unmarried. One of them is marrying the wrong person.
Not that I disagree with you, but Tolkein's take on the idea of marrying 'the wrong person' is interesting:
Eh..... I dunno, there is marrying the wrong person, and then there is marrying TOTALLY THE WRONG PERSON! I see people who should just never have been married to each other.
A lot of people seem to have the idea that there is a "perfect person" for them, and think that with this person, marriage will be happy and smooth and easy. Maybe some influence from fairy tales, romance novels, and/or Hollywood?
The truth is, marriage is always hard and at some points especially hard, and requires work and commitment. The partner's willingness to work with you has a lot to do with how it will be experienced. But such intimate relationships always have difficult places.
Not that it isn't/can't be rewarding as well - hopefully very much so. But people shouldn't expect a perfect bed of roses.
I guess my point was to agree ... it's not "the perfect person" so much as it is a mature view of marriage and the willingness of both persons to love the other (in word and deed, putting the other's good above their own - not a sentimental feeling) - that has much more to do with how well a marriage goes.
Yes, chemistry is a thing, but it figures more in initial stages of attraction.Trust me, compatibility / chemistry is a thing. Try doing all that you said with the WRONG ABSOLUTE WRONG person. It's foolish to think otherwise, otherwise why not just go marry anyone? Lets have random arranged marriages, draw straws and see who your future spouse is.
Hi,
I’m 31, never married and never been in a relationship. I keeping celibate because I’m not wanting to have children. I love kids but I’m not too passionate about bearing children. I still desire for a companion with whom I can grow as a Christian. I’m very passionate about God and want to invest my time in prayer, worship, bible study, and helping others. Marriage and children are a great blessing but I might get busy and have very less personal time with God. That’s another reason I like about remaining single. I will marry if and only when I find a man who is a passionate Christian and is okay with having no kids. But there are very very few men who also do not want kids. And, the few men who do not want children are not passionate Christians. So I might end up unmarried for my lifetime, which is fine. Are there anyone in same situation?
For me... its written.. God said "As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it." So.. to NOT do that so I might get closer to God.. sorry.. God didnt suggest or hint.. it was a command.
Hi,
I’m 31, never married and never been in a relationship. I keeping celibate because I’m not wanting to have children. I love kids but I’m not too passionate about bearing children. I still desire for a companion with whom I can grow as a Christian. I’m very passionate about God and want to invest my time in prayer, worship, bible study, and helping others. Marriage and children are a great blessing but I might get busy and have very less personal time with God. That’s another reason I like about remaining single. I will marry if and only when I find a man who is a passionate Christian and is okay with having no kids. But there are very very few men who also do not want kids. And, the few men who do not want children are not passionate Christians. So I might end up unmarried for my lifetime, which is fine. Are there anyone in same situation?