Singleness is a circumstance, not my identity
As I prepare to move my life overseas for 3 years, my mind has been full. That's to be expected; but one thought in particular has consumed much of my conscious processing time - "By choosing to move to Prague, I've closed the door for good on marriage." As I've been processing this statement, I went through a few stages, but here's what I landed on. First of all, who am I to make those kind of statements?!? In Romans 9, Paul makes it clear that the clay doesn't tell the potter what to do or what it should be. He's talking about how Israel will always be His chosen people, but by His mercy, we were grafted into the plan. It really hits home, in verse 23, with a reason why we are designed in a certain way or given certain circumstances: "And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory". Singleness is a circumstance, not an identity. The weight of my "closed door" sta...