Singleness
This post has been forming in my mind for awhile but it has taken some weeks to get the courage to write about it. My birthday is 4 weeks away and I am reflecting on turning 27. I am realizing that its okay to not be in a relationship. ... Wow I can't believe I said that. Singleness is a gift not a burden, something that my really good friend Noelle told me over the weekend when I visited her in South Carolina. She helped me see that I was putting myself in a box because I was feeling like I had nothing to offer the world and the church since I didn't have a significant other. Yet Paul celebrates singleness in Corinthians. I have so much to offer the world and God can use me in so many different realms that I haven't even explored yet. So many people say use this time before marriage to do things you want to do. I am making a goal to go somewhere new once a month. So I sit here and encourage you to try new things, take yourself to dinner, join a class. Don't