ADVICE TO SINGLES

November 28, 2011

9:30pm

Psalm 31:14-15

English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁴ But I trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in your hand;

My advice to singles who want to marry is: hang on. Don’t despair of God’s resources, so infinitely greater than ours. Don’t limit His capacity to bring a mate out of nowhere, when the pool of candidates seems small and hopeless. Don’t chafe at Scriptures stress in waiting to know God’s will in the matter.He has a will for You, whether you follow it or not. When you get ahead of God and try to force things, the consequences are often tragic. The statistics tell the tale, so do he personnel cases we all hear of misfired romance and wretched marriages.-       TOM GRIFFIN (from Elisabeth Elliot’s QUEST FOR LOVE)