What do you find is the hardest thing about being single?

[disciple08]

As a single person of two teens even I feel lonely at some point or other. Most of my friends are married or in a relationship. So I end of kind of feeling like a third wheel. My partnered friends don't seem to understand the issues a single person deals with especially if they are Christian.

What do you find is the hardest thing about being single?

[Kim]

well i dont have children so i cant tell you about that but the hardest thing i find about being single is you find yourself wanting someone there. i am happy to be single but i find times that i would like to have someone there to talk to other than my family. god has been so good to me. he has blessed me more than i deserve so i cant complain.

[JAMES VANDI]

Blessed sis, one of the most hardest thing that single go through most atime is misunderstanding from people around and the tag of inresponsibility that people sim to attach to singleness. but being single is not a curse but blessing.
james

[growingclosertoHim]

I find that raising my daughter and paying all the bills and providing for her is the hardest thing about being single. I don't get any child support or any help from anyone. The bills are always late and I always go without so she can have. I find it stressfull at times. I never get a break or any support from my family.

[Natalia]

I am right with you, and I can definitely relate to the stressful feelings. I have been raising my daughter alone since the day she was born, she is now 6 years old. But what gets me going everyday is seeing my daughter so happy with the life I work so hard for. Hearing those words " I love you mommy" is the greatest feeling I've ever felt. Being alone with a child is exhausting to our mind, and body and that's why it is extremely vital to have a relationship God, he will hear our wants and desires of having a partner, however now may not be our time.

[SHEYGLADYS]

Trust God's strength—not your own.
Judges 6; 7

Do you ever think that if God wanted to get anything big done, he'd choose someone with a lot more resources than yours? Single women sometimes feel they have half of what everyone else has: half the income, half the family, half the living space—and twice the responsibility of most women. So if God wants a big job done, he should give it to someone else. Right?

Wrong. Gideon's resources were so meager that when an angel appeared and said, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor," Gideon answered, "O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us?" (6:12, 13). In order to find Gideon, the angel had to go down into a pit—which is where Gideon was hiding while he threshed his small harvest of grain. Otherwise, the Midianite raiders would have stolen the grain from him.

After debating with God about his capabilities and resources, Gideon put together an army of 32,000 soldiers—except God wouldn't let him keep that many. God reduced their numbers to 300, then put the whole Midianite army on the run with hardly more deadly weapons than torches, trumpets, and God-inspired fear.

Sometimes God uses your lack of resources to reveal his strength—and to do very large jobs indeed. (See also Exodus 15:19-21; 2 Samuel 20:14-22; Malachi 3:16-18.)

Good Words to Remember:
Then the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" Judges 6:14

Today's Challenge:
What could you be doing with your resources?

[samnta]

The hardest thing i find is knowing which time i would be ready for a relationship and the right person.I have some lady friends who i think we get along well but i am always not 100% sure if she is the right one for me as far as God is concerned.

[franklin]

well for me its the loneliest of times not having anyone there to share with looking for love and never finding it i do have a son i thank god every day for him out side of him i am truly very alone for what ever reason i have lived a very unhappy life always wanted to end it but to chicken my great escape was to drink-drug most of my life i asked god to come in to my life i probably had him a life time but i never saw him till now HM starting to ramble i will end with i hope i don't die alone

[ENAMOURED]

Sinning, do it the worlds way and not waiting on God.

[Valerie]

The loneliness

[jinto thomas]

hai,

It is sometimes very difficult to live as single, i always wanted myself to get married at the earliest. but sometimes i feel that being single is wonderful because i don't have to worry about many things that comes after marriage. Let me put it this way every situation has it own merit and demerits, God know better than us when we want what?.
I am still single and i am living far away from my family who are in India, i miss them terribly but you know the church i go to is a loving church and there i feel my presence of my family, sometimes i experience the love and peace of God in me and that i cannot express in words, i am so overwhelmed.My church is mine in every sense. when God'd love fills me i forget everything about family, friends others, God is the centre.

But you might wonder that this things would be achived by getting into a relationship- well yes it is true and possible but God has a way to bring you to him and you come to him in that way, thereby making your foundations strong in him. I wanted to go to canada for my studies but i came down in united kingdom that was the will of God, After coming here i have grown up and and learnt many things which i knew before but never put it into practice. Now in my church by the grace of God I preach in the sunday service, i am in the prayer team praying for other members of the church and for everybody. i have done alpha course and christianity explored twice and also increased my faith by making sure it is right what is being said in the Bible. I would have never achieved this knowledge if i hd gone to canada, so that is why i say that God has his own way,

we all go through tempatations but God know about it better than us because he himself was tempted. we are all sinners fulfilling the lust of flesh, lust of eyes and lust of pride, but God is there still loving us and he sometimes gives us some problems to make sure that you regain you faith even in times of troubles, don't feel sorry for what you are, how you look? what you have?. we are created in the image of God and everyone is equal to God. So thank God and pray to him that he be with you always. God Bless you.

[Lisa Renee McKinney]

It was hard raising my four daughters alone but I enjoy being a mother and I do not regret it at all.

[Deserey Lynn Markwick]

I can't say that lonliness is the big problem for me. I have my family and my daughter to keep me company. Being single also allows me to concentrate on my school, my daughter, and my walk with God.

I think there are two things that are hard for me. One is providing for my daughter both financially and physically. Not only do I have to take the role of provider for her I have to do it while juggling school and time with her (and she doesn't let me forget that she needs that time).

I think the hardest part, though, is watching her grow up and realizing that she does not get to experience the love that her earthly father should be giving her. She has a Heavenly Father who loves her and has already done so much for us but is she going to understand that when she starts asking me where her dad is? I'm praying to God and trusting Him that He will prepare us for that day and give me the words to speak.