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As I was sitting in a women’s conference recently and the speaker was defining the difference between freedom and bondage. Freedom was defined as living your life’s purpose. Bondage was defined as anything that keeps you from being who you were created to be.

As she was speaking I was reminded of a statement someone said to me not long ago, which was “you act like you enjoy being single.” Yep, I sure do and it’s no act! I love that I am living out who God has called me to be, not who I or anyone else thinks I should be.

It’s not that I enjoy being single in the sense that I don’t desire to be married, but I do enjoy life. You see the years I spent hating being single, I was in bondage. I was unable to enjoy life because rather than appreciating all that I had been blessed with, I was focused solely on the one thing I didn’t have just yet. It was a miserable existence.

Recognizing who you are in Christ is awesomely liberating! No longer am I trying to live up to others expectations for me, nor do I cringe when a friend finds love because I know that the same God that blesses them blesses me. I can actually rejoice with them while looking forward to marriage with great anticipation.

The Bible says that Jesus came that I may have abundant life (John 10:10) and surprisingly enough He didn’t add the caveat “after I’m married” in there. Now I don’t want to come off as some super saint who has it all together because truth be told it actually took me a long time to get to this point. But now that I’m here I want to bring every Christian single along because no Christian should choose to live in bondage and no single should wait until marriage to begin living.

I admit I had to evolve to a point where I wanted Jesus more than marriage. But I’ve finally concluded that if it’s God’s will for me to marry then it will happen. Until then, there is no need to place my life on hold. I don’t want to someday look back and say, “I wish I had done_______.” I want to live now. I choose to live now and make no apologies for enjoying a fulfilling life.

It doesn’t matter if others believe my joy is not genuine, just enjoying living for Christ and looking forward to all that He has in store for me is enough. I am finally free to be me and I’m enjoying every minute of it!

Are you enjoying everyday life?

If you’ve enjoyed this post, you might also enjoy these other Wrinkle-free Wednesday posts:

Running out of time

What to do during your season of singleness

Overcoming broken-heart syndrome

Single and highly favored

About the Author

Lisa is the creator of www.the-christian-single-woman.com, a website dedicated to helping Christian single women lead fulfilling and whole lives during their season of singleness.   Though singleness is not a desired state for most, she is a firm believer that it should not be a season of depression.   As a Christian single who has endured many ups and downs in singleness, her heart’s desire is to be a voice of encouragement for Christian single women to remind them they are not alone, they have not been forgotten and most of all that they are loved by Christ.

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