When It's Hard · Loneliness
Single & Struggling With It
For when you feel: still single, everyone's getting married, waiting for a spouse
For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth? For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
The MinuteHomily
Another wedding invitation on the counter, another kind voice asking if there is any news, another evening in a quiet apartment. Scripture does not hand singleness a pity card, and it does not dismiss the ache either. It hands it dignity. When the psalmist calls God "my portion for ever," he is using inheritance language; the deepest allotment of your life is not pending anyone's proposal, because it is already deeded to you in full. The longing itself is not wrong. Bring it to God unedited, the way Hannah poured out her heart. But hear this clearly. Your life has not failed to start. You are not sitting in the waiting room of your story. You are in the story, and the central Character is already, fully, permanently yours.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
Lord, You know what I long for. I bring it to You honestly, and I take You as my portion today, not someday. Fill this life full. Amen.
“Let nothing disturb you... God alone suffices.”
St. Teresa of Ávila
Hymns for this moment
“In the Lord I'll Be Ever Thankful” · Taizé
“Be Thou My Vision” · trad. Irish hymn
One small step
Invest in one friendship this week the way you'd want someone to invest in you.
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