Ordinary Eve
Make the most of it!
Last weekend was the Bank Holiday The weather was glorious and just right for taking a weekend break somewhere - not at your parents'! In fact, just the kind of weekend you wish you had another half to wander round a foreign city with looking, and feeling, glamorous.
Just the kind of weekend I would have spent probably in town or at the pub enjoying the sun with my ex - but whatever happened, basically with my ex.
And when you have got a partner a lot of your time is spent with them, travelling to see them, planning your life round theirs and vice versa. And that's how it should be. That's why they're called your partner, stupid.
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But when you are single there is a temptation (and I use that word advisedly) towards sitting at home upset about the fact that you are alone and everyone else in the world isn't. There can be a feeling of a life on hold, a life denying you the good things because you have no one to do them with.
Humans are social animals, enjoying the company of men and women is part of what we are, as well as who we are, but there are times when there isn't either a friend or a partner around to do things with you. My advice to you in this circumstance?
Do it anyway.
What if?
We all have dreams - little ones (like being really keen to see a film and hoping to go) or big ones (like going to live and work in another country). So often people are unconcsiouly putting off these dreams until they have a partner. This is all part of the idea that "life will be better when...". In some ways yes it will be better, but in others it will be a pain in the arse! Think back to your previous relationships and remember the bad things as well as the good!
And when you are putting off going to see that film or climbing that mountain consider this - what if you find a partner who doesn't want to do those things?
What if you meet a partner much later in life when neither of you is capable of climbing mountains anymore?
What if you never meet a partner and you miss the opportunity to do those things you always wanted because you were waiting for one to turn up?
Life in all it's fullness
It's good to remember that Jesus came to bring us "life in all its fullness", which is not only about the ways he brings us back to life spiritually. It's also about having the courage to live all of life with enthusiasm - today! Put bluntly, God wants you to have a good time. His desire is for you to fiulfill your potential as he made you. I fyou are sat at home on the sofa watching Big Brother when you would rather be at an evening class do you think that is fulfilling your potential?
You can have some amazing experiences on your own and you can meet some amazing people.
It would be a shame to miss out because you are waiting...
