Eye Opener
Why unmarried people enjoy single blessedness?
Many single men and women are happy in their way of life. I asked some single people why they are not married up to now and this is their common reply, "we have not found yet our ideal partner for life." Some ladies say that they are looking for tall, dark and handsome men; others say macho, debonaire and romantic partner; a couple of women prefer men who are highly educated, with steady job and not the wine-women type. "You know Sir, if we enter into this serious thing and later on both of us are incompatible, either one of us will be frustrated and might lead into fatal consequence like separation, divorce, etc. If we have children later on, this horrible incident will affect their life, study and their future. Beforehand we want to avoid this regrettable thing to happen," enthused a sophisticated lady.
In the U.S., statistics show that out of 100 marriages, 70 ended up in divorce, 10 in separation and 20 marriages still hanging on the cliff's edge. In Christian families, seldom do married couples divorce or leave husband or wife. The persistent preaching and admonition of Pentecostal Pastors and Evangelists in their regular church services, evangelistic meetings and radio-television broadcasts had led to remarriage of about 50 percent divorced couple and reunite nearly 60 percent prodigal husbands. Deeply religious men and women of God in the U.S. are aware of God's commandments and teachings on the Bible about marriage. St. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7:8, "But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they remain even as I am."
Priests and nuns and many devoted Christians adhere to the teaching of Jesus Christ. In I Corinthians 7:32, 33 and 34,: "But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the thing of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. There is a difference between wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in the spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband."
There are a number of single men and women who are happier with their singleness. They are not tied up with limitation and restriction from home as when they are married. They can go home freely at night and even up to the wee hours in the morning without somebody telling them, "where have you been?" A number of successful single women say that "it is better to be single and unattached than be married and suffer untold beatings and miseries, cruel and satanic-like husbands." When asked who will take care of her when she gets old, the single lady replied, "I can adopt a child of my relatives send her to school until she graduates and lands a job, she will be my caregiver."