an open letter to all the single folks this valentines day

to all you single gals and fellas out there, here is an honest letter from a person just like you.


as valentines day approaches, normally I could care less about the holiday but something about living on your own just makes it different. and in a way, it has been harder this year. but I am not here to complain to you about being single - I am here to be honest with you.

getting married. having kids. falling in love. it is not the end all. it is not the point in our lives. if it was, then you would have every right to feel sorry for yourself. but, praise Jesus it isn't.

whenever I start to feel the loneliness or the enemies lies creep inside my head I remind myself through the Word that we don't live for this world.

yes, marriage, kids, & falling in love are all gifts from God and they show us God in a deeper way. and God put them in place for a reason; they were created by God and for God.

but before all that, He was in existence. and we are alive because of Him. we live in freedom because of Him through Christ. our lives are because of Him and for Him.

In Luke 14:27-28 Jesus says, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple." here Christ isn't talking about literally hating your family, but rather choosing Christ before your family.

because when you choose Christ before anything else, you can better love your spouse. better love your kids. do better at your job. we were created by Him and for Him. so, doesn't it make logical sense, to seek Him above anything else if He is our maker and creator?

in Mathew 6 Jesus talks about this again, in verse 33 He says "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you." if you read before verse 33 you will see that "all these things" is related to the material things the people were anxious about at the time, but yet God doesn't say these things are terrible. He just asks them to seek Him above all else & "these things" will be added to them.

the key thing I believe Jesus wants us to do is to live for Him. seek Him before it all and give the rest to Him. but, you can't do this by yourself; it is a work of God within you. pray, read the Word, meditate and ask God to reveal Himself to you.

and there is something beautiful about falling deeply in love with God when you don't have anyone else to "fall in love" with.  granted, it is challenging but the way God has changed my heart  + revealed Himself to me these past few months has been incredible.

so, whoever you are reading this, married, single, divorced, whatever your situation may be -  just know that you are not alone and that God is madly in love with you and that is enough.

xo,
Moriah