I see single people worrying and complaining a lot about being single. Not that they're sitting home alone, no ... but then the concept of "dating" no longer has much to do with learning about or growing with another person beyond "How well can this person fit my requirements and satisfy my needs?"
Romance becomes confused with chemistry and urgency; commitment, like passion, becomes momentary, fleeting and subject to convenience ... because someone New and more exciting might be waiting just around the corner.
It's as though we've reached the point where someone could feel comfortable and "contemporary" about saying, "I'm married, but I can still be single, too."
Because no one wants to be restricted or tied-down when something New ... someone hotter, someone better looking, someone wealthier, someone more exotic or someone more exciting ... may turn up tomorrow, right?
Wrong.
Never mind giddy romance, self-indulgence and puppy-dog passion ... what about embracing the only love that's true, permanent and everlasting?
We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- 1 John 5:20
