Hello everyone!! I pray that all is well and that everyone is resting well on this chilly Saturday (at least its cold here in Dallas, TX where I live 🙂 ) The Holy Spirit placed it on my heart some time ago to talk about the topic of Singleness. I’ve done blogs in the past where I discussed, Courting VS Dating and Adam VS Adler, but I have not done a blog specifically on the topic of being single and that whole process. This Singleness blog will be apart of a series!! There are so many complexities that come along with trying to be single God’s way!! So lets be honest shall we!!
My Story…
Just to give a brief synopsis of me and my personal journey with being single, I will tell you that it has definitely been a journey. Once upon a time, I was in toxic relationships and never truly sought the Lord on my relationships. Truthfully, I knew that they were not going anywhere but I didn’t want to be alone. I rather for the guy to break it off first before I did. I would pray for things to work out in my relationship knowing that was not who God intended for me to be with. After breaking things off with these toxic relationships, I grew so much closer to the Lord and began to dig deeper into the Word of God.
I began to truly be single and focus on myself. Now, when I say single?? That’s exactly what I mean. No dating. No sex. No boo thang. No one spending the night with me. No texting buddy. Nothing. Period. I spend that time to focus on God, myself, school and work. That was it. After about a year and half went by of me being single, the Holy Spirit convicted me and absolutely wrecked me!!
He said, “Chelsea, you will not have sex again until your wedding night.” Now, you must understand, that I was the girl who thought that if you waited for 4-6 month before having sex with your significant other, then that was great!! I was also the girl who thought that if a person was not a virgin anymore, then it would be silly for them to just not have sex anymore right?? I mean, you can’t take it back. Boy, was I wrong!! The Holy Spirit absolutely convicted me!!
Now, I’m the woman who believes with 110% that my Father in heaven has someone so special for me. He has someone who wants to honor my body!! He has someone that will love me like Christ loves the church. He has a husband for me. How do I know this? Because He told me so 🙂 He absolutely changed my entire think process. I thank God all the time for His conviction!!
I just want to encourage all women out there that it is NEVER too late to give your life and your body to Christ. No matter how many men you may have slept with; He still loves you. No matter how many abusive relationships you have been in; He still loves you. No matter matter how many times the enemy tries to tell you that you don’t have the strength to wait until marriage-baby girl, you have strength and power through Jesus Christ 🙂
***The first official blog of Singleness will be Lust and how to tackle it. Just wanted to give My Story***
Jesus is Love,
Chelsea
A few scriptures that absolutely wrecked me and convicted me……
1 Corinthians 6:18 “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” (KJV)
1 Corinthians 6:20 “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (KJV)
Ephesians 5: 3-4 “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” (KJV)
Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loves the church, and gave himself for it.” (KJV)
Ephesians 6:11 “Put on the whole armor of god, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (KJV)