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The "Gift" of Singleness

By TylerR on Tue, 02/21/17
Christian Living
Singleness
Marriage

CCEF: I’ve come to realize that the question isn’t whether or not I have the gift of singleness. The question is: What would the Lord have me do with my singleness?

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Jim

NewI literally never thought I would get married

Wed, 02/22/17

At the age of almost 25 - no prospects

God brought a lovely woman into my life. The company where I worked (IBM), hired her and she sat in the same 4 desk quad with me.

The first time I asked her out, she said “no”

Because I had been shot down so many times, I had a rule “ask ‘em out once only”

For some reason I asked her out a second time.

After we had dated a brief time I asked her to marry me and she said “no”

About 6 months later she said “yes”

Have been married 42 years

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