Dear Abundant Life,

Have you ever walked into a single person’s apartment and wonder where the furniture was? Or maybe see the lack of kitchenware? Or possibly wonder why they had no pictures on their walls? Or my favorite, think to yourself, “Did they just move in?” because it doesn’t even look like someone was living there?

These are all things that single girls, and guys, can do when they don’t invest in themselves. There are many reasons why young people allow themselves to live this way, but a big one, especially for single women, is because they can’t imagine satisfaction in life without being married. They are so caught up in the lack of a boyfriend or girlfriend that they forget to enjoy the simple pleasures in life now. Their dream chests remain closed and China never gets used because they believe they must be saved for the day she can share them with her true love.

No! We can enjoy them now. Don’t make minimal investment in what you hope is a temporary condition, but rather find satisfaction in where you are right now.

Life is satisfying only when we diligently serve the Lord, no matter the circumstances we find ourselves in right now. God wants us to invest in ourselves as singles and live a full life. Not surviving on paper plates and plasticware. He wants you to find those things that will not only bring you joy when you are married, but that you can also use and enjoy as a single. So take out that china that was handed down to you by your mother or grandmother, buy that chair you have been eyeing every time you go to the store, and actually live in your apartment, by hanging up some pictures and cooking in your own kitchen.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

The only one that is stealing from your life’s happiness is you. Abundant life is not only for married women. It is for you as a single as well.

What is a way today that you can start living a more abundant life for yourself?

                                                                               Until next time,
                                                                               Tami