Dear God, I’m Ready To Meet The One

by Holly Lebowitz Rossi

Churches, even evangelical churches, can also leave singles feeling left out in the cold. According to Candice Watters, author of Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help it Happen and host of the website helpgetmarried.com, many churches underestimate the role they can have in connecting singles, instead encouraging them to “embrace the adventures” of their single life.

When she was in her mid-20s, Watters said, this message suddenly felt irrelevant. She turned her thoughts—and prayers—toward marriage, and with the guidance of trusted marriage mentors from her church, began dating her best friend, whom she subsequently married and had 3 children with.

“Marriage was God’s idea,” Watters said, “and if it was God’s idea, it’s okay for me to want it, it’s okay for me to pray for it.”

Holly Lebowitz Rossi is a freelance writer. Her website is http://www.hollyrossi.com.