Single And Christian-Coupled With Christ

I arrived at the term "Coupled With Christ" as we looked for a name for a group we were forming at our church. My desire as a single person is to realize myself to be coupled with Christ, and therefore, complete in Christ and there-by whole. Thus, I can have confidence and assurance being single, even if I desire a mate, and be like Paul, content in whatever state or situation I find myself in. This sometimes works better in theory than in practice, but I also see myself as a work in progress. I also have a 4-1/2 year old daughter that, as a widower, I find it often difficult to be a smiling happy-go-lucky single. I am one that is truly in love with being in love, and I have to consider that in my relationships. Still, I realize that it is Christ in me, the hope of Glory, and through Christ, and in the power of the Holy Spirit of God, I can accomplish anything within His will. He only wants the best for me, for it is in Him that I live and move and have my being. He has moved me from seeing myself primarily as a widower clinging to Christ(victim of the death of a wife) to a Single couped up with Christ (yea, even Christians can feel confined and bound by our circumstances); to a Single coupled with Christ and seeing myself as God does, having and knowing plans for me, plans to prosper me and give me a future.
Sometimes we go through things that require us to re-learn old lessons. Most recently, I have relearned to relax in the passenger seat. When you are used to driving, and having control, being a passenger can be unnerving, to say the least. There are no brake pedals when you want the world to stop and let you off; no gas pedal when you want things to get on with the getting on, and no steering wheel when you want to navigate those curves and take a little detour. Sometimes we have not only trust issues, but control issues we must deal with if we want to continue to grow in Christ and the knowledge of the truth.

Pray for me, and I will pray for you.

Leave a comment, concern, prayer request. You are never alone, unless you choose to be. There are often many people around, and you can still feel lonely. But unless you have shut Christ out of your life, you will never be alone. And as we find ourselves complete in Christ, we also find ourselves reaching out to others. We find ourselves united not only with Christ, but also in Christ, in Christian fellowship and Love.

If you have never asked him in, it is never too late this side of the grave. That was my wifes greatest desire, to know that those she loved would one day be re-united with her in eternity with Christ!

God Bless!