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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/19/2008 12:22:48 PM
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hotsaucygma
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I have made great friends since I have been single-again.
My grandchildren have been born since I have been single-again.
I have gone on a very fun hassle-free vacation since I have been single-again.
I have found abilites that I never realized I had since being single again.
I've had lots of good moments- both big and small.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/19/2008 6:44:31 PM
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*First post ever* (new to SN forums) :-)
The best moments I've spent as a single have been being able to be one heck of an awesome aunt. I get to be extremely involved in my neice and nephews life...and I'm not just a regular aunt like your "Aunt Susan" or something...who comes to visit every once in a while and gives a good birthday gift...
I play with them, read to them, rock them to sleep, watch movies with them, cook meals with/for them...I have made some incredible memories with them that I feel they will never forget...and neither will I.
If I were dating, (because this has happened in a past relationship), I don't see them very often...
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/19/2008 7:36:04 PM
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I've had a lot of great moments as as single person. Having said that, I think I could have done those things as well if I were married.
Anyhoo, during my last trip, there was a friend who tagged along with us. SHe had two kids. She's not used to travelling and spending leisure time with her kids so I ended up taking her kids. One time, the kids were dying to go swimming, so I took them. My daughter didn't to go as she was so tired from a long hike. The two kids had two water guns. We played in the pool for an hour and I had tonnes of fun. I really bonded with them. I've never spent any time with them before, so I'm glad that I got a chance to do that. I actually fell in love with one of the boys who is 5 years old. I plan on taking him in some of our activities as he happens to like the outdoors. The other one, not so much, so I have an excuse not to take him with me.
Also, my daughter and I hike a lot and hiking is our best bonding moments. During our last trip, she had a hard time with the trail (it was really like a StairMaster to the top...not one foot of the trail is on even ground). Anyway, we have the silliest conversations during our hikes. Imagine Dumb and Dumber. That's us. And we take pictures of ourselves, and you can see from our facial expressions that we truly enjoy each other's company. If I were married, maybe we wouldn't have these great bonding moments.
I have tonnes more of these type of moments.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/19/2008 10:21:53 PM
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Remembering out great/enjoyable moments are a good thing to do. It's a way of telling God thanks for these times, simply by acknowledging them.
Life isn't always full of moments that we enjoy. Truth be told - there's a lot of hard work in getting through each day, and a lot of learning experiences, but we can't always grumble and complain (remember the Israelites in the desert).
I have to admit that like Prairehiker I would enjoy being able to share life's joys with someone but until then I'll be thankful for each new day and the experiences therein.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/19/2008 10:40:25 PM
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I know some of you thought Psalms' post was on the harsh side, but I think she made a valid point.
"This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." -- Psalm 118:24
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice." -- Phil 4:4
Paul wrote those words in Philippians while he was in prison. He expresses enthusiastic praise in the beginning of Ephesians, which he also wrote while in prison.
We all know that we'll have difficult moments throughout life, and sometimes those moments will extend to days and weeks, months, and even years. I can attest to that personally, as can many of us on the forums.
But we should still be able to find some greatness in our situations whatever our situations might be, even if at times it's only that we're saved by the grace of God. Look at Paul's example.
One of the greatest moments of my life as a single was getting to go to Mexico on a missions trip. We really helped a poor church, grew together (both Americans and Mexicans) in our closeness with God, and lived out an authentic fellowship (which we still share here and there even with the distance between us). Because I was (still am) single, I was able to go.
During the week in Mexico, my dad was just over two weeks away from dying. Although faced with the impending loss of my dear dad, I still experienced something great.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/19/2008 10:55:07 PM
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Remembering out great/enjoyable moments are a good thing to do. It's a way of telling God thanks for these times, simply by acknowledging them.
As I said earlier, I must define "great" differently from most on this thread.
Tonight I was sitting here trapped in the hotel room (I'm on travel) with nothing to do. No one on the threads, no movie to watch on TV (500 channels and nothing on!) No movie at the theater I wanted to see.
Ah well, I may as well go for a drive. So I went for a drive through Virginia beach Saw some very nice neighborhoods and some not so nice neighborhoods. And ended up near the beach at the Virginia Aquarium. Unfortunately it was closed but I had a nice walk around the property (They've got some nice trails.
Left there and went to the touristy area of VA Beach. Watched a couple juggler acts (very good), a magician (Also pretty good. he was maybe 17 and more interested in the pretty girls in his audience than anything else), a jazz band, and some other street acts (VB puts on entertainment each night). Then walked down to the ocean and walked in the surf for a mile or so (I did about 4 miles total at the tourist area).
The waves were kind of sneaking into the beach, splashing around my ankles and every once in a while around my knees. There was a gorgeous orange moon just rising over the ocean with it's reflection painting a long streak towards me a coloring the tops of each wave. The breeze was soft and gentle, keeping the air warm but with just a hint of coolness. All in all a perfect night for walking the beach. Had a nice long talk with God.
God is very good to me.
Walked another mile or so on the boardwalk and then headed back to the street. Even the drive back to the hotel was enjoyable. Windows down, good breeze, good tunes.
It was all very enjoyable, but not quite great.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 12:02:13 AM
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The best moments I've spent as a single have been being able to be one heck of an awesome aunt. I get to be extremely involved in my neice and nephews life...and I'm not just a regular aunt like your "Aunt Susan" or something...who comes to visit every once in a while and gives a good birthday gift...
I play with them, read to them, rock them to sleep, watch movies with them, cook meals with/for them...I have made some incredible memories with them that I feel they will never forget...and neither will I.
I should have put that, that has been me also. The day the thread started I wasn't feeling well, and wasn't thinking too positively.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 6:20:47 AM
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Maybe sometimes our problem IS how we define great.
If we're a little less "picky" (for lack of a less harsh word than I can think of after running at 5am) maybe we have more great moments than we thought.
God created us, KNOWING what we would do ... and still said that it was good.
I guess it is just the optimist in me. I hate to look at a beautiful moment between me and God that I know was a gift from him, and say "Phooey on that" just because I was alone.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 8:16:03 AM
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One great day of being single was the day my friend and I took our kids to Indian Rocks Beach. She drove, I navigated. The kids were in the back seat reading or playing their PSPs. It is about a 1.5 hour drive out and we listened to oldies. My friend drives the speed limit (which annoys me,) so people were ragging past us on the interstate. We laughed at them; I rowed as they would pass us.
Staying on the beach until after sunset is the greatest thing! We plugged the ipod to small speakers and danced to oldies. The kids dug a 3 foot hole and filled it back up. Looked out for speedos and kept count of how many we spotted. Ate cold fried chicken, spam musubi, water melon, and brownies. The sunset was magnificent.
On the drive home the kids slept and we would talk about our struggles of being single parents, finances, and how the Lord comes through for us even in the sunset.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 9:23:38 AM
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One great day of being single was the day my friend and I took our kids to Indian Rocks Beach. She drove, I navigated. The kids were in the back seat reading or playing their PSPs. It is about a 1.5 hour drive out and we listened to oldies. My friend drives the speed limit (which annoys me,) so people were ragging past us on the interstate. We laughed at them; I rowed as they would pass us.
Staying on the beach until after sunset is the greatest thing! We plugged the ipod to small speakers and danced to oldies. The kids dug a 3 foot hole and filled it back up. Looked out for speedos and kept count of how many we spotted. Ate cold fried chicken, spam musubi, water melon, and brownies. The sunset was magnificent.
On the drive home the kids slept and we would talk about our struggles of being single parents, finances, and how the Lord comes through for us even in the sunset.
offtheisland - that sounds like it was a wonderful day :)
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 9:26:20 AM
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rgod
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Remembering out great/enjoyable moments are a good thing to do. It's a way of telling God thanks for these times, simply by acknowledging them.
Life isn't always full of moments that we enjoy. Truth be told - there's a lot of hard work in getting through each day, and a lot of learning experiences, but we can't always grumble and complain (remember the Israelites in the desert).
I have to admit that like Prairehiker I would enjoy being able to share life's joys with someone but until then I'll be thankful for each new day and the experiences therein.
ebony101 - thanks for starting this thread. It helped me to be a lot more thankful for the state that I am in. I had taken for granted all of the things that I've been able to do as a single. While I could do them while married - I think it would be harder - particularly the spur of the moment type stuff (unless I married a "spur-of-the-moment" type man). I've been thinking of my time spent as a single much more differently ... thanks!
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 11:16:10 AM
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Maybe sometimes our problem IS how we define great. I agree losgan.
For example.........
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It was all very enjoyable, but not quite great. Not quite great why? Because it did not measure up to another moment which you gave a higher value?
I went to the beach last night as well. I had to run the video camera to my sister, who lives near a beach I rarely visit anymore ,so I decided to take the opportunity to spend a quiet, relaxing, evening walking the shore and watching the sunset.
The waves were huge, so big some were even surfing, making a steady pounding sound as they crashed upon the shore............Have you ever noticed how your heart seems to take on the same rhythm as the waves? How the steady beat slows the beating of your heart? Relaxes you?
This particular beach is much different then the ones I usually visit. It has a huge, long, break wall made of huge boulders. The boulders are flat on some sides, angled all different directions and very smooth, making traversing them exciting as a child and a little nerve racking as an adult. The key is not to think just step, never staying on any rock long enough to slip off.........and to make your decisions quickly........if you stop to plan the best route the hesitation will make it scarier..........you just have to keep your eyes on the goal and trust your instincts.
On the channel side of the breakwater it was so smooth and calm. The water gently lapped the sandy shore as an occasionally fish splashed coming down from a jump........even the boats coming in and out of the harbor did little to disrupt the calmness..........
On the lake side of the breakwater was a different story.........White caps where everywhere.........the waves crashed the shore with power and might.........
Standing between the two it was as though I was standing between two worlds, two kingdoms...........one calm, gentle, relaxing mirroring the sunset in purples, pinks, roses and blues........the other exciting, adventurous, and enticing.........the water was too rough to mirror the sunset instead her white caps took on the many colors of the sunset........each wave a different color adding even more fascination............
I found a rock chair and sat down to watch the sunset and read my bible............
As I read of God's love and his plans for me my eyes were pulled from one side to the other...........
To seemingly extreme opposites...........to different worlds..........which one was I drawn most too?
God and I talked for a long time about what he was showing me out there on the rocks............
As the sun said her last goodbyes I turned to walk back only to be stopped in my tracks.......before me, kissing the beach and lake to the west was the most beautiful moon. She was huge, red/orange, and glowing.
She kept me company on the way home. Always right in front of me...........and a really cool thing........at one point a cloud crossed the top of her forming a brow.......it was one of those moons where I am sure the saying man in the moon came from since you could see two eyes, a nose and mouth.........and at the time the cloud formed her brow her head was tilted downward........her eyes looking down on earth.........I could not help laughing as I watched the moon watch me........... 
It was such an enjoyable evening...........I would say a great evening.
Was it as great as the time I watched Skylar take her first breath? No.....but does that mean it can't be great as well?
I think the biggest difference between those who experience lots of great moment and those who experience few is how we approach life and whether we see things in terms of rankings or not.......Lets call it the ladder theory.........
Some people tend to see people, places, things, and experiences based on a ladder.......each is giving a rung of importance and one lower can never be classified the same as one higher.............
I don't see life that way.........to me an experience which stands out, touches me, has me in intimacy with the one who is greatness, and imprints something upon me is a great moment.........they are all different..........yet none is less or more valuable then the other.........they are great........
In the fictional book "The Shack" one of my favorite parts is when God comments over and over on this person and or that person saying, " I am especially fond of that one".....The main character gets frustrated after hearing God say this over and over again about different people..........How can God be especially fond of each of them........He could not grasp it because his mindset was always that of comparison...........if God is especially fond of this one then he most not be as fond of that one...........yet he was especially fond of every one..........
We live in a society so ruled with comparisons ............with using a ladder or scale to determine the value.........looking at the past and comparing each moment to those which preceded this one that we have lost the ability to see each moment as wonderful and precious............as great.
I just thought of another great moment...........last night before going to the beach the girls took me to see their new rabbits...........as I petted, held and oowed and aahed over each girl's rabbit they beamed............
I was holding Kenzie's rabbit when I commented on what a wonderfully handsome rabbit he was............Sky got a sad look on her face and her eyes teared up.......I asked her what was wrong.........her reply..........my rabbit is ugly........why would you think that sky? ............because you said kenzie's was handsome and her's doesn't look anything like mine...........ah but you see they can both be wonderfully handsome..........because how handsome they are is not dependent on a comparison to another rabbit but on how I chose to view each individually.........
A great moment can only be great if you chose to view it for it's own value without comparing it to other great moments...........
I have many great moments.........each opens my eyes to how great is life.............reveals even more how great is my Lord...........and greatly shapes the way I chose to view life's circumstances.......even my singleness.....
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 6:10:57 PM
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Tonight I was sitting here trapped in the hotel room (I'm on travel) with nothing to do. No one on the threads, no movie to watch on TV (500 channels and nothing on!) No movie at the theater I wanted to see.
Ah well, I may as well go for a drive. So I went for a drive through Virginia beach Saw some very nice neighborhoods and some not so nice neighborhoods. And ended up near the beach at the Virginia Aquarium. Unfortunately it was closed but I had a nice walk around the property (They've got some nice trails.
Left there and went to the touristy area of VA Beach. Watched a couple juggler acts (very good), a magician (Also pretty good. he was maybe 17 and more interested in the pretty girls in his audience than anything else), a jazz band, and some other street acts (VB puts on entertainment each night). Then walked down to the ocean and walked in the surf for a mile or so (I did about 4 miles total at the tourist area).
The waves were kind of sneaking into the beach, splashing around my ankles and every once in a while around my knees. There was a gorgeous orange moon just rising over the ocean with it's reflection painting a long streak towards me a coloring the tops of each wave. The breeze was soft and gentle, keeping the air warm but with just a hint of coolness. All in all a perfect night for walking the beach. Had a nice long talk with God.
God is very good to me.
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I should have put that, that has been me also.
John_O and OneOfHisJewels - I'm glad to hear that both of you have had some enjoyable moments as singles. I was a little worried that you weren't having any fun at all being single and to be honest, I prayed for you both when I read your original messages - that the Lord would allow you both to have some really nice experiences during this season in your lives. While these experiences that you both mentioned might not be "great moments" for either of you - I'm glad to know that you are both having some good moments at least during the time that you are single. I pray many more wonderful moments for both of you and also to others who are struggling during this time!
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 10:43:32 PM
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Maybe sometimes our problem IS how we define great. I agree losgan.
For example.........
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It was all very enjoyable, but not quite great. Not quite great why? Because it did not measure up to another moment which you gave a higher value?
No one to share it with. I don't enjoy being alone so much as I used to. After 18 years of not being alone it's hard to slip back into that comfortable loner thing I knew so well back then. God says "It is not good for man to be alone" and I am an excellent example of that.
It would have been better even if I just had a friend I could have walked the beach with. But alas I was 1000 miles from home and know no one out there.
So while it was enjoyable, it wasn't great.
(I don't compare moments to other moments usually)
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/20/2008 10:45:46 PM
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ORIGINAL: rgod
John_O and OneOfHisJewels - I'm glad to hear that both of you have had some enjoyable moments as singles. I was a little worried that you weren't having any fun at all being single and to be honest, I prayed for you both when I read your original messages - that the Lord would allow you both to have some really nice experiences during this season in your lives. While these experiences that you both mentioned might not be "great moments" for either of you - I'm glad to know that you are both having some good moments at least during the time that you are single. I pray many more wonderful moments for both of you and also to others who are struggling during this time!
Thank you rgod. I'll always take all the prayers I can get. (But rather than have fun moments as a single, Id' rather have someone to share the moments with. Good company multiplies the enjoyment of almost any activity.)
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/21/2008 2:18:50 AM
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ORIGINAL: joy2give2u
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Maybe sometimes our problem IS how we define great. I agree losgan.
For example.........
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It was all very enjoyable, but not quite great. Not quite great why? Because it did not measure up to another moment which you gave a higher value?
I went to the beach last night as well. I had to run the video camera to my sister, who lives near a beach I rarely visit anymore ,so I decided to take the opportunity to spend a quiet, relaxing, evening walking the shore and watching the sunset.
The waves were huge, so big some were even surfing, making a steady pounding sound as they crashed upon the shore............Have you ever noticed how your heart seems to take on the same rhythm as the waves? How the steady beat slows the beating of your heart? Relaxes you?
This particular beach is much different then the ones I usually visit. It has a huge, long, break wall made of huge boulders. The boulders are flat on some sides, angled all different directions and very smooth, making traversing them exciting as a child and a little nerve racking as an adult. The key is not to think just step, never staying on any rock long enough to slip off.........and to make your decisions quickly........if you stop to plan the best route the hesitation will make it scarier..........you just have to keep your eyes on the goal and trust your instincts.
On the channel side of the breakwater it was so smooth and calm. The water gently lapped the sandy shore as an occasionally fish splashed coming down from a jump........even the boats coming in and out of the harbor did little to disrupt the calmness..........
On the lake side of the breakwater was a different story.........White caps where everywhere.........the waves crashed the shore with power and might.........
Standing between the two it was as though I was standing between two worlds, two kingdoms...........one calm, gentle, relaxing mirroring the sunset in purples, pinks, roses and blues........the other exciting, adventurous, and enticing.........the water was too rough to mirror the sunset instead her white caps took on the many colors of the sunset........each wave a different color adding even more fascination............
I found a rock chair and sat down to watch the sunset and read my bible............
As I read of God's love and his plans for me my eyes were pulled from one side to the other...........
To seemingly extreme opposites...........to different worlds..........which one was I drawn most too?
God and I talked for a long time about what he was showing me out there on the rocks............
As the sun said her last goodbyes I turned to walk back only to be stopped in my tracks.......before me, kissing the beach and lake to the west was the most beautiful moon. She was huge, red/orange, and glowing.
She kept me company on the way home. Always right in front of me...........and a really cool thing........at one point a cloud crossed the top of her forming a brow.......it was one of those moons where I am sure the saying man in the moon came from since you could see two eyes, a nose and mouth.........and at the time the cloud formed her brow her head was tilted downward........her eyes looking down on earth.........I could not help laughing as I watched the moon watch me...........
It was such an enjoyable evening...........I would say a great evening.
Was it as great as the time I watched Skylar take her first breath? No.....but does that mean it can't be great as well?
I think the biggest difference between those who experience lots of great moment and those who experience few is how we approach life and whether we see things in terms of rankings or not.......Lets call it the ladder theory.........
Some people tend to see people, places, things, and experiences based on a ladder.......each is giving a rung of importance and one lower can never be classified the same as one higher.............
I don't see life that way.........to me an experience which stands out, touches me, has me in intimacy with the one who is greatness, and imprints something upon me is a great moment.........they are all different..........yet none is less or more valuable then the other.........they are great........
In the fictional book "The Shack" one of my favorite parts is when God comments over and over on this person and or that person saying, " I am especially fond of that one".....The main character gets frustrated after hearing God say this over and over again about different people..........How can God be especially fond of each of them........He could not grasp it because his mindset was always that of comparison...........if God is especially fond of this one then he most not be as fond of that one...........yet he was especially fond of every one..........
We live in a society so ruled with comparisons ............with using a ladder or scale to determine the value.........looking at the past and comparing each moment to those which preceded this one that we have lost the ability to see each moment as wonderful and precious............as great.
I just thought of another great moment...........last night before going to the beach the girls took me to see their new rabbits...........as I petted, held and oowed and aahed over each girl's rabbit they beamed............
I was holding Kenzie's rabbit when I commented on what a wonderfully handsome rabbit he was............Sky got a sad look on her face and her eyes teared up.......I asked her what was wrong.........her reply..........my rabbit is ugly........why would you think that sky? ............because you said kenzie's was handsome and her's doesn't look anything like mine...........ah but you see they can both be wonderfully handsome..........because how handsome they are is not dependent on a comparison to another rabbit but on how I chose to view each individually.........
A great moment can only be great if you chose to view it for it's own value without comparing it to other great moments...........
I have many great moments.........each opens my eyes to how great is life.............reveals even more how great is my Lord...........and greatly shapes the way I chose to view life's circumstances.......even my singleness.....
Wow Joy! Awesome post!!!
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/21/2008 2:27:19 AM
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OneOfHisJewels
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I prayed for you both when I read your original messages
Aw, thanks.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/21/2008 8:06:04 PM
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ebony101
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ebony101 - thanks for starting this thread. It helped me to be a lot more thankful for the state that I am in. I had taken for granted all of the things that I've been able to do as a single. While I could do them while married - I think it would be harder - particularly the spur of the moment type stuff (unless I married a "spur-of-the-moment" type man). I've been thinking of my time spent as a single much more differently ... thanks!
Thanks for the kudos rgod.
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But we should still be able to find some greatness in our situations whatever our situations might be, even if at times it's only that we're saved by the grace of God. Look at Paul's example.
shemaromans has brought up a good point, in Acts of the Apostles the apostles went through so much, yet they always rejoiced, despite the hardships and boy did they have hardships. They went through a lot for you and I to know of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour today.(There were only 12 of them, encharged with spreading the Gospel to the whole world).
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/22/2008 7:59:47 PM
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Gosh, like some of you, being single with children means you are never "single". I always had 3 kids to think about and you just can't babysitting-swap when you have 3. Until they left home, I never was able to do anything like a single person would. Except when they were in high school, I insisted that I would go to choir practice and I didn't care what emergency came up on Wednesday evening! Now that they are all gone, I moved in with my aged parents, who live in the country, so I am more free to do things, but who would I do it with? I walk in the woods a lot... I guess a plus of being single is that I was free to live with my parents who need the help. That's not exactly a FUN event, but certainly a wonderful thing.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/22/2008 11:24:02 PM
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losgan
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Just trying to find a happy thought for those of you who are single with kids (who are SUPERHEROS by the way) ...
At least you don't have to worry about that aspect of singlehood - if you will ever be a parent. Being single and childless is sometimes rather lonely, and scary - because the biological clock is going "tick tick tick" ... and all that.
I think there are pros and cons to all situations though :)
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/23/2008 12:47:04 AM
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rgod
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Just trying to find a happy thought for those of you who are single with kids (who are SUPERHEROS by the way) ...
At least you don't have to worry about that aspect of singlehood - if you will ever be a parent. Being single and childless is sometimes rather lonely, and scary - because the biological clock is going "tick tick tick" ... and all that.
I think there are pros and cons to all situations though :)
losgan - that is a good point. Also, there are so many times that I long to be a parent. As many great moments that I've had on my own - I also long to hear "I love you mommy" - or to be able to help someone else - to hold a baby that is mine - to see a child graduate from college or high school, to feel joy with another person and experience things "again for the first time" through the eyes of a child. There are so many wonderful and tough things that go along with being a parent.
As wonderful as it is to be single and childless - I would welcome having children and a husband in a heartbeat - and if I were to remain single (which I don't believe will happen, but hypothetically) - I would definitely adopt a child. There are so many children out there that need at least one parent. I pray that each single parent who posts here will have a special moment with their children sometime this weekend!
And losgan, I'm glad you decided to hang around!
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