Relationship Thoughts

This is something I wrote a little while ago.. But it's a good way to get started.

A friend of mine asked me: "How would you define what a relationship is and what is the point of having one?" She was asking specifically about marriage-type relationship, though I did expand...

I would say that having a relationship is God's way of completing us. No one is perfect and, granted, no earthly relationship is perfect either. But, I do believe that God has someone out there for us. Someone who's personality is complimentary to our own. Life is a constant balance in every way. God created relationship between a man and a woman to complete the balance. This line of logic also applies to why humans need friends. Even a monk in a monastery isn't alone searching for God, he is surrounded by others doing the same.

I recognize that there are people in the world who are introverts or that even go extreme and become hermits. But I would pose the question: “are people truly happy when they are alone?” Yes, having alone time is important, even Jesus knew His limits and knew when to go off by Himself and be rejuvenated. I do not believe that we, as humans, are meant to be alone.

So, as I’m writing I’m beginning to think about Paul’s words to the Corinthians, that it’s better to be single. And though I want to be married someday, I think that he has some very solid reasons for saying that. With that, I believe that it is something that is chosen by God. He ultimately knows who can handle being married and who cannot. I don’t think you’re a bad person, or Christian, for staying single or for getting married. Though I would add that even if you are someone called to the single life, God will still place people in your life so that you are not alone.