{"id":12594,"date":"2024-08-11T11:07:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=message&#038;p=12594"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:43:43","slug":"the-tightrope-singleness","status":"publish","type":"message","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/message\/the-tightrope-singleness","title":{"rendered":"The Tightrope &#8211; Singleness"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes attempts at matchmaking makes singles uncomfortable. Our couples groups and family gatherings make them feel left out. Our questions that imply they are less than whole as a single, make them feel inadequate or like an odd man out. But the truth is there is nothing \u201codd\u201d about being single.  Elijah, John the Baptist, Paul, and Jesus lived as singles. We all begin life single and many of us will experience singleness again later in life, and ultimately we will face God as singles.<\/p>\n<p>What can help singles with the challenges they face? I believe that God\u2019s Word offers the help that we need for living a fulfilled life and a life lived under God\u2019s blessing. The truth is in Christ, we are never alone! In his 1st letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul instructed singles to look for true fulfillment in Christ Jesus alone. Whether married or single, we can recognize that we are to find our true fulfillment in Christ alone. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12595,"template":"","tags":[2043],"series":[2957],"scripture-book":[1313],"scripture-chapter":[1340],"speaker":[2007],"class_list":["post-12594","message","type-message","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-singleness","series-family-circus","scripture-book-1-corinthians","scripture-chapter-1340","speaker-gary-combs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/12594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/message"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/12594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12596,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/12594\/revisions\/12596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12594"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=12594"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=12594"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=12594"},{"taxonomy":"speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker?post=12594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}