singleness for a season

This is my awesome family with my sister's in-laws. It's Ern's first birthday.

Happy Birthday Little Superhero.

My cousin got married last sunday. Seems like something ordinary, until you find out that she's 22, and is going over to Sydney to stay with her husband and his (now her's as well) 5 year old kid. Nothing wrong with this also.

If people get married young, it's either because they're rich or they bang, bang. My cousin was neither of this. She just fell in love, and decided to get married.

Well, this got me thinking.

I'm 21.

One year away from her. Never got into a relationship, never saw the need to. I always tell myself, that I'm not prepared to get into a relationship, not matured enough for one, or just too busy. But the truth is, no one's ever ready to get into a relationship, or ever matured enough for one, or have too much time. Okie, maybe for the last 2 reasons, you may reach a certain level of maturity, or some people just get into relationships cause they have 2 much time. But, the 3 reasons are more like personal ones. Getting attached is like taking a leap of faith, into the unknown. You try to find out as much as you can, but you never really know, until you're in it.

So I just got into university, and the grass is really green, and I sit down and think about the possibilities, and all those poor dudes in army who don't have a clue.

So why not get into a relationship?

The gift of singleness.

Every time in life has a season, and before you're called to get attached, you're called to be a steward of your singleness, of your time. Everyone has to agree that getting attached would take up a lot of your precious time which could be used for other things. So now's the time for me to be single and in my singleness, serve God.

How long though?

Another question for another day.