[OrangeHoof]

You misunderstand. I haven’t given up on life and am socially active to the extent my work schedule allows me to be.

I wrote what I did to point out. 1) I know how painfully lonely singleness can be and 2) I’ve made peace with it. It’s not what I wanted my life to be but I can accept that, through Christ’s grace, it is sufficient and that the next life will be better.

Perhaps there is some lady in my future but there doesn’t have to be and maybe that will be more attractive to someone.

But the more I contemplate the next life to come, the more excited I am to get there. We mourn death, particularly of the young, but I don’t believe Jesus does because He knows the glory waiting ahead - one He has promised to share with us as sons, not as servants.

I’m still firmly attached to this life and serve in various ways but I’m also comforted that what I lack in this life may be completely fulfilled beyond my fondest dreams in the next life. So, who wouldn’t want to eagerly await it?

[defconw]

I have had this conversation with my friends before. They all believe as you do. There is however a certain reluctance among the married with children crowd. Not because they don't want to be in Heaven, but because they worry about their children and spouses. Makes sense. When I was single I did not give it much thought. But now I have a husband and I guess I do seem to cling a bit more to this life now.