Nothing sanctifies you like ...

I read this post a while back and thought it was a worthy addition to the singleness collection, because it is something I hear people say so often, then I just didn't post it. But it also has a connection to Mother’s Day, as this is where it all begins right, and it’s often the “sanctifying" elements of being a mother that are glorified and honoured on Mother’s Day.

(I’ve added in a screen shot because my blog is now full of links that have broken over many years so I am attempting to avoid external links from here on, but I love following Lore Ferguson Wilbert on Instagram.) 

I am sure many of those who say such a thing mean well - it’s a kind of encouragement for the difficulties of marriage and kids. Then there are those few who are implying an element of selfishness and immaturity in singleness.

But, either way, sanctifying belongs to God, and my response is simply that if it were God’s best way of sanctifying me, he would surely have given it to me. And he himself has withheld it. So he must be working out something else in my life.