by Amela Piric

Created on: April 15, 2009   Last Updated: May 31, 2010

God has created a season of singleness for us in order to help us and not punish us.  God wanted to be generous with us and give us a present of an unparalleled opportunity for growth or service that we should never take for granted.  He wants us to use our gift of singleness to learn about and practice the virtues of love, humility, patience, forgiveness and responsibility so that we are better prepared and mature to enter a relationship later on.

Below listed are several useful suggestions on how you can best take advantage of your singleness and numerous benefits associated with it.

1.  Singleness provides us with time to develop and sharpen the skills of intimacy on time

We should practice the virtue of intimacy starting with our family members.  God has given us a family so that we can learn the art of sharing and loving.  We should work on improving our communication lines with our parents and close family members and strengthen the current relationships we have with our family members and friends.

2.  Singleness can teach us how to become a more responsible partner in a relationship

Singleness allows you time to examine your current attitude toward love and your faith in God.  Are you caught up in dreaming about your better part that you are neglecting your present responsibilities as a son, daughter, brother, sister, or a friend?  Or are you focused on fulfilling the responsibilities that God gave you?  Relationships won't transform us into new people.  They will only act as a mirror and show what we already are.   We have to practice now what we want to be in the future.

3. Singleness gives us time to practice financial responsibility

Now is the time to learn how to budget, save, invest and manage our money responsibly.   We as singles don't have as many financial responsibilities as our married friends.  Thus, we can easily fall into a trap of developing poor habits of spending and saving.  We need to learn efficient financial management skills so that we can prepare ourselves well for a future relationship by not wasting our God given resources.

4. It teaches you life skills

Start taking over maintenance of your house including shopping, planning menus and cooking.  We have no excuse for not preparing ourselves in this area.  And the best preparation is actually doing it.   Everybody has weak spots when running a household.  Write them down and establish a plan to improve every one of them.  Don't let impatience rob you from the precious gift of singleness.  The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.  There is a purpose behind our singleness and we should learn to trust God and His timing for our relationship. Thus, use your time of singleness wisely by taking advantage of the numerous opportunities it offers.

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