Singleness

He goes to weddings...always as a guest, never as the groom. He takes gifts to the bride and groom...but has not been gifted with a bride of his own. Some of his friends have established careers and nice homes. He, on the other hand, owns no home and is just beginning a new career with meager finances. When visiting his married friends, he holds their children and spends time with them. They are drawn to him, though he has no children of his own.
He is a virile man with natural sexual desires, a man who experiences true temptation. He is a man of spiritual commitment that keeps him from sexual involvement outside of marriage. His spiritual depth leads him to fully support his churches position on sexual abstinence for those unmarried.
He is regarded by some in his community as different...a misfit...not conforming to societys norm. However, he is intelligent, verbally gifted, and more than able to hold his own in community debates. He is not afraid to express his thoughts and feelings publicly...not ashamed to shed a tear among friends.
He is a content, confident man who knows who he is and what he wants, yet he does experience times of intense lonliness and longing. Typically, he is not thoughtt of in this way, but this single man's name is Jesus.
(An excerpt from a book by June Hunt)