Singleness is therefore filled with fresh dignity. Single Christians communicate that a truer marriage is coming and that they are willing to bet their life on it. They communicate that the church really is a family, and we better live like it. Even when his singleness is unchosen and painful, the single man communicates how much Jesus longs for his wife, the church. The single woman shows the longing of the church away from the Lord: how worth waiting for he is. And neither will feel as if they have missed out when the picture is swallowed up by the real thing. _____
