Coming down the home stretch - you are in the last month of completely reading the Bible in a year. Praise God for your diligence.
In Chapter 7, Paul urges single people to stay single if they can remain celibate. Too many times, culture teaches us that being married is the preferred - Biblically, it is not. Now hear is the caveat: Singleness is preferred so that a person can focus on serving the Lord. Paul's assumption is that all of the time that one would spend taking care of his/her family would be invested in serving God and His people, instead.
I see single people in the US many times spending even less time than married people on God and His people. Instead, too many young people waste their time with their unbelieving friends on activities that have no eternal value - that time is literally an eternal wasted of time.
If you are single - align yourself with other married and single people - serve God and His people together. If you can spend the rest of your life celibate, you will meet others in the same life. If you are unable to be celibate, you will meet other committed single Christians - and find a suitable partner. If their aren't enough single people in your church align your church's singles with one or more area churches.
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