An Inconvenient Christianity

So now seems as good a time as any to tell you all that I am totally and completely in love with the most amazing man that I have ever met...other than my dear sweet daddy. I cannot even begin to describe him. He is everything that I have always prayed for a husband to be...and he loves me. For me. Exactly as I am. Unbelievable and unbeatable. But before you start wondering about church bells and wedding dates, it occurred to me the other day that I might truly be called to singleness. The scripture is clear on a single woman's dedication to ministry (see 1 Corinthians 7). I am nearing 40 at an alarming rate and have never been married and never had children. Marriage to this wonderful, amazing man might just be what God has planned for me, but what if it isn't? I've been thinking long and hard about how I would react if the Lord asked me to walk away from this relationship and serve Him undistracted. My mind keeps landing on the story of Abraham. God promised Abram (...

First, let me apologize that it is March and this is my first post of the year. There is no excuse. Now, let me hasten on to what what brings me here. Last week, tennis star Maria Sharapova held a press conference where she "took responsibility" for testing positive for a banned substance during January's Australian Open. She said that she had been using Meldonium for about 10 years for various medical issues and when the new banned substance list came out, she saw the email, but failed to click the link that would take her to the actual list of banned substances. In other words, she claimed ignorance. Further investigation of the whole story, reveals that banned substances are on a watch list for at least a year before they are officially banned. Since that is the case, wouldn't it make sense for an international tennis star of Sharapova's character to pay close attention to whether her medication would end up as a banned substance? The simple answer is yes. ...