Topics:<\/b> Dying to Self; Giving; Marriage; Sacrifice; Self-centeredness; Singleness<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Acts 20:35; Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Galatians 2:20<\/p>\n
The biggest drawback to living alone is having nobody to forgive, says author D. J. Waldie. It\u2019s not that you don\u2019t get certain things, such as companionship, sex, and somebody to share the chores; it\u2019s that you can\u2019t give to them. You are deprived of a great opportunity: to learn to love your neighbor as yourself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a radical notion in Christ\u2019s time; it is radical now,\u201d Waldie says. \u201cIt will always be radical because it is the hardest way, the most illogical way, the \u2018unfairest\u2019 way\u2014and the only way that can grant us the peace that passes all understanding.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a way I can see only dimly, marriage is causing me to be freer with my time, my money, my affections. It is changing my heart, one molecule at a time, from stone to flesh. Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, it is giving me the opportunity to die to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
And that, as Saint Francis said, is the only way to awaken to eternal life.<\/p>\n
\u2014Based on D. J. Waldie, Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir<\/i> (Norton, 1996)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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