Based on the inbox, Pastor John, there are a lot of Christians listening to the podcast who did not expect to be single entering 2017

Ashley one of our listeners is among them. She writes and asks of this Pastor John my struggle is singleness

I'm 28 an elementary teacher, and that's not really a profession to meet single men

I know that with the age of tender and hookups casual sex will leave me empty inside and it's not a lifestyle that I'm seeking

At the same time, I feel alone as a Christian single

I feel the church only sees me as serving material because I have quote time to serve in

addition to the lack of minute church. I am an extrovert

I do have a life outside of my singleness and I try to live as if my singleness doesn't define me

Everyone tells me I'm attractive outgoing and have a lot going for me

Well, everyone but a Christian male, which is hard not to take personally

How do I have hope in something uncertain? I'm not promised a life of marriage

How do I cling to the truth in a world lying to me about the satisfaction of hooking up?

How do I not turn to the world when I feel like the church Christian men and even God himself seem to have no place for me?

Pastor John, what would you say to Ashley?

Wow, there's so much there that we could talk about

what's clear

From the way

Ashley asks her question and I'm gonna

Determine what I say here because what I hear in the way she asked the question

What's clear is that she knows at one level?

The essence of the right answers to her own questions

She asks with regard to a future husband. How do I have hope in something uncertain and

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