In Thrive, Lina
Abujamra opened candidly about her struggles with being single in her forties
and she hasn’t been married and doesn’t have any children. She also ended an engagement
so she understands the pain in going through that. She has written this book to
encourage believers that they can still thrive and live for God even if they
are single. She begins the book by admitting 1 Corinthians 7 was tough reading
and she resisted to look as being single a gift given by God. There are a few
people who like Paul know that they are meant to be single where they can more
fully impact the Kingdom of God. She also reminded singles that there isn’t
something deadly wrong with them if they are single and they aren’t leftovers.
Lina reinforced the truth found in scriptures about how God created them and He
chose them and that makes them loveable! She also explored four obstacles that
we have to obtain victory in.
She revealed the five attitudes to embrace during your
season of singleness, for instance, “I Can’t Find No Satisfaction: Learning
Contentment, Oops, I Did It Again: Choosing Self-Control, “Free as a Bird:
Understanding True Freedom”, and more. There will be extreme seasons of discontentment
when single people encounter other couples and there the only ones alone, the loneliness
of coming home to an empty house, people reminding you of how you need to hurry
and settle down, and when people marry and have children. Lina Abujamra stated
that many singles are disappointed because they focus too much on what others
are doing with their life. Another area of the book was the importance of
self-control against lusting. Countless singles struggle with believing into
the lies satan tries to tell them about lust. We buy into that a little bit won’t
hurt, we can keep it a secret, everyone else is, and many other lies. She also
dealt with the subject a number of Christians avoid discussing, masturbation.
I would recommend this excellent book on being single to
anyone who is in their season of singleness. I immensely connected with Lina
Abjamra’s personal story about how she has managed being single. I would also
suggest this book to people who are married. This book was tremendously encouraging
because I’m currently single and I long to be married and to have children.
This book taught me a lot about handling the difficult seasons of
discontentment and discouragement. I will confess that I struggle when others
get married and they announce their expecting and I want to be blessed in the
same way. I realized that my life doesn’t become complete when I finally get
married or have kids. I have also experienced the awkward conversation of
people telling me I need to hurry up and settle down and I’m only twenty-three.
This book helped instill in me who I am in Christ, my worth and value, and how
to thrive for God in my singleness. If you are seeking a book on singleness, then
I highly encourage you to read this book!
"I received this book free from the publisher through
the Moody Publishers book review bloggers program."
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