The Single Truth

The Single Truth
by Lori Smith

The Single Truth
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Author: Lori Smith
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN: 0768430046
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers

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Book Review: She "gets it."
Summary: 5 Stars

Lori Smith has done a good job of sharing a hard reality and dispelling a popular and widely held myth. The hard reality is that a single woman may not marry or bare children, but what lies beneath that "reality" is the greater reality that many Christians (and non-Christians) hold fast to a belief in the "Burger King God" who heralds the mantra "You Can Have It Your Way." What's sad is that several "Burger King God" followers interpret their desires as having things their way by getting what they want. What happens then is that the interpretation of Psalm 37:4 means that God will give me what I want, what I desire.

They don't understand that the "desires of your heart" need to be better understood. The desire is not what you want, but what your heart (which is your soul) longs for. A longing is very different from a want. A longing is what you need. A physical longing would be for air, water and sunlight. But a heart longing speaks to the soul which encompasses all of our humanness, physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. What our heart needs (or what our soul longs for) is for wholeness, soundness, assurance, confidence and completeness that can only be achieved in an intimate relationship with God which requires understanding of who God is and who we are. It starts with knowledge, then wisdom and finally understanding.

God created humans with a desire (or need) for intimacy. We need intimacy on a human level and on a spiritual level. The LEGITIMATE human need for human intimacy is met through LEGITIMATE ways and in very APPROPRIATE relationships. The relationship with yourself, with your family of origin, with those of the same gender, with those of the opposite gender (which is limited), with your spouse and then with your children. In my book, (my Heart in His Hands ...a book for the Saved Single Sister who desires to be married, but hasn't been found by her husband), I introduce a concept called the seven relationship rings. I sincerely believe that the problem enters when we lack intimacy on the lower rings, neglect to understand the complexity and the work of intimacy and then try to get that need met in a husband or children.

The spiritual intimacy is intimately knowing God (through His Word). Spending time with Him just as you would a fleshly human being. Interacting with Him just as you would with a fleshly human being. Because intimacy with God is so much more sufficient, it will pale in comparison to human intimacy because God is not subject to change, leave you or forsake you. But if he's the "Burger King God" he can change as frequent as your "wants" change and each time you don't get it your way, then the "Burger King God" has forsaken you. But if you take the time to know the God of the Word, then you will understand that He cannot forsake you, He won't let you down because He keeps His promises.

I don't want to imply that somehow we can spiritualize our humanity to the point where we don't need intimacy with and from humans. We do. It's just that once intimacy is established with God (which takes time just as it does with humans), it takes your overall need for human intimacy down to a realistic level. You stop asking people to be God. You stop expecting anyone human to never leave you or forsake you and you begin to extend grace just like God because you realize... "I'm dealing with humans here, not God."

Summary of The Single Truth

Approximately 50 percent of American adults are single. Many of them don?t feel as though they fit in at church. Some wonder what they did wrong to miss the person they were supposed to marry. If they?re divorced, they may carry a burden of guilt and lies. They?re lonely, and many believe they?ve missed God?s greatest blessing for their lives. They want to be content but don?t think it?s possible. For some, singleness means fear, grief, and jealousy.

If you are single and struggling with its attendant "stigma," The Single Truth offers you God?s liberating truths about singleness. Lori Smith clears away the fog and lies surrounding singleness and challenges you to live a full life and to see your singleness as a part of God?s good plan. She powerfully affirms that:

* You?re OK just the way you are.

* You have no need to be ashamed.

* You are deeply loved by God.

* Marriage isn?t better or worse?it?s different.

* You can be content.

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