Two weeks ago I posted
some thoughts on the “gift of singleness” that didn’t conveniently fit into an earlier post (the one in which John Piper gives advice about marriage to a single mother).
There was another
interesting thought-thread associated with the woman’s question, and since
Piper hasn’t addressed it, I think it’s time to take a whack at it. It’s this
statement I’m referring to:
“Now,
as I attempt to wrap my head around the overwhelming task of raising this boy
into a man by myself, I do not feel called to marriage.”
“Feeling called” may
be a very common evangelical trope, but ask yourself this: Exactly how biblical
is it?