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Nancy Barber's avatar

I've been wondering about the phenomenon of lovely, christian, young ladies ,in our church, who would love to be married and no young christian men to marry them. I've been praying about this dilemma. Maybe I need to be a meddling grandma.

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Rob Harris's avatar

Another issue with ladies finding good men is that there is a lack of gravitas in young men, these days. Many young men are from broken homes, without a father and many fathers no longer have an appreciation for how to mold their sons into strong, compassionate and honorable men.

Ladies are attracted to someone who has vision and is in the process of executing his mission. One that can provide, protect and be able to nurture the children they may have together.

The average family is clueless about this...

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Amanda Barber's avatar

Yes, this is absolutely true. Also, we have embraced the idea of extended adolescence…the 30s are the new 20s now, apparently. This, of course, is completely ignoring biology: the best time for childbearing is from 20 to the age of 30. Fertility is at its prime as is energy and stamina for caring for children which is a highly demanding task. And when embraced by Christians who believe in complete sexual abstinence before marriage, it’s also setting Christian young people up for sexual sin.

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