Single's Awareness Day

As Valentines Day is approaching, I've heard talk again of "girls night out" or "going out for drinks" or "curling up on a sofa in cozy pj's and fuzzy socks watching chick flicks all night with a group of friends" plans. Ok, maybe not those exactly, but you get my point.

It seems many Single girls take the opportunity to enjoy their Single friends on this holiday. Understandably so. However, I wonder if we have fully considered the implications of those decisions on nights such as these.

Have you? Have you considered others this Valentines Day?

You see, couples like to go out on Valentines Day. And if they have children (which many of them do), they need people to watch their kids for them to be able to go out. Single girls don't have many things tying them down. No reason we can't go out on the 7th together. Or the 21st. Or both...or any other night of the year. But February the 14th? Why don't we leave that one open...

Valentines Day is the ONE night out of the year that mostly ALL couples want to go out. (Thankfully, anniversaries don't all fall on the same night!) This is an opportunity for us to serve. To volunteer to serve; because, you see, the line between us watching kids for one evening so a marriage can be strengthened, so kids can be better parented...is not many steps away from building the Church. These kids are the next generation. They are the up and coming Church. We want them to witness healthy, good marriages. Which take time and energy...and nights out alone.

So, instead of getting a group of girls together to celebrate (or not celebrate) your singleness this year, how 'bout suggesting that you serve DOUBLE the amount of people as are represented in your group of friends. Encourage them to pursue a family to serve. Go all out. Make the kids a meal, give them baths, read them stories, put them to bed, and secretly clean the house. Maybe join with one of your friends and throw a Valentines Day party for the kids. But I urge you to think about what you are saying "yes" to, and what you are saying "no" to. For every "yes" to a girls night out, that's one more family who is straining to find a babysitter somewhere...

...and should we one day get married and have kids, these are the women who will be counseling us. These are the men whom our husbands will look up to. Let's serve them now while we can in this way. This is our time. And it may just be running out...