tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post2284721223164075854..comments2024-03-14T15:08:35.747-04:00Comments on roosje: {little rose}: Patient Bearing of afflictions elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-34635835251154466192013-03-25T16:44:02.535-04:002013-03-25T16:44:02.535-04:00Anna - I hope my blog post was of some hope.... I ...Anna - I hope my blog post was of some hope.... I have been thinking of you...will try to email you soon... elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-47634219445143043272013-03-25T15:04:27.311-04:002013-03-25T15:04:27.311-04:00Thank you for mentioning these letters! Good Lente...Thank you for mentioning these letters! Good Lenten reading :) But it's interesting that yet again here is repeated the 'traditional Orthodox paths of either marriage or monasticism'. These days there are plenty of us living a single life in the Church and the world, and it often seems as though both have forgotten about us. (Of course there have always been the widowed who do not remarry, but that's perhaps different? or maybe it isn't!) I have no interest in entering monastic life, not least because it means deliberately giving up the possibility of marriage and children. But those things are not part of my life either, so far. Well - you know what this is like, and I am so happy for the joyful change in your life! But I have yet to come across good advice for those living a long-term - or at least indefinite-term - single life as a Christian in the world. It is not easy. Maybe you or other readers have suggestions?Peacocks and Sunflowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915384347467690635noreply@blogger.com