God’s Purposes for Singleness

Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Jennifer Miller to discuss how singleness can be a blessing.

Sometimes we get the message that a woman most truly fulfills her purpose as a woman when she is in the role of wife and mother. A more robust understanding of God’s purpose for marriage, however, reveals that both singleness and marriage are intended to showcase God’s plan for His relationship with His people. Rather than being a second-rate position or a Plan B that I just need to make the best of, singleness allows believers to fill a vital role in the kingdom of God.

This talk aims to empower both single and married women to embrace the role they are currently in and to encourage each other to do the same.

An interactive question-and-answer period follows.

Jennifer Miller lived in central Ohio for most of her life, but she has spent the last five years in Hutchinson, Kansas. She has been a junior high or high school teacher for fourteen years. Her summers are full of reading many books, traveling with friends, and spending time with her family, including her delightful nieces and nephews. She also enjoys crocheting, quilting, and a nice cup of Earl Grey with honey and cream.

Her favorite thing is teaching—the process of conveying ideas in fresh and accessible ways, whether the subject be balancing equations, analyzing poetry, or applying Scripture to the way we live and think. This study of God’s purposes for singleness is one that she loves to share because of how it has transformed her perspective on the subject.