You will be hard pressed to find singleness, as we use the term today, mentioned in the Bible. In fact, you won't find it at all! When we talk about singleness or being single, what do you think of?
Maybe solitariness, aloneness, loneliness, unconnectedness, freedom to do what the individual wants to do, little connection with family, independent, fun-loving, self-orientated and youthful. We probably think of singles as being between 20 and 40.
Older than that and they become bachelors or spinsters! Single people are folk available for baby-sitting, people who go on singles holidays and form singles groups, and perhaps people we think need to be rescued from being single!
