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As a young, single woman I have read a handful of Catholic and Christian single life/womanhood/‘waiting in Christ’ books, both fiction and non-fiction. When I found out that the author of “Never the Bride”, one of the most hilarious fictional faith-based books that I have ever read (we’re talkin’ laugh-out-loud-in-public hilarious), had published her own, non-fiction version of the story, I had to check it out. It’s called “Finally the Bride: Finding Hope While Waiting” and you can see it here:
amazon.com/Finally-Bride-Finding-While-Waiting/dp/147000593X
What I really found beautiful about her story is that, unlike some other vocation books written by married women or couples looking back at the single life, she wrote the book as she was living out the life. Much of it is written in the present tense with no indication of how the love story ends. She also breaks down the single woman’s relationship with God in a “real”, down-to-earth manner that is unlike anything else that I’ve ever seen. She is a very gifted, Spirit-filled writer and it shows in both her career moves and her manner of “going there” time and again (single ladies, if you read this, be prepared to find yourself furiously nodding in agreement one minute, prayerfully seeping in the Truth the next, and perhaps moved to tears a minute later). But I also noticed that a lot of her journey was voiced by God through prophecy. For instance, she knew with certainty that she was called to marriage and received a number of gifts (she calls them “God winks”) and signs along the way (and her husband’s chapter includes similar signs). She is also quite honest about a particular period in her life when “signs” led her down the wrong path.
So, I wanted to weigh in on this with any Catholics out there who have either read this book or are familiar with how signs and prophecy are received within the Church. Are we to engage them, to seek them? How are we to interpret them? Do Catholics have prayer groups for this sort of thing?
amazon.com/Finally-Bride-Finding-While-Waiting/dp/147000593X
What I really found beautiful about her story is that, unlike some other vocation books written by married women or couples looking back at the single life, she wrote the book as she was living out the life. Much of it is written in the present tense with no indication of how the love story ends. She also breaks down the single woman’s relationship with God in a “real”, down-to-earth manner that is unlike anything else that I’ve ever seen. She is a very gifted, Spirit-filled writer and it shows in both her career moves and her manner of “going there” time and again (single ladies, if you read this, be prepared to find yourself furiously nodding in agreement one minute, prayerfully seeping in the Truth the next, and perhaps moved to tears a minute later). But I also noticed that a lot of her journey was voiced by God through prophecy. For instance, she knew with certainty that she was called to marriage and received a number of gifts (she calls them “God winks”) and signs along the way (and her husband’s chapter includes similar signs). She is also quite honest about a particular period in her life when “signs” led her down the wrong path.
So, I wanted to weigh in on this with any Catholics out there who have either read this book or are familiar with how signs and prophecy are received within the Church. Are we to engage them, to seek them? How are we to interpret them? Do Catholics have prayer groups for this sort of thing?
! God bless you and all of our fellow singles holding on out there. :console: