My father has taken up the issue Mum was raising. Several weeks ago, he asked me what my future plans are and reminded me that I should be having a family.
I have also felt left behind. But I was recently comforted when I read of a lady who got married at 40 and had a child. For a woman, that's a late age to marry. So I am not badly off. I turned 37 yesterday.
Still, I desire to get engaged. However, I will not spend time looking for my dream woman like I foolishly did in the past. I have left the task to God because I am convinced that only a match made in heaven will lead to a happy marriage.
As I said a few years ago, it is good I have been single given the way I was lazy, timid and addicted to adult clips - certainly not the kind of traits any right-thinking woman would want in a man. I was just not a husband material.
Owing to my laziness and timidness, I have never been moneyed. And money, I have realized, is very important. We need it to meet our needs and enjoy a decent lifestyle.
Even the Bible recognises the importance of money. It says in the book of Proverbs that young people should not build a house and establish a home until their fields are ready, and they are sure they can earn a living.
Over the last four years, I have strived to mold myself into a diligent, courageous and morally upright young man. Having succeeded in my efforts, I now feel I am fit to be in a relationship. If only I had money!
When it comes to making money, I believe we should do so through a fulfilling career. As for me, I experimented with several careers before I discovered that blogging is my calling. It makes use of my talents in writing, singing, piano-playing and public speaking.
I always feel delighted when I post on this blog a story or a video that I think is wonderful. What delights me even more is when people send me feedback, telling me they have enjoyed my posts.
Well, creating this blog to what it looks like now has been a challenging journey that I began in 2013. And the far God has brought me makes me confident that I will be a success.
Already, I am generating a little income from the Google ads on my blog, even while I am asleep when people in other time zones visit the blog. What's more, the contents I posted several years ago still earn me money when people view them.
Since I am earning peanuts, I desire to grow my blog audience and network with like-minded people. I am however too cash-strapped to place adverts for increasing my social media followers.
At the moment, it's unclear to me how I should grow my blog audience. I am just improving the quality of my blog contents while trusting God to show me the way forward. This advice by pastor Charles Swindoll is my guiding principle:
We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.Should I start earning top dollar from blogging this year as I have petitioned God, I will always remain indebted to my kid brother Symo. He has been very supportive in what I do. May God bless him abundantly for being such a caring brother.
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RECOMMENDATION: If you've enjoyed the above story on having a fulfilling career and a happy marriage, you might also enjoy another one on "Finding a Wife" which I wrote some time back. Just click on that link in blue to dive straight into the story.