Alicia Akins is 38 years old. She’s single, or, as she puts it had her “first (and last) kiss days after turning 34.”
Akins knows she isn’t the only one.
“Over the years, friends have confided in me about the loneliness, sorrows, and doubt that plagued their singleness,” writes Akins. As she pondered her singleness and that of her friends, Akins meditated on God’s goodness and the Bible. Eventually, she integrated those experiences, writing “The Single Person’s Catechism.”
The catechism asks questions such as:
What is the chief end of my singleness?
What happens when we idolize marriage?
What makes me whole?
Through Scripture and core doctrines, Akins answers each question. She beautifully and thoroughly describes the love of God in the life of a single person. Whether you yourself are single or married, the catechism invites you to remember exactly who God is. In the moments when you wonder if God cares about your desires for a spouse, for children, for a new job—for anything at all—it beckons you to the throne of grace, where God’s comfort never ceases.
