If there is anything society tells us we're entitled to, it's a relationship. In the church, where we rightly esteem marriage, single status can feel like a liability, or burden.

How can we be careful to not ascribe expectations on men who haven't expressed interest in us? How can we be intentional about placing an individual's value in the Imago Dei, embedded in their frame, and not whether they desire us or are desirable to us?

Let's look together at God's design for women and men in community. As we work alongside each other for the building of His kingdom, through various forms of relationship, we can no longer ignore or feed the elephants. Let's discuss attraction, managing affections, and re-training our minds to uphold neighbor-love for men irrespective of their appeal to us.