Len, my husband, and I were sitting at the table eating our breakfast and watching the news on TV. As I forked-in a mouthful Len said, “ I can’t understand why anyone would not want to marry.” I recognized that this question was generated by Len’s study of I Corinthians 7, where Paul states that it is better to remain unmarried, as he is.
Quickly emptying my mouth, I blurted out, “I do.” Then I thought, “Oops, wrong comment.” I looked to Len to see if I had offended him. He was smiling and I knew what he was thinking. “Women have a difficult time submitting to a husband, especially this one.” It was a topic of many heated discussions in our home. We finally have come to a stage in our marriage where we work through this challenge with humor.
I explained to Len that this time my comment wasn’t about the feminine trials of marriage. It was about Paul’s passion. I had been reading Ephesians 1 and was impressed with Paul’s undistracted devotion to God, which singleness permitted.
In this portion of Scripture, Paul portrays God as glorious, gracious, generous and as having good intentions towards all mankind. Paul points out that God provides…

grace and peace (v.2)
every spiritual blessing in heavenly places (v.3)
adoption (v.5)
redemption and forgiveness (v.7)
knowledge of His will (v.9)
an inheritance (v.11,14 and 18)

Paul is absolutely convinced that God will provide all this, and more, to those who believe in His Son and His ways, words and work. Who has time for marriage when one is consumed with this kind of love for God?

ADDEMDUM

I am not musically inclined; but I do like to sing with knowledge (understanding the words being sung and determining whether or not I can embrace them as my own) in unison with my church congregation. This gives me a feel for what we will be doing together in Heaven.
Once in awhile the music team will throw in a new, unfamiliar song. That is what happened while I was pondering Ephesians 1. The song fit perfectly with my meditation.
Not being able to hold onto the words, I looked up the title on the Internet. Following is the chorus from “Isn’t He Good”.

“Isn’t He good, isn’t He kind
Hasn’t He blessed us time after time
Isn’t He good, all of our days
With endless mercies
And ceaseless grace
Oh let us sing: He is good”