"We've made marriage into an idol." But wait...

"We've made marriage into an idol, not to be worshipped, but to be sacrificed, like Issac to Abraham. Too many Christian singles have somehow gotten the message that they must relinquish their desire to marry as a test of their devotion to God (and perhaps as a condition to have that desire fulfilled), something that very few people can really do. And I'm doubtful that those who have preached this kind of message really put it into practice, as evidenced by how many married so young. And because it goes so much against the grain of our God-given nature, it is truly toxic and 'sex-negative' at its core. Anyone who pits the sincere desire of young people to please God against their desire for marriage does a terrible, terrible thing."

(Comment by Jennifer on Boundless's "You probably don't have the 'gift of singleness'" thread)