Hope in God

Psalm 43:5 ESV
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Psalm 33:16-22 ESV
The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

I will say this to myself first and foremost. Marriage is not the be-all end-all. It may seem bigger than it is when looking at prolonged singleness when you still have the desire for marriage. We are meant first and foremost to hope in God. Those who hope in other things will stumble. Those who set there hope in the Lord shall not be ashamed their faces radiant. Sometimes though it does sorrow me. To see others who have that. Others my age who have a whole brood of children. Then I realize this is where God has me. That He is my hope my portion in the land of the living. That my life is His and I rest in Him. Why are you downcast O my soul? Hope in God!