Most people have never heard of Strong's G22. It's a Greek word buried in the New Testament that simply means "unmarried." But when the Apostle Paul uses it, he's not offering condolences. He's extending an invitation.An invitation to something our culture has completely forgotten.We've been told that being single is a problem to be solved. A gap to be filled. A waiting period before real life begins. We've made marriage the finish line and singleness the starting blocks, and

I was doing a simple word study when I stumbled across Strong's G426: ἀνετάζω (anetazō)—"to examine closely," "to investigate," "to question judicially." That last phrase stopped me in my tracks. Question judicially. Like a courtroom examination, getting to the absolute truth no matter how uncomfortable. The next morning, I found myself journaling differently. Instead of safe, surface-level prayers, I was conducting what I now call a "Sacred Investigation" of my own heart—exa