With all due respect Condoleezzdprotege, Matthew 8:14-15 shows that Jesus went to Peter’s house and healed Peter’s sick mother-in-law.
He may have been widowed. Either way, the disciples left their former lives behind to spread the Gospel and a few already had itinerant jobs to begin with: as many were fishermen. Paul worked as a tentmaker, etc...
These were not your average “Leave it to Beaver” situations and neither were most marriages mentioned in the Bible. I would hope American Christians realize that our cultural concept of marriage may have more to do with the secular American Dream than with Scripture.
And therefore, it is more important that a Christian counselor (either married or single) of couples be deeply intimate with God and acquainted with Scripture / theology, moreso than with how to handle a 401K account or whatever materialistic demands that have little to do with timeless truths about the nature of covenant and the nature of God and His spiritual intentions for marriage.
Also: I do not understand why people find singleness so offensive. I ran into similar responses when discussing contraception. As if its anathema to suggest that being pro-Life means being fully free and OPEN to life as well. Why is there is so great a preoccupation with sex so that celibacy is viewed as almost a disease or illness?
John the Baptist hung out in the wilderness all day growing his hair out and eating locusts and honey. I’d still trust his judgment and counsel over ANY topic.