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Christian Singer Mandisa Opens Up About Being Single in Her 40s

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
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January 10, 2019

Christian recording artist Mandisa, known for being a contestant on the fifth season of “American Idol,” is single, but she’s still praying for the right man to come along.

During a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, the “Overcomer” singer said she takes her singleness “very seriously,” noting it’s not something she has chosen intentionally.

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“I’d love to be married, but the right man hasn’t come along yet. I pray for my future husband all the time,” she said. “I tell people being single can come with a lot of struggles, but it also has a lot of benefits. I am content with the state of life I’m in.”

This isn’t the first time Mandisa’s talked about relationships.

In 2010, the Grammy-winning entertainer talked about singleness with author Priscilla Shirer, who asked Mandisa if she’s concerned her career could “detour a man from being in relationship” with her.

After discussing it with her band members — both men and women — she told Shirer, “It will take a very strong, confident, and secure man to ‘deal’ with me, as my bass player said. I think that it is both a combination of my success and my independence. The men in my band all agreed that men like to feel needed.”

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“I very simply (and probably very directly) explained to them that I didn’t ‘need’ a man,” she continued. “I’ve been living on my own for 14 years. I’ve been forced to be independent. I don’t think that’s a bad thing.”

The 42-year-old artist did concede, though, that God “will need to chip away at some of that independence to make room for a man’s place in my heart.”

This weekend, Mandisa will embark on the 2019 Winter Jam, the largest annual Christian music tour of the year.

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