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Looking For The Right Person vs. Becoming The Right Person

I made my first “future husband list” when I was a junior in high school. I was on my way to my first college tour, and I got into a conversation with my parents about the possibility of meeting my future husband once I was in college. And after that conversation was over, I figured I should probably start seriously thinking about the qualities I was looking for in the man I was going to spend the rest of my life with.

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Habits To Cultivate In Your Single Season

Not long after I got engaged, I remember people frequently saying things like, “Your life is about to change,” or “Things will never be the same once you get married,” or even “Marriage is a whole new way of life.” However, I don’t know if those people who talked to me about the changes that came with marriage were 100% correct. While it’s true that my life changed a lot when I got married, not everything about my life changed. There were quite a few things that stayed the same, like the habits I had created in my singleness (for better or worse).

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When Self-Imposed Timelines Seem Overwhelming

Far too often we assign timelines to our lives, telling ourselves that if we don’t graduate on time, if we aren’t married by a certain age, if we don’t have kids by a certain point, or if we don’t accomplish our ten year plan, then somehow we’ve failed. But let’s not forget that when God dreamt up His plan for our lives, He wasn’t worried about time.

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How To Honor Your Husband Before You Meet Him

One of my biggest goals in life is to be a godly wife one day. I am so excited to (hopefully) get married so that I can love, honor, and serve my husband well. I want to be the kind of wife who is helpful, who is respectful, who builds him up, and who challenges him and encourages him in his walk with the Lord. Maybe you want the same thing. Maybe you have the desire to be a great wife one day as well. But do you realize that you don’t have to wait to become a wife before you can start honoring your husband?

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Timelines

Far too often we assign timelines to our lives, telling ourselves that if we don’t graduate on time, if we aren’t married by a certain age, if we don’t have kids by a certain point, or if we don’t accomplish our ten year plan, then somehow we’ve failed. But let’s not forget that when God dreamt up His plan for our lives, He wasn’t worried about time.

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