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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.
Read MoreEarlier this year, I read a book called, “The Power of a Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian*, and it quickly became one of the most practical and helpful books I’ve ever read. There are 31 chapters in this book, each covering a different area of your husband’s life that you can pray for. There’s a chapter about his work, his temptations, his emotions, his past, his fatherhood, his purpose, his faith, etc. And each chapter contains an actual prayer you can pray over your husband. Like I said, I highly recommend this book.
Read MoreAsking yourself “What if I never find someone?” means facing a question that is doused in fear. Wondering if you’re ever going to get married or if you’re going to be single for the rest of your life is a tough pill to swallow. Because contrary to what all the ladies in church imply when they say, “Don’t worry. You’ll find someone!” God doesn’t guarantee marriage for anyone. Nowhere in Scripture does He promise to give every single woman a husband. So as much as this question is one we like to avoid and hope we never have to answer, it’s one we need to take into consideration.
Read MoreFar 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.
Read MoreI can’t tell you how many times someone would talk to me about a really cool opportunity, and I would assume I would be unwanted or unvalued in that environment because I wasn’t married. Or I would assume that the opportunity would mess with my chances of meeting my husband. Or I’d even think the opportunity wouldn’t be as fun if I didn’t have a husband there to enjoy it with me.
Read MoreI got married at the age of 29, which was exactly seven years later than I had anticipated…that is, according to the life plan I meticulously wrote out when I was a junior in high school. I knew from the time I was a little girl that I always wanted to be married. There was no question about it. So I figured that after high school, I would go off to college, meet the man of my dreams, and I’d become an official member of the “Ring by Spring” club, getting married right after graduation. But that was not my story.
Read MoreOne 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?
Read MoreFar 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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