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Recently, I was flipping back through one of my old journals (I like to do this from time to time), and I landed on an entry from December 2, 2021. The last paragraph on the page was a quote by Chip Judd, a professional Christian counselor who created an audio course on relationships that I dove into at the time.
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 MoreFar too often, we believe that if we could just get the one thing we want, the one thing that everyone else seems to have, we’ll be happy and content. But as we ask, or even demand, that God give us what we want, we’re basically saying that He isn’t enough to satisfy our wants and our needs. That’s exactly what the Israelites communicated, that God wasn’t enough for them, when they demanded a king like every other nation had.
Read MoreWhat does your community look like right now? I’m not just talking about your friends. Most of us can say we have friends that we text throughout the week and hang out with in our spare time. But there’s a difference between friends and community.
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 MoreToday, I want to talk to my single friend who is scared to put themselves out there. Whether they’ve never been in a relationship before and they’re scared to start dating, or whether they’ve been hurt before and are worried about getting hurt again, this devotion is for you.
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 MoreWhen I sat down to start writing today and asked the Lord what He wanted me to write about, the word “singleness” was the first thing that came to mind. But to be honest, I didn’t react very eagerly to this idea. In my head, I responded, “God, really? Are you sure there isn’t something else you’d like me to write about instead?”
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