Please enjoy this guest post from Breana (@ohbreedle on Instagram): Recently, I asked a newly married couple how they saw the Gospel symbolized in their marriage. Through tears, my friend expressed that life with her husband was helping her to understand more clearly what it meant to be “fully known and fully loved”. Behind the closed doors of their home, she was completely herself: sometimes quirky, sometimes moody, sometimes homely. But despite seeing her inside and out, go

Please enjoy this guest post from my friend Angela: I grew up my whole life desiring marriage. I loved kids, and I loved the idea of a family, but for me, the desire for marriage was always focused on having a husband who loved me and who I could love. The first crush I actively remember having was when I was around 6 years old, and I marked my life by who I had a crush on for years afterwards. When I was 9 years old, I believed in Jesus Christ and He had mercy on me and sav

Please enjoy this guest post from the lovely Drew Taylor: “Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see.” “Oh, be careful, little ears, what you hear.” The words of a childhood church song reverberate around my mind as I search online for my next romance novel to read. Since joining the #bookstagram community, I’ve found countless closed-door options (books without sex scenes), promising all the sizzle with none of the spice. At first, I was a junkie, consuming every single roma

If you have a strong desire to be married, yet God feels silent, here's how I would encourage you: you are allowed to pursue a godly marriage. You are allowed to make that goal a priority in your life, as you would prioritize any other goal. You're allowed to do what you can to meet guys, make yourself attractive, and prepare to be a good wife. If God isn't leading you to stay still, I believe you have the freedom to look for marriage. The Bible says that "Marriage is honora

Being a single woman surrounded by the opinions of others can feel like standing alone on a football field, while a stadium of people shout at you what they think you should be doing. From Instagram dating gurus to the old lady at your church, it seems everyone has a solution for you. "Put yourself out there more!" "Just be content!" "When you stop looking, that's when he'll show up!" "Try this speed dating event!" "My friend met her guy on this dating app!" While it can be a

Please enjoy this guest post from a single sister, my friend Rachel: When I was 27, a sweet friend from church gifted me a devotional: Meditations for Seasons of Waiting . Thirty days — morning, noon, and evening — to read, re-read, and mull over 30 different passages of Scripture on waiting. This was a timely gift because I’d been asking God to teach me what it meant to wait on Him. “Wait on the Lord,” was a phrase that I’d heard my whole life, but I didn’t really know what

Please enjoy this guest post from a sweet sister who wanted to remain anonymous: Hi ladies, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Madison for her recent message. It was like water to a weary heart. Her words about the quiet ache and loneliness that can come with being single during the holidays met me exactly where I was. There are moments, sometimes entire evenings, when it hits in waves: the fear that somehow I’ve failed because I’m still single at 30. Like I m

You're about read a letter from a demon named Honeyhook, as he writes to one of his tempters-in-training: Fretwick. In this letter he describes his strategy for making Christian single women miserable during the Christmas season, and I thought you might want to be informed of his tactics.... My Dear Fretwick,   It's December first, and you know what that means. It's the most disgusting time of the year.    It makes me sick to think of all the joy, worship, family time, giving

My single friends and I talk a lot about the experiences they're having in the dating scene these days. One person described dating as "getting slapped in the face over and over." And yikes, I'm afraid it's a not far from the truth! As I hear story after disappointing story, I find myself at a loss for words or advice, and asking the Lord what I could possibly say or what could possibly help the situation. As they explain the latest horrors of trying to find a godly man, I fi

I thought I’d be married by now. Really, I thought I’d be married a long time ago—planning playdates, packing lunches, and figuring out how to make time for date night. That desire wasn’t something anyone pushed on me. It wasn’t pressure from the church or my family. I’ve just always loved children and longed to be a wife and a mom. That dream has felt stitched on my heart from the start.  Even as I hoped for it, I never saw marriage as the only way to live a life of meaning,

Dashed hopes are painful - whether you were dating the guy or just hoping to date him, whether he expressed interest or just left you...

During my single years, one the things I struggled with a lot was envy . I saw people in romantic relationships and burned with covetous...

A friend was telling me the story of how she almost put herself in the friend zone with her now fiance: "Girl, I was SO into him, and I...

Weddings were a mixture of emotions for me as a single woman. I was excited for the friend starting this new season, grateful God had...

There are two types of women in this world: those who are a crown to their husbands, and those who are a whip to them. And regardless of...

Trying to meet your spouse online can be a grueling endeavor. It’s like constantly having to fill out the same paperwork at a Doctor’s...

One of the best things that ever happened to me was my broken engagement, because it forced me to get serious about pursuing Jesus with...

It can be simultaneously thrilling and terrifying when you feel yourself slipping into a crush. On one hand it can be a beautiful time of...

I've always been a dreamer. And one of my main dreams growing up was to be a wife and mother. When it didn't happen on my timeline, I had...

One Wednesday evening I was sitting in church, listening to a missionary presentation. As pictures rolled across the screen of the...