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When it feels like God is good to everyone else but you
One Wednesday evening I was sitting in church, listening to a missionary presentation. As pictures rolled across the screen of the...

Madison
3 days ago4 min read
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How I learned to actually be satisfied in Jesus, even as I longed for dreams to come true.
Growing up I listened to a steady diet of Patch the Pirate musical audio adventures (any other Patch babies out there?!). One of the...

Madison
Apr 164 min read
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How to know if you're sinning sexually - how far is too far, etc
Sometimes it’s obvious to us that we’ve messed up in the area of sexual purity. But sometimes, it seems a little more gray, and we’re not...

Madison
Apr 83 min read
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If you want to be a happy single woman, you must love God more than your dreams of marriage
I was a miserable single woman for years, and one of the main reasons is because I loved my desires for marriage more than I loved my...

Madison
Apr 34 min read
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Your Womanly Nature is Magical with the Right Guy, but Terrible with the Wrong Guy
Before I was forced to break off my engagement (because the red flags were finally too blatant to ignore anymore), I knew in my gut ...

Madison
Mar 193 min read
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What to do when the longing for a relationship or children feels unbearable.
Sometimes the ache for a relationship feels like desperately missing someone you don't even know yet . At the end of the day, when...

Madison
Mar 124 min read
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Is it okay to actively seek a relationship, or do I wait for God to bring one?
What is the balance between actively trying to find a relationship, and letting God open the doors? This question has landed in my inbox...

Madison
Mar 53 min read
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25 Questions to Ask the Guy You're Interested In
Whether you're driving to your first date and need conversation questions that will show you his heart and character...or you get nervous...

Madison
Mar 12 min read
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What if your gift of singleness isn't for you, but for someone else?
(written when I had the gift of singleness) We sat in Jason's Civil War era kitchen and tried to soak in the wisdom he was sharing. This...

Madison
Feb 183 min read
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Marriage and Singleness are Designed to Kill You
Both singleness and marriage are designed to bring about the death of your flesh. Whether single or married, each day is an opportunity...

Madison
Jan 293 min read
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When God Says "No" He Has Something Better in Mind
Often we think that if God's plan is different than our plan, it can't possibly be as good. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has had the...

Madison
Jan 142 min read
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Marriage Did Not Cure My Discontentment
I knew it before, but I really know it now. Marriage is not satisfying. Only Jesus is. Marriage is proving to be what I thought it would...

Madison
Jan 73 min read
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Who Will Hold Your Magnifying Glass this Christmas?
The holidays often feel like salt in a single woman's wounds. We've all gotten the comments from well-meaning family members: "Don't you...

Madison
Dec 24, 20245 min read
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This Is Why You're Still Single
"Why are there so many unmarried people nowadays?" "How is she still single?! She's so pretty!!" "He's 40 and not married? Must be a...

Madison
Dec 16, 20244 min read
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How to Be Content in Singleness without Giving Up Your Desire for Marriage
We've all heard the phrase a thousand times. "Just be content in the season God has you in!" But if you're anything like me, you find...

Madison
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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A Letter to my Single Sisters as I Prepare to Switch Classrooms
One year ago I married my husband and entered a different "classroom." This is what I wrote shortly after I got engaged. I wanted to post...

Madison
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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Don't Let Your Singleness Be a Loss to You
Both singleness and marriage are a loss to us if they do not increase our knowledge of Jesus Christ. You are planted in the soil of...

Madison
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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If you desire marriage, you ought to pursue it.
" Do I just sit and wait to see if marriage will come along for me? Or is there some way I can be pursuing it, while at the same time...

Madison
Nov 12, 20244 min read
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The Gift of Singleness is not a Supernatural Lack of Desire for Marriage and Sex
Somehow we get this idea that the only people meant to be single are the ones who have a special spiritual "talent" to not desire...

Madison
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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Are you displaying the gospel through your singleness?
Marriage always gets the attention as the state in which people should be an example of the gospel. It's supposed to be a picture of...

Madison
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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