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3 Myths About Purity (And the Freeing Truth)
There’s a girl driving by a church, shaking her head because she knows she’ll never fit in. She’s slept with more than just one guy, and is now too dirty to enter heaven. How could God ever want her when all she was good for was her body? There’s a girl in youth group, pretending to have it all together. No one needs to know that she went just a little too far with her boyfriend. It was no big deal anyway. It was just a passionate make out session, right? There’s a girl listening to a sermon on Sunday morning, nodding her head to the line about purity. She…
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The True Strength of Christian Friendships (Guest Post)
Hello lovely readers and followers! This week I wrote a guest post on friendship for M Words and the Christian Woman, a lovely blog I contribute too. Below is a preview and link to the post. Please read and share! “We’ve bought into the enemy’s lie that we can’t live a fulfilling life without a man. And because of this, we forget the sisterhood God gave us.” “There is nothing wrong with wanting to be married or in a relationship. Those are healthy and wonderful desires that God honors for many. But we don’t even realize that it takes a healthy spiritual life and strong friendships in order to build our character for a…
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To the Girl Who Feels Unlovable
To the Girl Who Feels Unlovable, The day is here. A day of celebration and romance for people in relationships. But for many, it’s a reminder of loneliness. Although you can choose to make the most of Valentine’s Day as a single person, sometimes heartache just won’t let you. I was that girl last winter. The girl who worried that she may remain single forever. Let’s face it, finding a nice, Godly man is difficult in today’s world. And it seems nearly impossible when you feel you are unlovable. As someone who is battling a chronic illness, I often felt that a guy would want nothing to do with me.…
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My Problem with Christian Dating
Okay, normally I try not to rant on here, but I’ve recently read something that made me lose it. It was midnight, and I was looking online for devotions for dating couples. And then somehow I stumbled upon some forum post from a Christian girl saying she refused to do devotionals with a boyfriend because she wanted to guard her heart. Yup. She said even praying together was too intimate–more than sex! I’m not trying to judge this person, as we all have different convictions. And she did have some good points about making sure people are solid in their faith personally before entering a relationship. The real problem I’m…
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Valentine’s Day Validation
Valentine’s Day–the day for couples to shower each other with gifts, chocolates, and fancy dates. And the day for single women to watch chick flicks (Princess Diaries anyone?) while eating their weight in chocolate. I’ve actually been on both sides of this holiday, and to be honest, there’s a lot more hype about Valentine’s Day than there really should be. One of my blogger friends Courtney asked me if I was going to do a Valentine’s Day post. Truthfully, I kind of forgot about that! But it soon hit me that this kind of post is needed not only for myself, but for all single women. A couple of nights ago I walked…