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Madison
4 days ago3 min read
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...
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Madison
Dec 24, 20245 min read
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...
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Madison
Dec 16, 20244 min read
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...
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Madison
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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...
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Madison
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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...
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Madison
Nov 19, 20242 min read
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...
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Madison
Nov 12, 20244 min read
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...
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Madison
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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...
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Madison
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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...
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Madison
Oct 22, 20242 min read
Date the right kind of potential.
When my husband started pursuing me, he was fresh off the mission field. He had hardly any money and no car. Some might have though me...
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Madison
Oct 16, 20242 min read
Stop Thinking of Yourself as "Single"
If by calling yourself single you mean that you are lacking, without, missing something, less than, unable to be fully happy, incomplete,...
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Madison
Oct 8, 20242 min read
Your Struggle with Contentment Won't Go Away When You Get Married
Six years ago I dated and got engaged to someone that I didn't end up marrying. At first during the fun of dating, engagement, wedding...
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Madison
Oct 1, 20242 min read
If the Wind and the Seas Obey Him, so Can My Sex Drive
Please enjoy this sermon I wrote to myself a couple years ago. :) I am not at the mercy of my hormones and drives. My stormiest emotions...
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Madison
Sep 24, 20242 min read
What to Do if Lifelong Singleness is Your Greatest Fear
Whenever my greatest fears intrude upon my mind, I try to immediately think of the martyrs. I recall to memory the stories of these...
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Madison
Sep 17, 20242 min read
How to Not Get Emotionally Attached to a Guy too Soon
Getting to know a guy you're interested in is like walking a tight rope. On the one hand, you don't want to get ahead of yourself, give...
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Madison
Sep 10, 20244 min read
Why did God let her get married, but not me?
It can be so hard to watch someone else receive the thing that you are so desperately desiring. Especially when we see the girl whose...
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Madison
Sep 3, 20243 min read
You Won't Be a Happy Single Woman Until You Get This
I'm afraid we greatly underestimate God's ability to satisfy us. We cheat ourselves out of being filled with that warm, bubbling...
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Madison
Aug 27, 20242 min read
10 Signs You've Fully Surrendered Your Desire for Marriage
You've heard it before a million times: "Surrender your desires to God!" But how do you know if you've actually surrendered? Deeper than...
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Madison
Jul 29, 20242 min read
When You're Afraid to Surrender your Dreams to God
Growing up, I had one dream: to find a godly man, fall desperately in love with him, have a fairy tale wedding, and spend the rest of my...
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Madison
Jul 19, 20242 min read
Single woman, your death is beautiful.
I once read this verse in a way I never had before: "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." Psalm 116:15 Usually,...
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