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Single Girl, Are You Waiting for Marriage to Change You?

I’m thirty years old and still believe the big fat lie. The lie that keeps single girls discontent and married women unhappy. What is the lie? The big fat lie that I’ve believed throughout my life is this; My sinful heart will change when my circumstances change. When my life’s circumstances look different, then I […]

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Single and Surviving or Single and Thriving?

I was one of those “undistracted singles” that was totally distracted by marriage. I spent half of my life totally focused on serving the Lord and the other half totally focused on finding my man. That was me, Bethany Baird, in her late teens and early twenties. Somewhere in-between wanting to make the most of […]

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Marriage Isn’t about Making All Your Dreams Come True

I grew up just like any other normal American girl. I watched princess movies and read fairy-tale stories. From a young age, I quickly formed this idea that romance and marriage were the essence of a “Happily-Ever-After.” And They Lived Happily Ever After… That’s how every movie ended. If riding off into the sunset with […]

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8 Ways to Stand Strong Through the College Years

Going off to college is probably one of the most trying and difficult times in a young woman’s life. The challenges, pressures, temptations and lack of experience more often than not end up taking many Christian girls down. Sadly, Christian girls aren’t coming out stronger (in a biblical sense) but weakened and further away from […]

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Newlyweds Answer Your Questions about Love, Purity, & Marriage

Dāv and I just hit the 8-month mark. That’s an extremely short amount of time in the big scope of things. I get that we’re not going on the big 10, 20 or 30. We haven’t even hit our one year anniversary. Honestly, that’s why we’re writing this blog. Being a newlywed is one-hundred percent […]

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5 Bible Verses Every Girl Should Know

Different moments, experiences, challenges, and joys in my life have resulted in me latching onto specific verses in Scripture. Verses that I’d studied or memorized. Those verses became my lifeline. When it came to singleness, I always turned to Proverbs 3:5-6. When it came to purity of heart, I always turned to Psalm 51:10. The […]

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