Fighting Lust with the Power of Gratitude
When I was a teen girl, I remember having moments where I viewed God’s boundaries for sexual purity as a bit…well — annoying. Striving for purity in my heart and mind wasn’t easy, and I struggled to keep my thoughts pure. I would find myself grumbling in my heart about how tough the single life […]
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God is Still Writing Beautiful Love Stories
Imagine a love story that’s lasted over fifty years and is still thriving. The couples still loves each other deeply. They still want and desire to be married. They still love holding hands and kissing each other. They consider themselves to be best friends and lovers. Imagine the faithfulness. Imagine the self-sacrifice. Imagine what a […]
Practical Advice for the Christian Girl Going off to College
I met up with my sweet friend, Rebecca (cute girl in the photo), yesterday who is about to move away for college. She’s 19 years old and just finished her freshman year at a local university. She’s planning to transfer to a different university this year which will take her away from her hometown, family, […]
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 […]
Why Chasing After Guys Didn’t Make Me Happy
I went through one of the hardest breakups in my life when I was twenty years old. I was one week away from being engaged when everything suddenly ended. I never saw the ring and my “almost” husband exited my life forever. As difficult as that season was for me, God was graciously sparing me from […]
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 […]
God will Never, Never, Never Leave You
As I was walking on the railroad tracks near my home this morning, I came across a mamma possum carrying her babies on her back. I stopped and watched her waddle across the path. One of her babies had fallen off and was frantically running back and forth trying to find her. He was on […]
Responding to Anxiety and Stress in a God-Honoring Way
I remember the moment distinctly: it was the day before I was scheduled to take the ACT, and I was, as Anne of Green Gables would say, in the “depths of despair.” I usually get nervous when it comes to a test of my abilities, whether a normal school examination, giving a speech for a […]
