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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How I Overcame Being Shy, Selfish, and Seriously Awkward
I was 15 years old, had a mouth full of braces and was desperately shy and awkward. Our whole family was involved in the AWANA program at our church and I had just started attending the high school program. The first week came and I sat by myself. I walked to game time by myself. […]
Should Christian Girls Read Cosmo, Seventeen, and Glamour Magazine?
Earlier this year I noticed a shockingly explicit women’s magazine in the checkout aisle at my grocery store. The cover featured a woman who would have been completely nude, except for a few strategic camera angles and hand placements. I called my grocery store headquarters to talk with the person in charge of the magazine […]
5 Reasons Girls Aren’t Honest About their Sexual Struggles
Being honest about my past struggles with sexual sin and masturbation wasn’t easy. In fact, I didn’t want to be honest about it. I didn’t want to confess it. I wanted to shove those sins into the deepest darkest corner never to be seen again. But I knew that wouldn’t work. Sin always has a […]
Choosing Feminine Faith in a Feminist World
I was driving down the street the other day listening to one of my favorite Spotify stations (shout out to Vertical Church Band) when my elbow accidentally switched the channel. I didn’t realize it had changed until a random song came on that I had never heard. The woman singing had a beautiful voice. She […]
Is Being a Woman about More than Getting Married and Having Babies?
If being a woman is entirely about getting married and having babies, then Kristen and I are failing miserably. I don’t have a husband, which means I don’t have children, and Kristen has a husband but God hasn’t given her children yet. As most of you know I would love to get married and Kristen […]
Bethany’s Journal Entries Following a Difficult Breakup
I didn’t want to be that girl. That girl who sat on her bed sobbing over an ended relationship. I didn’t want to be in that sad/heart-wrenching position, but there I was. Broken hearted and wondering why it had to be me. In the moments that followed my breakup, I didn’t know what to do […]
8 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was a Teen Girl
When you’re young, you feel like you’re going to be young forever. That’s how I felt when I was a teen. I was young, and I couldn’t imagine being any older. Then — in a blink of an eye — I woke up one morning and found myself turning 30. Bam! Now here I am, […]
