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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Why I Didn’t Fall in Love with My Husband
I still remember the moment I laid eyes on him. He was sitting 8 rows in front of me. His strong arms, wavy brown hair, and tall physique caught my attention immediately. I didn’t know who he was or where he came from, but my stomach was churning with butterflies. He was good looking, tall, […]
Chasing After Something Greater Than Guys
I spotted my target. He was tall, lanky, and had a head full of bushy brown hair. I convinced my sixteen-year-old self that he was drop-dead gorgeous (in a manly sort of way, of course). There was a major problem, though. My best friend thought he was gorgeous, too. Uh-oh. Girl fight! Besties crushing on […]
A Single Guy’s Perspective on Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, I wanted to know how a Christian single guy handles this holiday. Is he sad? Depressed? Happy? Mad? I wanted the inside scoop! Thankfully, I was able to squeeze in a quick interview with a guy friend of mine. I came up with a few questions, sent them his way, […]
5 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Got Married
The first six months of my marriage were some of the most eye opening months of my life. Up until that point I thought being a wife and a help-mate was easy business. I felt fully prepared for my role as a wife. Major delusion. After six months of marriage I realized how utterly unprepared […]
What a Hat Taught Me About ‘Cute’ (Free Book Giveaway)
I saved up my allowance (yes, I still get one) all summer in anticipation of the end-of-year clearance sale at one of my favorite online retailers. As autumn’s first chill threatened to ditch summer like a Hollywood fling, I filled my cart with all those cute lil’ summery clothes I had been eyeing since spring. […]
How to Drastically Change One Girl’s Life
Forty years ago a high school girl did something courageous that would forever change my life. Let me rewind and take you back to that moment. My mom, Heidi, was a high school girl who wanted nothing to do with God. She was an outgoing, tall, blonde, wild, party-going girl, who was living life to […]
8 Strategies to Help You Fight for Purity
Let’s be real. Maintaining purity in our modern culture is not an easy thing to do. Unless we as Christian girls are vigilant in fighting for purity from the inside out, we will fail. We will give into temptation. We will succumb to our sinful hearts. We (me included) desperately need Jesus and we desperately […]
