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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 […]

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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, […]

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Choosing to Surrender Your Dreams and Future to God

I remember three distinct times in my life that I had to surrender my dreams to God. Once at age seventeen, twenty, and twenty-four. When I was seventeen I’d been offered several full basketball scholarships to division one universities. Basketball was my passion and I loved playing (like LOVED playing!). When I wasn’t playing basketball […]

5 Back-to-School Modesty Hacks for Christian Girls

It happens to me every year. The transition from my summer wardrobe to my fall wardrobe is always a struggle. What worked so well last season just doesn’t seem to be working this season. Styles have changed, my taste had changed, and I honestly just have the desire for something new. Something fresh. And to […]

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5 Questions Girls Should Ask Before Posting a Selfie

I was thirteen years old, loving life, and desperately trying to grab a certain guy’s attention. After a full week at church camp, I was hanging out in the sports court waiting for my parents to pick me up. I knew at any moment my ride would pull into the parking, so I had to […]

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4 Verses to Help Christian Girls Conquer Temptation

I’m married to an amazingly godly and kind man. But like any human, Zack might occasionally say something or do something that I don’t view as particularly “sweet and thoughtful.” Instead of giving him the benefit of the doubt, my natural tendency is to assume the worst. Instead of lovingly asking him about it, I often […]

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