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You Are Not Fighting Alone
For a woman who has been single much longer than she ever thought, reminders that we’re unmarried come from many places. Even filling out a job application and checking that single status once again can bring a reminder we could do without. It just doesn’t seem right. You might ask yourself, Will this part of…
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Pay Attention to Your Own Walk
Galatians 6:4–5 (NLT): “4 Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else. 5 For we are each responsible for our own conduct.” When Comparison Distracts You From What God Is Doing in You There are some scriptures…
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A Woman Who Has Never Been Married
When You Have Never Been Married, But Still Desire Marriage In 1 Corinthians 7:32–35 (NLT), Paul explains that there is a freedom available in singleness that should not be overlooked. Marriage is a blessing, but it also brings responsibilities that require a husband or wife to divide their attention between serving the Lord and caring…
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Will God Meet Me in My Sadness?
When loneliness makes you question whether obedience is worth the wait Proverbs 4:26 (NLT) says, “Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.” There is something we need to understand when we are making decisions about our relationships: God expects us to use the wisdom and truth He has given…
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Light to the Deepest Gloom
A broken heart is more than a break—it can be a signal that God wants to take the healing deeper within us. Heartbreak has a way of bringing things to the surface that we may not have recognized before—wounds, patterns, fears, misplaced hopes, and even places where our faith needs to grow. And when we…
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It’s Time to Wake Up
Lucy is 63 years old, and she is very aware of it. She knows her knees don’t always cooperate like they used to, she knows she needs a little more recovery time after a long day, and she knows that some of the things she wore at 30 probably need to stay at 30. But…
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Walking Together Begins with Walking with God
Sometimes we think that once we become born-again believers, life should automatically fall into place. We may believe that because we pray, seek God, and desire to honor Him, the things closest to our hearts should happen in our timing. I know many single believers have marriage at the top of their prayer list. And…
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When You’ve Fallen, Get Back Up
Why Your Past Doesn’t Have to Define Your Future Every believer has a moment they wish they could take back. A decision they regret. Words they wish they had never been spoken. A season when they knew they wandered from God’s best. If you’ve experienced this and walked with Jesus Christ for any length of…
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Before You Give Him Your Heart
Why putting Jesus Christ first changes everything Before you give your heart to someone else, there is a question that deserves your honest attention. It’s a question that should come before the attraction, before the excitement of a new relationship, and before you begin imagining what the future might look like together. Has your heart…
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Only Part of the Whole Picture
God Sees What We Cannot Yet See 1 Corinthians 13:9 (NLT) says, “Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!” When We Want Something Badly Have you ever looked back on a decision and thought, If I knew then what I know now,…
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Faith In What God Can Do Through You
Trusting God With Your Future While Serving Him Today Philippians 4:19 (NLT) says, “And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.” Most believers are familiar with this verse. We’ve quoted it when money was tight, when…
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When Reality Finally Catches Up with Truth
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (NLT) “Wisdom and money can get you almost anything, but only wisdom can save your life.” I was talking to a Christian woman the other day, and she told me she sometimes wishes she could do her life over again. She’s in her late fifties and has never experienced married life. She admitted…
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How Much Longer Will You Waver?
When the Heart Starts Splitting Loyalties There are moments in Scripture that don’t just teach—they confront. 1 Kings 18:21 NLT says, “Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, ‘How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!’…
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You Can Ask, But Are You Ready to Receive It?
Jesus said in Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV), “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Those are powerful words from our…
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When Your Heart Starts Lying to You
How our desires can quietly lead us away from God’s plan There’s a reason Scripture doesn’t tell us to follow our hearts—it tells us to guard them. The heart feels deeply, yes, but it also drifts easily. Without God’s truth holding it steady, it can lead us into places we never intended to go. How…
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The Final Destination
Where is God taking you I recently heard a woman say during an interview that she wanted more out of her marriage. She acknowledged that her husband was faithful, successful, a provider who paid the bills and helped raise their three children. By all visible measures, she was blessed. And yet, she felt unsettled. What…
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Let Me Take Your Name
When Faith Slips into Desperation Isaiah 4:1 (NLT) “In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.” So many…
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God Mends the Broken Heart
What Heartbreak Reveals About Your Heart Matthew 6:33(NLT) “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” One of the realest questions a hurting heart ever asks is this: Can God actually protect my heart? Because when love shifts—when someone you thought was moving toward…
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Don’t Be Fooled by Appearance
How to Discern True Blessings from Counterfeits Sheri thought she had it all figured out. The man she believed was “the one” was handsome, charming, ambitious—and when he said he wanted to marry her, it felt like a dream finally coming true. Friends envied her, family congratulated her, and even her own heart raced with…
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The Disappointment and the Sting That Lingers
When a Season Ends and Your Heart Has to Catch Up There’s a familiar saying many of us have heard: People come into your life for a season, a reason, or a lifetime. It sounds comforting—until you find yourself standing in the aftermath of a relationship that ended sooner than you ever expected. That was…
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Women Like Me
Led by the Spirit in a Season That Feels Slow Hebrews 12:1(NLT): “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” A defining…
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She Kept Kissing the Savior’s Feet
Understanding the Woman Who Broke Barriers to Worship Luke 7:36-38(NLT) “36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. 37 When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with…
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When God Sends the Help You Need
Two Are Better Than One — God Designed It This Way Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 (NLT) paints a picture of how God designed life to work: “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed… If one person falls, the other can reach out and help… A person standing alone can be…
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The Windows of Heaven
Giving: The Hidden Key to Alignment and Blessing Luke 6:37-38 (NLT) “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together…
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Chosen Above All Others
Identity First. Connection Second. Destiny Always. 1 Kings 11:1-3 (NLT): “11 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites. 2 The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon…
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The Act of Desperation
A Christian Woman’s Guide to Discernment, Emotional Healing, and Spiritual Strength. When Ignorance Keeps You Paralyzed Luke 12:48 (NLT) says, “But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with…
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Where Were the Signs?
When Love Changes Without Warning “He was a man that I trusted — someone I thought would have my back for the rest of my life. How did I miss the signs?” Many women have asked themselves that same question. Some of my dearest friends have come to me heartbroken, wondering how the person they…
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The Veil That Keeps You Blind
When Faithful Hearts Can’t See Clearly: Overcoming Spiritual Blindness When I think about the many sisters in Christ who surround my life — my friends, role models, family, and partners in the faith — my heart overflows with gratitude. Hearing their testimonies, seeing their resilience, and watching sisters in Christ rise in strength all over…
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Those Who Wear the Ring but Miss the Relationship
When Commitment Lacks Communion Proverbs 30:21-23 (NLT): “There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot endure: a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers, a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.” Some wear the ring but have long forgotten the…
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New Beginnings Require Adjustment
How God Calls Us to Shift, Grow, and Prepare for What’s Next Proverbs 20:4 (ESV): “The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.” Fall has always been my favorite season. The cooler air, the vibrant colors of the leaves, the shift in light—it all signals change, and…