Chantel 5 Minute Read Author’s Note: I wrote this a few weeks after everything I thought I cared for in my life shattered, and I found myself alone, starting over, and hurting so much I didn’t know how to go on. I wrote it by faith then, for I could not see the beauty of new dreams, or hope…
Guest Author 3 Minute Read by Anna of Hope Road Blog The concept of “giving you heart away” is one that I have been familiar with since high school, and I have gone from embracing it wholeheartedly to questioning it. The idea is that with each dating/courting relationship, and even each crush, that you allow yourself to become involved with,…
Jessica Telian 4 Minute Read One of my favorite books is Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard. It’s the allegorical story of the journey of Much Afraid, with the Shepherd, from the Valley of Humiliation to the High Places. While there are things I disagree with in the book (mainly how Songs of Songs is used), I can…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read There’s a lot of discussion on this blog about marriage and singleness. As far as I can tell, most single girls who visit this site deeply desire marriage – and many feel “stuck” in a prolonged season of singleness. We often lament, “Where are the men? It’s not like there’s anything I can do about…
Guest Author 3 Minute Read I believe in doorsteps. Some of you might already know what I mean by that, particularly those who were there when it was coined. I’m afraid I can’t take credit for the saying and I can’t remember who was the first to start saying it, but among a small group of single girls that phrase…
Lanier Ivester 8 Minute Read When Philip and I finished the last book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy I sat in silence for some time, the tears chasing one another down my cheeks, wrapped in a lovely melancholy over the end of the Third Age and the pilgrimage of the fair folk beyond the Grey Havens. I couldn’t…
Ruth Wiechmann 5 Minute Read by Ruth Wiechmann Our five year old son, Ezra is into making crosses this year. Paper and glue, sticks and twine, scraps of boards and nails; he uses whatever materials are at hand at the moment. I admire his creativity, and sometimes I am even called upon to help him get a nail started in…
Elisabeth Adams 1 minute Sometimes in the very middle of the howling winds of my wants I remember how short a distance I can see and Who knows what truly brings me joy. And so I ask the One who sees to choose my inheritance for me. And then my Abba says “No.” I am cut and bleed and…
Elisabeth Adams 6 Minute Read It was lunch break, and I was sitting down for a quick “Bible snack” when my eyes fell on Proverbs 31:26: “The law of kindness is on her tongue.” Though I’ve read it a thousand times, this time it went right to the quick. Uh-oh. You mean, kindness to the classmate who is doing his…
Chantel 2 Minute Read You are going along through life, and suddenly…it happens. You find yourself with a broken heart. And it hurts. You never meant for it to happen. Maybe you even tried your best to avoid the usual pitfalls that can result in heartbreak. But sometimes, broken hearts come with living life and taking the risk of…
Elysse 3 Minute Read What about the daughters whose fathers never wanted them and abandoned them before they were even born? Like me. – Rachel Dear Rachel, Thank you so much for asking this question. It is one that is burning within the hearts of so many women, young and old alike. How I wish I could be right…
Elisabeth Adams 6 Minute Read A Time to Wait Dear girls, Lately I’ve been thinking about those of you who aren’t married, or engaged, or courting, or even “just friends.” I stayed up ‘til past midnight the other night, scribbling down ideas for you.I had plenty of time yesterday (while I was removing wallpaper from our bathroom walls) to think…
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