When you were young, say in your late teen years or early twenties, maybe even older, did you have a woman who came alongside you to “show you the ropes”? If you were fortunate your mom fulfilled this role, but let’s pretend she didn’t. Was there another woman who helped you prepare for marriage and life and family?
Tag: singleness
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Why I Have a Hard Time Recommending Marriage
This past June I celebrated my eighth wedding anniversary. Every year I say it may be only eight years, but we lived a lifetime of marriage in those eight years, so we might as well be going on fifty years. If you don’t know our story, my husband had a heart transplant two years after we were married. Combine that with other life stuff and you have a lifetime of marriage.
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Are You Willing to Mentor a Younger, Single Woman?
When I read the words in Titus 2 I wonder, are these words meant for only mentoring married women or do all younger women need guidance and training?
“Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.” (Titus 2:3-5)
Then I think back to my days as a single woman.
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The Woman You Don’t See
There’s a woman sitting in your church service or maybe serving beside you. She might be the one taking care of the babies in the nursery or doing puppet shows with the children. Maybe she’s at your work and her desk sits next to yours. Or quite possibly she’s in your family – a niece, cousin, or sister? This is the woman you don’t see even though she’s there.
And to tell you a little secret, she’s a woman who needs you.
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How Can I Make the Most of My Single Years?
Growing up, I daydreamed about going to college because it was something I wanted to do. After that my imagination jumped to wedding bells and baby carriages.
I did not anticipate a gap called my “single years.”
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Questions to Ask Before Dating a Divorced Man
When I was single I dated a man who was divorced. Today as I listen to single women tell their stories about dating divorced men, I remember my experience well. I see them making choices about dating divorced men similar to ones I made. Choices based on the present but without enough regard on the past. These similarities make me think it is wise for women to ask four questions before dating a divorced man.
