Sister girl, if you are where I was up to a month ago, dating is something ancient to your repertoire. There are a number of reasons that could be, I can tell you mine which is simple.

I was dating someone tumultuously on and off for years. Upon graduating from University in spring of 2009, I finally called it quits and moved to Canada — my country of birth — to look for work as a teacher.

In that span of time of about two years, I was not FOCUS or CONCERNED about dating. The door was CLOSED. I wanted to get MARRIED, but too much other STIMULI was GOING ON. I was excited to move back to Canada, see my friends, and move into my new apartment.

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There are those dry seasons, days, moments, hours in LIFE when things GET unbearably TOUGH. So tough, it’s suffocating. So suffocating, you wonder, what’s the point of living anymore? Why am I going through this? Why do I have to live in misery? God I don’t want to do this anymore! Take me now!

You KNOW what I MEAN. And I KNOW you know what I MEAN because TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS are the INHERITANCE of every BELIEVER (1 Cor. 10:13; 1 Peter 4:12,13) — but for GOOD REASON.

Jesus came to give us a BETTER QUALITY of LIFE (John 10:10) but we’re ALSO destined to CARRY our CROSSES too. (Matt 10:38)
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Accepting our bodies the way God made them is a great FEAT amongst WOMEN. We are BOMBARDED with media PROPAGANDA everyday, telling us WHAT beauty is, and WHO beauty is.

But we know the WAYS of this WORLD are not Godly. The ways of this WORLD do not promote PEACE of MIND and instill JOY in our HEARTS. The ways of this WORLD are RECKLESS, harsh — even CRUEL.

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