I just finished rereading Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot (read my review here), and I wanted to share several excerpts that are particularly helpful or poignant.
“I’m afraid the snake has been talking to that person. He’s been sneaking up and whispering, ‘God is stingy. He dangles that beautiful fruit called marriage before your eyes [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on February 12th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In my post Purity Principles, under my discussion of the need to guard our conduct, I mentioned “not becoming spiritually dependent on someone of the opposite gender who could be a romantic interest.” Casey asked me to expound on that idea.
First, let me outline the four spaces of human social interaction. These are called “sacred [...]
Filed under: Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on February 4th, 2008 | 20 Comments »
In response to my January 16th post, Topics: You Decide, Anjuan wrote, “I would like for you to write about the realities of maintaining purity… My wife and I just had a daughter, and I am keen to help her understand these principles as she grows. The world assumes that it’s impossible… but I know that [...]
Filed under: Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on January 21st, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This is a stream-of-consciousness list of things I want to share with my sisters in Christ. I’m still learning many of them myself. They’re not really in a particular order, but I feel so strongly about each of these points.
You are a creation of God, and your worth comes from that fact, not from what the males around you [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Culture, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on January 4th, 2008 | 39 Comments »
Boundless has a great article up this week about the dangers of simply following your heart into a relationship. “Follow your heart” is a phrase that we are often fed, and that we would love to believe, even though Scripture warns us that “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Singleness/Dating on December 29th, 2007 | 13 Comments »
This may sound strange. But hear me out. I know being single at Christmas can be kind of a bummer. With all the nostalgia and sparkle in the air, it just seems like it would be so nice to have that special someone to share it with, doesn’t it? Plus, each time another Christmas rolls [...]
Filed under: My Life, Singleness/Dating on December 19th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Sometimes I think the only thing making me resent my singleness is the urgent, nagging fear that I should be worrying about it. I am 21 - I should not be alone. Time is ticking away. If I do not pay attention, the years will pass unnoticed and I will be the still-unmarried 65-year-old with [...]
Filed under: Singleness/Dating on November 18th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I reread “Giving Your Heart Away” yesterday after getting another great comment on the entry, so when I was listening to Bethany Dillon tonight, a song of hers struck a chord with that thought process. She has a great little guitar ballad on her new album Waking Up. It’s called “Are You Sure?” and to [...]
Filed under: Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on August 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Bethany Dillon and Shane Barnard are engaged! How sweet! I have to confess that I don’t listen to Shane and Shane very often, but Bethany Dillon is one of my favorite music artists. She’s an amazing writer, too. Read her journal on her site for some great reflections on Jesus and Scripture and life and [...]
Filed under: Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on August 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
In the past few years I’ve noticed a growing trend, almost entirely among homeschool families: daughters who choose to remain at home after graduating from high school, and plan on doing so until they get married. Some of these young women have made a commitment to focus almost solely on learning the arts of housewifery.
I’ve noticed [...]
Filed under: Biblical Femininity, Career/Education, Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on June 15th, 2007 | 15 Comments »
