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Prolonged Singleness and the Bible: A Study of Tobit Part I

Julieanne Bartlett May 21, 2021 0 Comments

When I was in my mid-thirties and really struggling with this entire singleness issue, I asked God why no one in the Bible ever struggled to get married? I complained to him that there were several women in the bible who had wrestled with infertility – Sarah, Hannah, and Elizabeth. He saw their pain and performed a miracle, thus enabling each one to bear and birth a child. ...

The Vocation Awakening

Julieanne Bartlett April 30, 2021 0 Comments

When I was in my thirties and stuck in prolonged singleness, I was desperately afraid that God had called me to the single life. This was compounded by the feedback and responses I would receive from well-meaning people I would speak to about my grief and suffering regarding my desire to be married. The typical, yet painful, reply was, “Maybe you need to accept that God has no one for you,”...

Anatomy of A Date Part II

Julieanne Bartlett April 9, 2021 2 Comments

Last month, I wrote the blog post, Anatomy of A Date Part I. I shared my thoughts on the film, “The Dating Project,” as well as encouraged folks to polish up on their dating skills by reviewing my three part blog series, “Can the Bible Teach Us to Date?” Where are we going? By referencing scriptures from my series, I would like to look at what makes up the anatomy of a date. If I could...

Anatomy of a Date, Part 1

Julieanne Bartlett March 19, 2021 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, I finally sat down and rented the film, The Dating Project via Amazon Prime. It was a documentary that I had heard about and wanted to see for some time. All I knew about the film was that it involved college students, a college professor, a campus, and an assignment to go on dates. However, there was so much more to it as I learned. This movie was a bird’s eye view into the...

The 12 Dates Club

Julieanne Bartlett March 5, 2021 8 Comments

I recently had a conversation with a woman by the name of Louise who also married later in life. She, too, experienced prolonged singleness and embarked on a journey to find her way out of it to love and marriage. Louise married her husband at the age of 44. We were discussing some of the more practical things a girl can do to help herself out of the single wilderness; the different tips, and...

Valentine’s Day When You Are Single

Julieanne Bartlett February 12, 2021 0 Comments

This weekend is Valentine’s Day when everyone celebrates love with hearts, flowers, and gifts. I can still remember my years of prolonged singleness when I had no one to spend Valentine’s Day with. On the rare occasion that I was dating someone at the time, it unfortunately ended up being a disappointing holiday. It was not until I met my husband that anyone ever truly put the effort into...

Do You Have A Plan?

Julieanne Bartlett January 31, 2021 0 Comments

It is the new year. It is that time when everyone makes new year’s resolutions to better themselves and their life. Perhaps many of the resolutions you made on January 1st may already be broken by the time you are reading this blog post. Nevertheless, it is not too late to develop goals for yourself regarding your desire to get married. It is important to forge a strategy for meeting a...

Wonderful Counselor!

Julieanne Bartlett December 29, 2020 0 Comments

There is no denying it. When you are single and want to be married, it can be a painful and even downright miserable time. That period was for me, anyway. The older I grew older, the more difficult my singleness became. This is because God did not intend for us to be by ourselves. God created human beings in a primordial state of marriage: “Then God said, ‘And now we will make human beings;...

Can The Bible Teach Us to Date? Part III

Julieanne Bartlett November 30, 2020 0 Comments

In September I began the current blog series, “Can the Bible Teach Us to Date?” This is a three part blog series concluding this month wherein I have been examining biblical principles that can be applied to dating relationships. Last month’s blog post concluded with principle # 4, Following Ruth’s Lead. This month, I will pick up below with the fifth principle: 5. God Works Within...

Can The Bible Teach Us to Date? Part II

Julieanne Bartlett October 31, 2020 0 Comments

This month’s blog post will continue the series started last month. I am examining the principles of male and female relationships that can be gleaned from the Bible. In doing this I hope to demonstrate the natural endowments God has placed in men and women, and how we can start to implement them into our twenty-first century dating relationships. As such, I will pick up with principle...

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