I’ve been thinking a lot about family life and Christianity. To me having a husband and children is the ultimate reward.. I have neither. No matter how hard I pray and how “open” I am.. I can’t seem to ever find my own family.

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Whats your Age and market? Prayer is important for discernment and things to happen but we still have to position ourselves.

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Hi Lovely! Been there before, praying for you tonight!

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M here, and same boat. Getting a little discouraged at this point.

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Same here. There’s a season for everything. Just don’t give up on God.

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Age?

I have been there before and was in the same boat for the longest time. I know it is hard. Praying for you.

Have you watched any of Jackie Francois's videos about singleness? I find they help when I'm feeling the way you are.

Do you have an older person/couple at church that you could talk to? One of the younger women at church came to my husband and I a couple of years ago and we were able to talk about how some of her wish list wasn’t realistic in our area. Not that God couldn’t provide it but perhaps she was creating such a hurdle that no one God sent her way would she have seen. Example: one of her requirements is a man taller than her but she is 6’2. She was limiting amazing men because she wouldn’t consider a 6 ft man. While that is a funny example there were other ones that she needed to decide if it was a requirement or a nice to have.

Been there too, but I know that God loves us too much to answer our prayers at anything other than the right time. I also have to trust that God’s plans for my life are designed to fulfill the deepest desires of my heart.

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