We have been fortunate to get to know some great people since SingleRoots began in November of 2011. We’ve also been blessed when those people use their talents and write posts to share with our community.
It’s not a prerequisite to be a blogger in order to write a guest post for SingleRoots. However, many of our guest writers are bloggers and have homes of their own around the Interwebs.
A few weeks ago, Ngina Otiende wrote a great post for SingleRoots entitled, “Intentionally Single?” Today, Jessica is writing for Ngina’s blog, Intentional Today. In her post, Jessica takes a look at how we are to live even when we don’t know where our life is headed.
I sat across the table from a college senior as tears welled in her eyes.
“I graduate in May, and I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with my life.”
She proceeded to tell me about several of her friends who have clear visions for their future and how she felt like a lesser individual because she still didn’t know.
I felt such empathy for her.
I had been one of those other girls—the ones who were making her feel inferior because they had their lives mapped out for the next 5-10 years, if not longer…
We love Sundi Jo from sundijo.com! She has been such an encouragement to us since we all became “blog friends.” So, naturally, the next step in our new virtual friendship would be to exchange guest posts on our sites. (In the real world, we’d probably have gone for coffee instead, but since she lives in Missouri and we live in Texas…well, you can see how that would be a bit difficult.) Next week, Sundi Jo’s post will be running here, but today, you can check out Jessica’s post on her site.
Shining the Light through Leaky Cracks
“Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.” – Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz
In the movie Blue Like Jazz, when Don Miller speaks of watching someone love something, he’s speaking of a girl named Penny who loves Jesus and social justice and people.
Watching Don watch Penny reminded me of how I used to scrutinize a group of fellow college students my freshman year. I had never seen people love Jesus as boldly and deeply as those people did.
Our friend, PT, over at PT Money graciously invited us to guest post on his blog. Ryan was the obvious choice for this guest posting stint, as he is the resident authority on all things money-related around here at SingleRoots.
And, just so you know, Ryan and Kori are getting married tomorrow, yet they somehow found time in their crazy, wedding planning schedule to write for SingleRoots. Do they love us or what? As a wedding gift, we’re kicking them off the SingleRoots team.
We’re so excited for them and can’t wait to see how the Lord grows them in their love for each other and for the Lord. Congratulations, Ryan and Kori! Much love to you both!
Pay Off Debt: 4 Reasons to Be Debt Free Before You Get Married
In one day, I will be tying the knot.
There are lots of reasons I’m madly in love with my future bride, and there are lots of reasons I’m crazy about our relationship.
One really cool thing I’m excited about is that we’re both coming into the marriage debt free.
Now this may not sound really romantic, but in this day and age, I think it’s dang sexy. But we’ll get to that later.
SingleRoots is on the road! A bit of a Tour de Blogs, if you will. Candra at Love and Grace Media was kind enough to invite Jessica to write a guest post for her site. Be sure and check out her site! She has podcasts, video blogs, and resources for Christian singles.
The Problem with “Waiting” to Get Married
I’m not sure when I decided that my singleness wasn’t such a bad thing.
Truth be told, I’ve never really given up wishing and hoping and thinking and praying that one day I’ll get married. I want to know what it’s like to share my life with someone. To gripe about whose turn it is to take out the trash or who lost the car keys…again. To buy two concert tickets instead of one or to book a King-sized hotel bed instead of doubles. To cook a dinner and have no leftovers or to have someone tell me that I don’t need to buy another handbag because I could spend my money more wisely…
All joking aside, I long to be a part of a God-glorifying union that points others to Christ. To have someone know me intimately and to know them in the same way. To be a part of the kind of love that can only develop over years of commitment and trial and error. I ache for that in the deep places of my soul, in ways that the English language is limited in expressing.
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