Join Single Christian Women Speak as we talk with Ashley Buchanan-Sorensen, Author of 90 Reflections from God, From Iowa, From Me

In this episode, Ashley states, "I was a hot mess" prior to accepting Christ. Many of us can relate to her self-description and her childhood: growing up in a broken home, bouncing between both parents, and moving frequently.

Throughout the conversation, Ashley opens her heart and shares that, as a young girl, she grappled with feeling loved by people and by God, so deeply that she began to question if God existed. Not knowing how to handle her struggles led to her being arrested at the age of 16. It was in jail that she accepted Christ as her Savior, and she began experiencing change and understanding.

Other topics Ashley discusses are:

• Transformation
• Being grounded
• Hopelessness
• Peace
• Battling Obedience

This episode is for the single who:

• can relate to being "a hot mess."
• thinks she is the only one who questions God's love for her.
• finds herself hiding from God.
• struggles waiting on God to bring a man into her life.
• doesn't know where God is leading her.
• thinks she doesn't know enough about Jesus to share Him with others.

It is from Ashley’s life experiences that she wrote in 90 Reflections from God, From Iowa, From Me.

Music Shtakalberry via Pixabay.

Two people with different backgrounds; one praying for aspouse to share their life with and the other content with the slower paced life they have always lived. Which one are you?

In part 2 of The Single Christian Women Speak episode, When Two Testimonies Meet: Steve and Brenda’s Journey to Freedom and Joy, the couple picks up where they left off in Part 1, where they shared their personal journey leading up to the moment they met. Steve shares he knew exactly what hewas looking for and had surrendered his desires to the Lord, when he met the woman, he had been praying for. Brenda, a woman filled with contentment, who was trusting in the Lord each day was caught off guard by the whirlwind thatbegan swirling the moment she received a special text message.

Relationship

This episode covers many different aspects of relationships.Steve and Brenda answer the question, “What did you see in each other that solidified the relationship?”

The term “dating” is familiar to describe the introductiontime in a relationship when two people get to know one another. But Steve describes how their relationship began in the “get to know time”, as he shares how the two of them began sharing with each other who they are and who theyhave been.

Stop!

Who sets the boundaries in your relationships? Listen toSteve describe how Brenda was a Godly woman and made it easy for him to not be tempted. “She showed me boundaries.” He elaborates on how Brenda did him afavor as he explains, “Brenda didn’t make it easy for me to be tempted.” Then he gets honest about himself, “If she would have shown me any indication that there was, maybe, boundaries not there, I would taken advantage of itprobably.”

Commitment to freedom and joy

Steve compares the wedding experience to “standing around in heaven.” And Brenda shares the support she had from her grown children and its effects as well as her list of standards, she had for a husband. You know that list every single woman has. Brenda had one too.

Expectations

We don't have to have a relationship with someone beforeknowing their expectations. We can make major expectations clear from the start. Steve and Brenda share a major sacrifice Brenda made because the expectation was discussed before the commitment to marriage. So, there was no surprise, no bitterness, and no resentment.

Intimacy

It is often thought that the relationship with a spouse isthe most important relationship in a married person’s life. Hear their answer when asked, “Is the most important relationship you have... with each other?”

Who is this episode for

This episode is for the single woman who is tempted to runahead of the Lord in search of finding freedom and joy in having a spouse, and who grapples with discouragement, thinking life isn’t going to change.

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The opinions expressed by guests may not reflect those of the Single Christian Women Speak Podcast.