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When will God provide a mate for you? In short, I don't know. But I do hope that sharing my story will be of interest and encouragement to those asking this question as I once did.
At 14 I first began to think seriously about what kind of woman I wanted
to become and what kind of man I hoped to marry. Unlike myself, one of
my close friends had a continual series of boyfriends. Since I didn't have
anyone special, I wondered how this might impact me later on and what my
life might be like if I didn't marry.
As a teen, I looked at unhappy and failed marriages and hoped to avoid their apparent causes. And I considered others who married at various ages to try to predict when I might marry. For me, this generally produced more questions than answers.
Noting that the majority of people did marry, and with Psalm 37:4 in mind ("Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart"), I prayed regularly for God to prepare me and a mate for a successful marriage. I asked that He help us both develop strong relationships with Him, to grow emotionally mature, to physically prepare to provide for a family and to remain sexually pure. And although this verse is not an explicit promise of marriage, I hoped that God would honor my desire.
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