What would you consider “older”? I’m 21 but it feels like an ETERNITY since I graduated high school! I think the hardest part to read was when it said, “there might not be [a man] out there for you”.

That would be really hard. Right now it feels like half of my friends are married, and the other half are engaged. Every week there is a new wedding/engagement/baby announcement. I keep telling myself, “don’t worry, your time will come,” but maybe it won’t. Then I get all worried about how I’ll support myself and make new friends. I’ve really struggled a lot with the whole “God’s plan for your life” issue. I feel so divided between throwing myself into something wholeheartedly (ministry, business, etc.) and leaving room for the possibility of a marriage. But nobody pursues… so I wonder is that a sign from God that I’m supposed to forget about marriage?

After reading the follow up article I was a little more encouraged. I know a lot of good, hard-working men (some actually go to or are involved in church activities) that would make great life partners IF they were saved. I had an awesome dad growing up, and he didn’t get saved until I was in my teens. I have several friends that are “good men”, they just need God. And it could happen if we pray. And God works in other ways as well. I know two Christian women who married widowers. One of them got a husband and like six kids under 10! The other actually played piano at the funeral of her husband’s first wife and child (horrible car accident). A year later they were married.

I think the bottom line is that God can get us husbands if He wills. 🙂