Confession: I have never gone through a breakup. Sometimes I feel guilty about this. I sometimes wish I had gone through a breakup before so I would know how to help others when they go through them. I hate it when I see my friends go through breakups, especially when I don’t know when to help them. One of my best friends has gone through several breakups throughout her lifetime. A couple of weeks ago, she so graciously agreed to… Read more »

I have been avoiding the topic of saving your first kiss for marriage here on Joy Because Grace, simply because I’ve seen heated debates on this topic! I tend to prefer to avoid conflict as much as possible :) But a blog reader requested this topic, and so here I am :) Let me back up a bit and provide some backstory to this post- In some Christian circles, there has recently been a “movement” (for lack of a better… Read more »

Memorizing Bible verses is very important. There are times when we will need to reference a Bible verse, but may not have a Bible or our Bible apps on us. So, by memorizing verses we ensure that we will have God’s word in our hearts so we can refer to it as needed. Sometimes we think that memorizing Bible verses is hard- but this doesn’t have to be the case! I heard it once said, “If you can memorize song… Read more »

There are many reasons why it can be hard to be content while dating someone. However, with just a slight mindset change, contentment is obtainable. I’ve talked about discontentment A TON here on Joy Because Grace, but most times it’s been in regards to singleness and being contently single. However, it can also be hard to be contently dating. You see, it can be hard to be content while dating especially if a lot of your friends start getting engaged… Read more »