In this episode of For Such a Time As This, I sit down with one of my mom's best friends, Ms. Dawn, to hear a story of marriage, loss, singleness, healing, community, and learning to trust again.

Ms. Dawn married young and spent years in a toxic marriage. While that season brought two incredible sons into her life, it also took a tremendous toll on her. She shares honestly about questioning God, wrestling with her circumstances, and the people God placed around her who helped her find her way back to Him.

Eventually, she made the difficult decision to separate from her husband. But before their divorce was finalized, he passed away, leaving her to navigate an incredibly complicated mixture of grief and relief.

For the first time in her adult life, Ms. Dawn found herself truly single in her 40s.

We talk about what that season looked like, what God taught her through it, and how she slowly learned to trust and love again. She shares what eventually made her realize that her current relationship was different and how being able to truly be herself became one of the clearest signs.

Throughout this conversation, we also come back to the importance of community: the people God puts around us during our hardest seasons, the ways they can point us back to Him, and why we were never meant to walk through life alone.

This episode is a reminder that even when our story doesn't unfold the way we thought it would, God is still present in every chapter.

🎙️ Season 2: Single & Set Apart

This is the second-to-last episode of the season! After this episode, we'll take about a month-long break before the Season 2 finale, so if you've fallen behind, this is your sign to catch up. 🤍

What if God isn't asking you to stop desiring marriage, but to let Him reshape what you think marriage should look like?

In this episode of For Such a Time As This, I sit down with my friend Natalie, who got married in her late 20s, a little later than expected for many of us living in the Christian bubble.

Natalie shares what it looked like to spend intentional time with the Lord during her years of singleness and how that season became about so much more than simply waiting for a husband. She talks about growing as an individual, learning who she was in Christ, and allowing God to work on her heart before marriage.

We also dive into the expectations and preferences she had for a future husband, including her ideas about male leadership, and how God challenged her to realize that leadership doesn't always look the way we expect it to.

We talk about the “hole” we all feel in our hearts and how ultimately, that hole is not spouse-sized, it is God-sized. Marriage can be a beautiful gift, but it was never meant to take the place of our relationship with the Lord.

This conversation is about singleness, surrender, personal growth, expectations, and allowing God to shape us into the people He created us to be before we ever find the person we're going to spend our lives with.

If you're single and wondering what God might be doing in your season, I hope this episode reminds you that there is so much purpose in becoming before you ever get to the altar.

🎙️ For Such a Time As This — Season 2: Single & Set Apart

What happens when God asks you to surrender your timeline, your plans, and your desire for control?

In this episode of For Such a Time As This, we sit down with Austin and Jessica to hear the story of how God brought them together after seasons of singleness, growth, and preparation.

This is our first episode featuring a married couple, and we dive into what it looked like for them to navigate singleness before marriage, trust God’s timing, and allow Him to work in their hearts before bringing them together.

Austin shares about learning to let go of control, finding contentment in the season God had him in, and allowing God to peel away things in his life that were keeping him from becoming the man he was called to be. We talk about how sometimes God places roadblocks in our path, not to punish us, but because He knows we aren't ready for what we're asking for yet.

Jessica and Austin also share the unexpected way their relationship began, including how Jessica was dating someone else when they first met, the encouragement from a friend that she would meet her husband on that trip, and how God’s timing unfolded in a way neither of them could have planned.

We talk about what it means to recognize when God opens a door, why sometimes things move quickly when the timing is right, and how marriage is about more than becoming husband and wife; it’s about remaining friends, growing together, and building a partnership centered on Christ.

A house divided cannot stand, and a strong marriage starts with two people committed to growing closer to God and each other.

Whether you’re single, dating, engaged, or married, we hope this conversation reminds you that God is always working even in the seasons where you can’t see the full picture yet.

🎙️ Season 2: Single & Set Apart