Guest Post by Nina -The Grand Adventures of Me

Hey, new friends! I'm Nina from The Grand Adventures of Me, where I blog about life in my early twenties and the struggles of cuddling with stinkbugs and trying to find my own voice in this crazy thing we call life. I really do love my life, though, even though I'm really dramatic about period cramps, and how I am the world's worst English major.  I think a big reason I have joy is because I have the joy of Christ and His peace in my heart. But honestly, it's not always been like that, despite my "Christian" title that I've held for almost 17 years.  When Miss Sue asked me to guest post for her, I jumped at the chance and perused her blog, and y'all, I love how honest she is about the struggles that she is working through, especially the whole singleness and loneliness. As women in our twenties, it can really bum us out to see our friends getting engaged and having children and it seems like they are moving on with their lives and meanwhile we're the awkward turtle at the Christmas party who just doesn't care.  

This gem has been floating around the internet for a couple weeks, and I found it a very relatable post.

In all honesty, though, I think that's okay. It's not okay that we don't care, but maybe we're in a different place in life than they are. I'm pretty tired of all the:  "Work on yourself until you meet your future man." "Singleness is a gift." "Find your completion in God and He'll bring the right one along." "Let Jesus be your lover."   Yes, that's good and all, but that doesn't help whenever you're standing alone at a New Years Eve party. I think we do need to make Christ a priority in our lives so that when we do have families of our own, we can encourage our children to look to our Savior in all circumstances. I think what is equally as important, though, is finding the confidence in who we are as daughters of God. We are not waiting for our other half to come along, because we are whole only in Christ. We are beautiful daughters of the highest King, and our walk, our talk, our smile and demeanor should exude the confidence we are given by Him. So chin up and smile during these last few days of the holiday season, and love love love yourself, your family, your friends, and even the grumpy cashier at Walmart!