Forgiving Yourself and Discerning Marriage feat. Leah Darrow

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“Do you want God’s answer more, or do you want God’s love? If you seek God’s love more than God’s answer, you will find them both.”

How do you know when he or she is “the one?” How do we stop comparing ourselves to our engaged and married friends? Is it shallow to make physical attraction a criteria for our future spouse? How can we forgive ourselves for our past mistakes? 

Leah Darrow is that big sister we all need in our lives to tell it like it is. She’s a powerhouse speaker who dishes out TRUTH regarding issues in dating and discerning marriage that everyone needs to hear during our single years. Leah shares how to live a beautiful and fulfilled life, free of fear, no matter where we are in our discernment by keeping our eyes on what really, really matters.

Topics discussed

• How to tell your significant other about the mistakes in your past
• The importance of giving God time
• Do’s and don’ts of approaching friends you'd like to date
• Setting boundaries for chastity
• Should only men pursue women or can women pursue men too?

Resources

• Divine Mercy in My Soul- the Diary of St. Faustina
• The Other Side of Beauty
• Lux University