Madison Prewett Trout

And she's been wanting to be a wife and a mom since she was a little girl.

She says, I've watched my closest friends all get to be pregnant together and get married around the same time.

And I often ask God, when will it be my turn?

Any advice?

Yeah, you know, I feel like it's a difficult question because my heart comes with compassion and understanding, even though I

Listen, I was married at 20 years old and had three kids by 25.

So I feel a little bit like I don't want to sound like I'm just giving advice, but I've never had that struggle before.

But my heart comes with compassion for you.

But I think I've watched some of my friends that are

my age or a decade younger than me that have been praying for their husband and praying for family.

And some of them got that

a lot later in life than they were hoping, but some of them got that.

Like my best friend, she got married at 40 years old and had her one and only child at 41 years old.

And that happened way later than she wanted, but she got that.

And then I have other friends that are still in their 40s, still praying, still waiting, still desiring, still wanting.

And the thing is the Bible doesn't promise any of us

that we will have a spouse.

He calls some people to singleness.

And like you said, our greatest desire should be with the Lord.

But I understand that sometimes that actually feels like the disappointment and you're trying to reconcile how do I want to desire God so much so that