Hey everyone it's Leslie Ludi host of the Set-A-Part-Grel podcast biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today I'm really excited to talk to you about five key qualities in a set- apart woman.

Since this is part of our relationship series, these are some of the most important

qualities to cultivate in your life before you're married and even after marriage as well.

And for men, there are also the most important qualities to

look for in a godly wife so these are things that I feel are absolutely crucial to a

woman living a set apart life and being marriage ready.

Now you may not be the finished product of all these qualities this site of heaven,

in reality none of us will be.

But if you aim your life in this direction and by God's grace let him

build these things within the fabric of your character, then you will have an

amazing foundation for a strong marriage and for godly character. The first quality to

cultivate or to ask God to cultivate in your life is to become completely

fulfilled in Christ. I know I've touched on this in other episodes as well, but it is absolutely the foundation of

set apart womanhood, finding your fulfillment in Christ. And I've shared the story before about a group of young people who came to Eric and I

and they were all singles but they were in a marriage and family training program

and they were being told not to raise their expectations too high for marriage

and that marriage will be a disappointment and they shouldn't expect a fairy tale

and they came to us to ask us our opinion because they said you know we've been

waiting and saving ourselves our

whole lives so that we could have a stronger and more beautiful marriage and now

these Christian leaders are telling us that marriage really isn't that great. And Eric and I looked at our

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