If you're a widow or widower, you've probably been asked this familiar question.

Are you ever going to remarry?

You know, there's nothing wrong with the question itself, but may I tell you how it sounds to my ears

when I'm asked, and I'm only speaking for Francie here.

I'm not speaking for all of widow kind out there.

But it sounds like this to me. Francie, when are you going to

become whole again? Or how about this? Francie, when are you going to stop being single? Or how about this one?

Francie, what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

Welcome. doing in a place like this. Welcome to Keep the Heart podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker known for sharing biblical insights

that are practical and inspiring.

Now back to today's valuable study.

Now that last statement was meant to sound a bit off-key. People don't ask me what's a nice

girl like you do it in a place like this, but the mind, it hears different things. When people ask

a widow or widower if they'd ever remarry, it does somewhat imply that we're stuck in the bad

part of town of life, and we need to do something to get out of that place. Now, guaranteed,

not everyone means it that way, but it is possible for it to come across that way.

Remember that perception is reality. There's a lot of truth to that statement. This may come as a

surprise to some, but not all widows and widowers dislike their singlehood. Most humans despise loneliness, but there's a

difference between loneliness, which is a feeling, versus being alone, which is a condition.

I have experienced severe, painful bouts of loneliness, but then God comes along after I've

suffered enough, and he sweeps it away with

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