✨ Welcome to Deserts & Gardens Podcast! ✨

In Episode 039, we're unpacking a tough but necessary truth: getting married won’t fix your problems. From insecurity and addiction to emotional baggage and unhealed wounds, marriage has a way of magnifying what’s already there—not erasing it. If you’re single, dating, or even already married, this episode will challenge you to take a deeper look at your expectations, do the heart work, and invite God into the healing process.

📖 Key Topics:

• Why marriage reveals more than it resolves

• The dangers of using a relationship to escape brokenness

• God’s role in healing and wholeness

• Practical steps for preparing your heart for marriage—or strengthening it within

📖 Key Verses:Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it?”
Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Psalm 139:23-24 – “Search me, God, and know my heart... see if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

💬 Let’s keep the conversation going:
Have you ever expected marriage to “fix” something in your life? What has God revealed to you about healing and wholeness in your current season?

📚 Recommended Resources:📖 Books on Faith & Prioritizing God:Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts by Les & Leslie Parrott – https://www.amazon.com/shop/miaashmen/list/26ECAHQ638ZHA?ref_=aipsflistHabits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley – https://www.amazon.com/shop/miaashmen/list/26ECAHQ638ZHA?ref_=aipsflist🎙 Conferences & Spiritual Growth Resources:Weekend to Remember by FamilyLife – https://www.familylife.com/weekend-to-remember/Focus on the Family Spiritual Growth – https://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/📱 Bible Study & Devotions:Bible App Devotional on Prioritizing God – https://www.bible.com/reading-plans-collection/200-marriageGotQuestions? Biblical Answers on Spiritual Growth – https://www.gotquestions.org/📌 Subscribe for more faith-based conversations!👍 Like this video if it encouraged you!🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss an episode.🎙️ LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/3LTBmCOalhir5UyjQcL8U9?si=5427cbb9ec4e432a🎙️ LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/deserts-and-gardens/id1799717957CONNECT WITH US:👉🏽 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @MiaAshmen ✨📩 For inquiries: [email protected] 📬📺 Subscribe & join the fam: https://www.youtube.com/@MiaAshmen 🔔📷 Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/miaashmen/ 💕🛍️ Shop my LTK finds: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/MiaAshmen 🤎🎵 Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@miaashmen 💃🏽🛒 Etsy Shop: https://fearflywondrflymade.etsy.com ✨📦 Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/miaashmen 🏡BRAND COLLABS & DISCOUNTS:🕶️ FIRMOO: https://bit.ly/3WamPD4 → Promo Code: SIEW50🙏🏽 SEEK JESUS: https://seekjesus.co/pages/go?ref=7491:677524&discount=Ashmen20 → Promo Code: ASHMEN20👜 EFFORTLESS ESSENTIALS: https://effortlessessentialsco.com/?ref=xxicesqr → Promo Code: MIA15📖 ALABASTER CO: https://alabasterco.com/ → Promo Code: alb-miaashmen for 15% off✨ If you made it this far, thank you & Jesus loves you! 😊💕