https://www.middlegroundmelb.com.au/middle-ground-blog daily 0.75 2026-01-25 https://www.middlegroundmelb.com.au/middle-ground-blog/2026youryearoflove monthly 0.5 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d27c563fa9224b1e7bf310/477dc5ff-e731-4c46-a226-a2bcecc2062b/Screenshot+2026-01-25+at+3.57.02%E2%80%AFpm.png Middle Ground Blog - Top 10 Tips to Make 2026 Your Year to Find Love I want to start this honestly. 2025 was a year of extremes for me - falling in love, believing it might finally be my turn, and then walking through heartbreak when it ended. There were moments of real joy, and moments that left me questioning my discernment, my energy, and God’s timing. One of the hardest thoughts I carried was this quiet fear: What if that was my one chance? A few months later I was back on the apps, trying to connect, having conversations that stalled, and not really moving forward. It was discouraging and it made me realise I didn’t want to step into another year doing the same things and hoping for a different result. So for 2026, I’m choosing intention over autopilot. Not just in finding love, but in how I grow, heal, show up, and stay open to God and to people. Every new year carries a quiet hope for something more -more connection, more joy, more love. Come and join our membership community today!! https://www.middlegroundmelb.com.au/middle-ground-blog/2026plans monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d27c563fa9224b1e7bf310/9f646998-2b5f-49e2-9e16-b0572fae6b1f/pexels-tara-winstead-8383491.jpg Middle Ground Blog - Planning the Year Ahead as a Single (Without New Year’s Resolutions) - Surrender Before Strategy Before I plan the year ahead, I look back. For me, this past year has been both beautiful and tough - the kind of year that holds joy and ache at the same time. T here were new job pressures, creative momentum and music wins I’m deeply grateful for… and there was also falling in love, and then experiencing unexpected heartbreak. It’s tempting to rush past a year like that, to tidy it up quickly and move on. But I’ve learned it’s worth slowing down and processing it all with God. So I sit with Him and reflect honestly. Not glossing over it. Not beating myself up either. Just telling the truth. https://www.middlegroundmelb.com.au/middle-ground-blog/singlechecklist monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d27c563fa9224b1e7bf310/3c439059-0394-455c-b250-57bcaa7a3c44/pexels-elevate-1267708.jpg Middle Ground Blog - Is it wrong to have ‘the checklist’ when dating? - Psalm 37:4 encourages us to delight in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our heart. This is echoed with a prayer in Psalm 20:4, where it says, “may he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.” What does it mean to delight in the Lord? I invite you to sit with that for a minute. To delight in Him means that we focus our gaze firmly and wholeheartedly on Him, not for what you want Him to do, but for who He is. https://www.middlegroundmelb.com.au/middle-ground-blog/isthephysicalimportant monthly 0.5 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68d27c563fa9224b1e7bf310/f01c0fa6-6c25-4fc0-9228-33237c8fd416/pexels-inga-sv-3394237.jpg Middle Ground Blog - Is physical attraction and outward appearance important when dating? - The age old saying, ‘beauty is but skin deep’ still rings true and the bible refers to this idea on a number of occasions. In Proverbs 31:30, it speaks of the importance of not being swayed by a person’s charm and that beauty fades. 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