“I am glad I have daughters. You must hear this: Glad. They are strong and smart and serene. They know what their bodies are capable of. They know what men’s bodies are capable of. They are not afraid of your sons. And neither am I. They will know if your sons are worthy of their attention because their father’s example has hard-wired them to recognize character. Instead of intimidating someone else’s sons at the front door, he has wooed the hearts of his daughters every day of their lives. I am glad I have daughters, and by God’s grace the father of their husbands will be glad I had them, too.”
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“A real woman……seeks to make God her number one desire and the Lover of her soul, knowing that only He can fully satisfy. (Psalm 73:25, Psalm 63:1)
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“Many mothers keep journals for their children, recording significant events in the child’s life and jotting down sentiments and memories. Although I include similar anecdotes, I am seeking to write a journal which will encourage and strengthen the faith journey of the little girl who reads it.”
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“My first daughter was born last year, shortly after my 40th birthday. I hope to be around for another 40 years, to walk as her companion through the many stages of a woman’s life. But I don’t take it for granted that I will be.
I have already started a library for her, filled with books about faith, biblical womanhood, marriage, and motherhood. I hope we will read them and talk about them together. If that isn’t part of God’s plan for her, then I pray she will read them herself and glean much wisdom and guidance from them.”
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“In a recent post on the Q Ideas blog, Rachel Held Evans tackles the ever popular (or unpopular) topic of modesty. After presenting varying spectrums of the modesty discussion, she comes to this conclusion:
“And so biblical modesty isn’t about managing the sexual impulses of other people; it’s about cultivating humility, propriety and deference within ourselves.”
Often, she says, the modesty discussion centers on shaming a woman for having a curvy figure or a beautiful frame. But she sees the exhortations for modesty in the Bible as focusing more on a modesty of spirit, rather than dress. The female body is beautiful and we can’t get away from that.
Is the common exhortation to dress modestly failing to recognize the beauty of the female body?”
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