Secret Keepers

A week and a half ago, the big girls and I and a bunch of mom friends and their daughters went to a program called Secret Keepers LIVE!  The program promotes beauty for young girls being defined by modesty and that true beauty comes from God.

In this day and age where 7 year olds look like 17 year olds, it was refreshing to hear from God's word about what is truly beautiful in a girl/women.  And none of it really has to do with the outside.  Yes, we should be neat and clean and properly dressed but that is not what defines true beauty.  God, in Scripture calls each one of us beautiful.  And He would know because He created each and everyone of us.

We got tips on dressing stylish yet modest.  And she challenged each young girl there to spend more time in God's word then she does looking in the mirror.  I thought that was cool!!

She explained, through a parable, that each girl is a Princess in the Kingdom of God.

Anyway, it was just nice to hear from another source that beauty is truly from the inside and that modesty is the way to go . . .

Vision

About three weeks ago, a visiting pastor mentioned that a church needs to have a vision. It helps to focus attention and resources. I think he probably went on to list a bunch of different types of visions depending on what type of church was being formed.

That got me thinking . . . how important it can be for a family to have a vision. So, I started thinking about and praying about a vision for our family. Something I can use to focus my attention and resources.

As I finished up reading Shepherding a Child's Heart, this paragraph was in one of the final chapters:

"Your heart's desire in every phase of child rearing is to see your children internalize the gospel. The desire in all your training, in all your entreaty, in all your correction and discipline, is to see your children come to the place where they have embraced the claims of Christian faith."

Thank you Tedd Tripp. That about summons it up for me . . .