Thank you to all who have contributed to our Single-Minded series! It has been a joy to see the many ways in which God has been working in the lives of young women who are wholly devoted to Him. You have been an active part in ‘spurring one another on to love and good works’,…
Archive | April, 2010
Single-Minded, Part Five
Way back in February we asked our unmarried ladies some questions: What are you doing with your single days? How are you focusing on the Lord and your relationship with Him? How are you maintaining your pursuit of the Main Thing in the midst of desire? In what ways have you learned contentment? What wonderful…
Better full than empty
It was the week before Thanksgiving. I was taking advantage of the sales to finish my Christmas shopping. It was one of my first attempts at shopping alone with two little girls in tow. The aisles of boutique shops are rarely wide enough for two people to stand side by side, let alone for a…
Sifted
I’ve been thinking about sifting lately. Harvest comes first, then threshing and winnowing. And finally, sifting. When I was in Israel, I saw a whole series of rustic, round sifters, the woven mesh finer on each one. The object: filtering out chaff, stalks, sticks, rocks, and leaving nothing but grain. It reminds me of a…
Of Men & Marriage
Don’t rush. Marriage is not a place at which you will “arrive” but a season which will come in His time. Don’t spend all your time wishing you were married. Marriage is not the end goal of life. Don’t sit around waiting for your man to come. “Marriage is not your highest calling.” Don’t fall…
She Left Her Water Jar
by: Rachelle Rea I have always been attracted to the story of the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4, perhaps because our first meetings with Jesus were so similar: a thirsty and hopeless heart living an ordinary day suddenly transformed by an extraordinary encounter with the Savior of the world. Jesus went out…
I Do Not Know…
I do not know who, In years that are yet to come, May look upon my life When theirs has just begun And see the moments I have lived, See the path that I have gone, And mold their footsteps after mine And follow the sketch of life I’ve drawn. I do not know but…
Is Modesty Immaterial?
When we talk of modesty, I always think of the story Elisabeth Elliot told of the Auca Indians. They wore nothing but a string around their bellies. But to them, the neighboring tribe who was lacking that tiny bit of adornment was walking around stark naked and terribly immodest. That did not mean that Elisabeth…
Astounded
Yes, I know that sounds pretty drastic. But really, I didn’t expect spring to arrive quite so suddenly. You’d think that once we started having a couple warm days, there might be a few tentative shoots, a few sprigs, a faint flush of green in the lawn. I mean, at the beginning of this week,…
Waiting for David, Part Two
by Abbie For Part One, click here. My pastor was teaching on a topic that (ironically enough) seemed to go hand-in-hand with the temptation I was struggling with. The teaching was on I Samuel, and one thing my pastor said stuck with me. He said, “Don’t settle for 2nd or 3rd or even 4th best,…
