If you are a woman, whether you are married or single and whether or not you have physical children, there is a maternal spirit within your very nature. That maternal spirit has been given you by God Himself and is an essential part of His plan for reproducing His heart in the next generation. -…
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Making Room in Your World
I was eleven years old – bookish, imaginative, shy, average – when I met Bethany. I had outgrown any possible cuteness, but not yet grown into any possible maturity. Bethany was sixteen. She was beautiful, creative, ridiculously intelligent, and with an effortless poise that was never intimidating, only kind. Her bookshelves groaned under the weight…
Another Way to Look After Orphans
We settle into our seats at church, finally counting enough spaces for our large, mismatched family, and breathe a sigh of relief just before the music starts. As the music minister makes his way to the stage, a friend twists around and leans over her seat: “It’s official! We’re adopting!” This isn’t the first time…
letters to you, the girls we used to be
It’s so much easier to write a letter when you know who you’re writing it to.
A few months back, we asked you who read here at YLCF to introduce yourselves, to tell us who we are actually writing to. And you were so kind to oblige. You not only told us your age and relationship status, but you wrote about your family and your fears and your struggles. You told us how we could pray for you. And we felt so honored that you’d share.
Oh, Jerusalem
Oh Jerusalem, you’ve given me so much this weekend: adventure, good fellowship, a sun-burned nose, and a heart-full for pondering.
The Book That Changed My Life
I read it the first time when I was fifteen. I was enthralled with the title, with the woman, with the dream of someday being like her.
It was not an easy book to read.
Kisses from Katie: Review
Through the highs and the lows of her story, Katie writes with passion for God. It’s not a passion that says that everyone should live her sort of life. It’s the sort of passion that inspires my faith in God and my love for Him and the people He’s put in my world.
around our table
In many ways, it feels like each of us are writing to “the girls we used to be.”
But we don’t want to be always looking back.
And that means getting to know you better—who you are now, not who we were at your age.
