Isn't this an INSPIRING image?? It makes me think of a song that I learned as a child:
Whenever I hear the song of a bird
Or look at the blue, blue sky,
Whenever I feel the rain on my face
Or the wind as it rushes by,
Whenever I touch a velvet rose
Or walk by our lilac tree,
I’m glad that I live in this beautiful world
Heav’nly Father created for me.
He gave me my eyes that I might see
The color of butterfly wings.
He gave me my ears that I might hear
The magical sound of things.
He gave me my life, my mind, my heart:
I thank him rev’rently
For all his creations, of which I’m a part.
Yes, I know Heav’nly Father loves me.
~ Clara W. McMaster
Heavenly Father loves us so much and I need to learn that he is just trying to make me more like HIM, and I need to be grateful for HIM trying to help me!! When I stop to think of it... I realize ALL that HE has given me and I am in AWE!!! I just need to think of it more often!! I have been so irritable today and I don't know why, but I just think... God is just trying to train me for HIS glory!! May we all be open to HIS ways and patient in trying to overcome our faults!!
Alex
With Crystal's permission I am posting the three things that she suggests on her CD for single young women to do while waiting... BUT really anyone could do them! They are wonderful things for us all to develop and cultivate!!
1) Cultivate contentment and a grateful spirit
2) Deepen your relationship with Christ
3) Develop a servant's heart
Singleness is a time that you have a lot more time than you will later when you are married and have a family, SO devote this time to the LORD!!!!
Alex
This is SUCH a wonderful CD!! You can order it from biblicalwomanhood.com for $8.97, and it is WELL worth the money!! I don't think that you can read the subtitle, but it says "The Incredible Potential and Possibilities for Unmarried Women". As Crystal Paine says so wisely: "I believe that God has something so much greater for Christian young women today than following the careerism, consumerism, humanism, and feminism that the world wants to offer you.” There is SO much for young girls to do besides just WAITING for prince charming... we need to work on becoming PRINCESS CHARMING!!
I've recently been reading "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" and came across a wonderful quote about how important it is to WAIT on God's timing:
"...we've lost sight of the biblical principle of seasons (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). Just as spring's role is different from that of fall, so each of the seasons of our lives has a different emphasis, focus, and beauty. One is not better than another; each season yeilds its own unique treasures. We cannot skip ahead to experience the riches of another life season any more than a farmer can rush the spring. Each season builds on the one before it. Like a fruit picked green or a flower picked before it blossoms, our attempts to rush God's timing can spoil the beauty of HIS plan for our lives." Josh Harris
I've been kind of struggling lately with wanting to have things happen in MY time, but I am striving to realize that what GOD has in store for me is FAR better than anything I could have planned!! I don't need to try to rush anything, but patiently REJOICE in every season of my life!! May we all learn to be patient and wait on Heavenly Father's perfect time....
Alex
Hello everyone at homeschool blogger!! I am new to blogging so I don't know how much I am actually going to be doing, but I love to write and would love to get some opinons on different topics!
Here are a few things that I LOVE:
I love to read, especially Lousia May Alcott and the scriptures.
I am committed to courtship and would like to know HOW you can best get ready for it!
I would love to be able to sew and do a little bit... but I love to knit and make things for my hope chest.
I have a passion for Beautiful Girlhood and how important it is to prepare during that time for your future.
I love to learn, ESPECIALLY how to be more self-suffcient.
I love homeschool and am starting to help my mom teach my younger siblings.
I love to learn Heirloom Crafts such as spinning and weaving.
I am striving to prepare now for my future family by learning the homemaking arts.
I love my Savior and strive daily to become more like him!!
I would love to meet some of you here on homeschool blogger and hear some of the things that you love!! 