Dear Lord, how do you teach a girl? I want my girls to be strong and faithful. I want them to follow you and believe that they are bought at a price, expensive, worthy, worth it. I want them to be confident in the person you made them to be. How do I teach them that? I spent 6 years pursuing a career in scientific research, proving I was smart enough. Would I have been better off staying in my career? Showing my girls that women can be strong and successful in that way? Or am I more able now, to show them what it looks like to serve the least, to wash feet, to seek out the lost of this world. Can I show my girls, by spending more time with them, what it looks like to be a godly woman, capable of many things, choosing to use her resources for your kingdom? Will they see that? Am I really enough to send that message? Can I stop looking at myself in the mirror so they don't perceive that a woman's appearance is all that matters? Can I show enough patience with them as they learn and grow that I don't crush their tender spirits? And yet discipline them enough so that they learn how to make good choices? What woman could achieve these things? Who is strong enough, wise enough, disciplined enough? Surely it is impossible. But through you, Lord, all things are possible. Somehow my mom, through seeking your face, was able to raise me so beautifully. If she can do it, I can do it, right? And my girls for their children, and so on down the line. Lord, help me to be a good mom. Help me to raise my girls to know you and love you. Keep their hearts always consecrated to you. I love you so much, Lord.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
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