"Snow Day!!! YAY!!!"
Working for an after school program I get to rejoice in the excitement of snow days!
So my morning checklist is this:
Chai Latte...check, Bible...check, Snuggled up on the couch...check
I was so excited to wake up and not rush anywhere. I could spend time reading and planning. Next weekend I will be hosting a mini girls "retreat" at my apartment for 7 high school girls. Yesterday I began to get really nervous as to what the weekend would look like and how I would be able to do it and I realized that it's not about me.
"But we impart a SECRET and HIDDEN WISDOM of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory..."What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him"--these things God has revealed to us through the SPIRIT. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God." 1 Corinthians 2:7-10
It's not in my control...God provided those 7 girls and will provide the Spirit to work through me. It's not about me! There is nothing I can say or do that will allow these girls to know and understand what beauty within your heart means. I am so excited to see how the Lord will use this great opportunity!!
After to listening to Carolyn Mahaney speak on "Beauty" I was overwhelmed to see more of what the Lord wanted me to share with the girls next weekend!!
The main passage that she spoke from was 1 Peter 3:3-4
"Do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear--but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet Spirit, which in God's sight is very precious."
This passage shows that a Christian woman should focus on her inner (hidden) beauty of the heart not getting caught up in things of this world. Now Peter is not literally prohibiting all braiding of hair or all wearing of gold jewelry because if that were the case the same prohibition would apply also to wearing clothing!! He is saying to not be consumed by it. If you follow the Lord then the rest will fall into place, you will want to Glorify him! Peter is saying that your beauty should be that of a gentle and quiet Spirit, someone who TRUSTS God.
Beauty is about living a life completely devoted to the Lord. I find it hard to have that gentle and quiet Spirit at times, but the peace and knowing that his LOVE is EVERLASTING is so wonderful and Beautiful! Without him nothing would be possible...
Now for the rest of my day off...
I am going to enjoy a movie day with my dear friend Katie Lewis...
Wait for the arrival of sweet Adeline while Missing Jordan and Hannah (lame snow!)...
Begin brainstorming for Next Weekend...
Maybe Read a book in Between...
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