Oh It's Ladies Night

     I just tucked ten of God's most beautiful creations into bed. I'm playing "mom" again for some of the weekend so tonight was officially ladies night (yes, I actually sang them the song..or bits and pieces at least). Our devotion time tonight was lady focused, hence why it was 'ladies night'...I will be honest I have struggled with whether or not to skip over the "girly topics" because these girls need the gospel, the true gospel. God has most definitely taken all the plans I had prepared to teach them and totally turned them upside down. After seeing the massive confusion of truth and scripture these girls are constantly bombarded with, I felt strongly that every night we should study a different passage that clearly explains God's redemptive power, because in my opinion, you can never get enough of the gospel. With that said, tonight I felt the Lord leading to have girl talk, and by His might alone, He completely turned girl talk into full fledged gospel talk. I had print out stick figure girls and got them to draw on the girl what they thought, or what the world considered, beautiful. Favorite answers of the night: "chubby cheeks", "long fingers like rakes" and "bushy eyebrows". After we laughed and giggled like girls do, I made them write across their entire page, PSALM 45:11..that says,

"The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your Lord."

      We talked about how God didn't mess up with he created you, how He has a plan and purpose for your life. My heart broke when my precious Loide asked, "What do you do when you always feel like you aren't beautiful and that no one loves you?" I told her that the only true comfort comes from Christ, how even if not a single person on this earth ever loved or cherished us, that God's love is greater. He is enough. Enough to fill every void. Every longing. Every desire. I shared with the girls possibly the most comforting verse in my life personally, a verse that brings me great joy, one that I clung to in some of the hardest times.

"For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things."

-Psalm 107:9

     We talked about 1 Peter 3:3-4 and how true beauty is found in the person of the heart. That desiring eternal things, that is what God finds precious.

"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."

     We concluded our time before bed with the gospel...that far more than all the beauty tricks this world has to offer, Jesus offers an everlasting remedy for the heart. And that is salvation in Him...God is truly at work here, that I am confident of.

A few more questions from the night were:

"Can we really ask whatever we wish in His name and it will be given to us?"

"Does God punish His children?"

"If God really does plan all things, can I blame Him for the death of a loved one?"

     Tough questions, but God is stirring up questions in their hearts. Thank you Father for drawing your children to yourself.