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Living as an Adult Daughter at Home

3/28/2022

 
"Waiting on the Lord" Series
by Kelly
from Virtuous Daughters, January 2016~Volume 15, Number 10

​What a great joy it is to be a woman! God certainly had a marvelous plan in mind when he created each of us. We are born into a family and we normally grow up there with love, protection and provision. Our direction in life is usually very clear.

​My oldest sister married not too long after she graduated from high school; therefore her direction in life was very obvious. Not all of us, however, will marry quite so young. If we don’t marry right after graduation, does this leave us with no purpose in life? Has God abandoned us? Of course not! (Hebrews 13:5b...“I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”) 

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A Vision Worth Holding Onto

2/28/2022

 
"Waiting on the Lord" Series
by Kristin
from Virtuous Daughters, November 2015~Volume 15, Number 8

​First of all, I would like to start by saying that I will be preaching to myself. If you happen to benefit from it, that’s great. I most certainly have not “arrived,” and my guess is that I will not be arriving anytime soon.
 
Ever since I was little, I have always wanted to be married and have a family. When I was around 10 years old, I figured I would be married by 20, so I just had to wait 10 more years!!! Well, I just had my 32nd birthday, and no Prince Farming…(Yes, I meant that. I’d rather have a farmer than a charmer.) Needless to say, singleness has been, and continues to be, one of the greatest struggles of my life. So I’m going to share with you a few thoughts that I hope will turn your eyes (and mine!) back to the faithfulness of our Lord Jesus Christ…

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"How Long 'Till the Baby Comes?"*

9/6/2021

 
by Cheryl S.
from Virtuous Daughters, July 2002~Volume 2, Number 4

​Poem written by Mrs. Cheryl S
Lovingly for Brittany

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"Daddy, Please Lead Me"

6/28/2021

 
by Shawna
from Virtuous Daughters, June 2009~Volume 9, Number 3


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"Together"

6/21/2021

 
by Mrs. B
​from Virtuous Daughters, June/July 2020~Volume 20, Number 2

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"Somebody's Mother"

5/17/2021

 
anonymous
from Virtuous Daughters, October 2001~Volume 1, Number 7


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"My Mother"*

5/10/2021

 
by Brittany S.
from Virtuous Daughters, December 2004~Volume 4, Number 9

A song written by Brittany to her mother; consider writing your mother a song for Christmas, too!

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"I am a Daughter"

2/15/2021

 
by Elizabeth L.
from Virtuous Daughters, April 2015~Volume 15, Number 1


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"A Daughter Highly Prized"

1/4/2021

 
by Mrs. Linda S.
from Virtuous Daughters, June 2015~Volume 15, Number 3


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Silence Isn't Always Golden

10/19/2020

 
by Gina L.
from Virtuous Daughters, December 2017/January 2018 & February/March 2018~Volume 17, Number 5 & Volume 17, Number 6
"Panning for Gold" Proverbs 31 Study Series Part 17
~Proverbs 31:26~
The other day I changed my youngest daughter's sheets and bedding and decided to take off the rail that attaches to her mattress. Her mattress is on the floor because she has been known to roll so much in her sleep that she can roll off the end of the bed at times. I wanted to see if maybe she had outgrown the need for the bed rail and had stopped her rolling. I suppose I should have known better because I see her in all different positions in her bed at night, but I still persisted with my plan. As the night wore on, it was evident she still needed her boundary to keep herself safely and securely in bed. Before long, I found her half off the bed. I moved her back on, telling myself I would attach the rail the next day. Soon, though, I found her all the way off and figured that that moment was a good time to put the rail back on. After securing her boundary, I lifted her into bed, where she stayed nicely until she awoke the next day.

​When I lay down in my bed that night, it was with a new appreciation for that boundary--the bed rail--which held my sweet daughter so securely. In fact, I had peace because the rail was back on. It made me think of the need for a boundary, a rail, a gate for our mouths to hold in our words. I remember David asking God, "Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips." (Psalm 141:3) There are times I have done the same thing to the gate of my lips like I did with my daughter's rail that day. I didn't use it. Perhaps I didn't remember its great need, thinking maybe I had outgrown its use, and other times I just was not mindful to employ it, use it, or reestablish its worth and need. But we never grow out of the need to set a watch over our mouth and keep the door of our lips. In fact, Scripture says the tongue can't be tamed, though the wildest of animals can. (James 3:7-8) Wisdom involves staying within boundaries and also realizing the need for them. Gates save lives....if they are mindfully attended and shut at proper times. Likewise, we are wise to refrain our lips, spare our words, keep our mouths, study to answer, and bridle our mouths. (Proverbs 10:19, 17:27, 21:23, 15:28, 39:1) And yet, wisdom is not only found in the shutting of the mouth. It is found in the opening of it too. The Virtuous Woman knew this, for she is praised for the opening of her mouth with wisdom. 

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