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Gracious Living & Purity By Natalie Stephans
Dear gentle friends, I have lately had
my heart focused on attaining grace and purity in my life and wanted
to share with each one of you what God has put on my heart.
But the path of the just is as the
shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Proverbs 4:18
My heart has been breaking as I see
so many stories of how our young girls feel of so little worth in
today's world. They struggle with unthinkable problems due to the most
damaging low self esteem. I see these beautiful young ladies hurting
their very souls in so many demoralizing ways! I just want to reach
out to them and hug them! I want to cry with them, but most
importantly I want to tell them that they do matter...that God made
each one of them out of His deep profound love for them and He longs
to help... if only they would reach out their hand to Him!
We have lost our way dear readers in so
many ways...and the scars of childhood carry over to adulthood. But I
am here to tell you "all is not lost"! There is a loving Father that
will guide you and help you heal. No matter what your past may hold,
you my dear friends, are precious to God and let me encourage you to
seek higher ground and a better path. You can seek a purity in
life..it is not popular to chose what is pure, but you will find
freedom in seeking all that is good, honest and true. It is never too
late to be a woman of grace and beauty, you are not so far gone
that Christ can't come into your life and help you!! Just seek Him and
you will find Him! (John 3-16)
And beside this, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue, and to virtue, knowledge...2 Peter 1:5
When I think of the women of the past I
think of the great women of virtue, they sacrificed so much for their
families. My grandmother was a lady of grace and beauty. She
worked very hard to cook wonderful meals for all of her large family,
her and I would walk around her garden and glean walnuts to use later,
she raised chickens and took care of bee hives for honey and
pollination, she was always working in her garden, she would
grow vegetables for her family and pick roses for her home, she sewed
my mothers clothes and taught me how to sew a button when I was 5!
She stood up for the poor and needy, she said what she believed to be
honest and true. She was a woman of grace and dignity! Sacrifices--
she made so many of them!! I see a goodness and purity in sacrifice
and putting others needs before your own. I wish others could see the
beautiful glory in sacrifice as well, sadly many do not...
Each one of you is a diamond, a
true jewel to God. You are worthy and so very loved. You did not read
this by mistake! Grace and purity may seem old fashioned but let me
tell you some of us will travel the road less traveled. Be a woman of
greatness, be a woman of grace, seek pureness in all things. God has a
marvelous way of putting truth before our eyes and if your reading
this, purity and grace are attainable for you too! You are each in my
prayers dear gentle readers. I pray God will show you the best path
for your life. The path to gracious living and purity! You are so
beautiful to me!
By Natalie Stephens |