7 daughters. 7 sisters. 7 amazing best friends.
Each is unique...wonderfully made! Each will leave their imprint in this world.
Lord, may that imprint serve to glorify you! May they live set apart lives, pure because of you!
"As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
since it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy.'"
1 Peter 1:15
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
Proverbs 31:30
We went out to Starbucks, us girls. We chatted over hot chocolate and chai about Titus 2 and Proverbs 31, how things are going at home, and what we'd like to invest in more. We sipped and spoke like girlfriends do and my life sort of flashed before my eyes. Not only was I filled with gratitude for what already is...but to think of what will be, all the more.
These 7 daughters...sisters...friends are a gift from the Lord, a precious ministry to pour into, a support system for each other and for me. There are times when my girls hold me up in my tears and times when I wipe away theirs. There are times for correction or instruction and times for laughing at ourselves in play. There is complete candidness in friendship with these 7. We live together after all!
I'm stunned by the incredible privilege to be surrounded daily by these pillars of God's grace, each one so beautiful from the
inside out in their own God-ordained ways, each chiseled by the master Carpenter, being prepared for His personalized plans.
How exciting to get to take part in the preparation!
It's no small task, I'm aware...and I love every aspect of the responsibility!
"Older women...are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled."
Titus 2:3-5
I thank the Lord for designing our family in just the way He's planned to be best. His ways are perfect and intentional.
When I think of Willow coming to join us and I dream of our future together as the women, the keepers of our home(s),
I'm challenged and I'm extremely thankful for these blessings in my life, these daughters...sisters...friends.
"May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace."
Psalm 144:12
