Posted by: whatsoever on: June 16, 2008
We’re girls. We have hearts. And they tend to beat to a pretty romantic, dreamy, emotional rhythm. But that’s okay, because that’s just how girls are, right?
But what if our hearts steer us wrong? Could they steer us wrong?
Suzanne Hadley reminds us that the heart is deceitful above all things. There’s only one true guidepost [...]
Posted by: whatsoever on: July 16, 2007
A friend recently shared a quote from C.T. Studd, a cricketer who turned missionary in the late 1800s. He wrote to tell his mother about the girl he would soon marry:
I suppose you want to know about her. Well, to tell you the truth, I can’t tell you much except about her spiritual life and [...]
Posted by: whatsoever on: July 2, 2007
Michael Lawrence has posted a follow-up article to his introductory look at physical attraction and how it should influence a Christian’s choice of a marriage partner. I’m Just Not Attracted to Her Part II looks at how our perception of beauty is largely a result of our culture’s influence. Christians are often called to be counter-cultural; [...]
Posted by: whatsoever on: June 25, 2007
Christian women all over the planet often lament that it’s hard to understand what makes a woman truly beautiful when the world screams out its own bizarre and, for the most part, unattainable standard of beauty. It’s even harder to break through the confusion when the church itself, and Christian men who populate it, help push [...]
Posted by: whatsoever on: October 10, 2006
It is a lovely rainy day here, the first real rain of this season in our dry part of the world. The pot belly stove is crackling away and as I stood, a moment ago, toasting myself in its heat and watching the rain beating the pavers outside, I began to reflect upon the [...]
Posted by: whatsoever on: October 10, 2006
Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.
WHAT does it mean to be a virtuous woman? What is virtue? These are the questions I asked myself embarking on the study of this topic. Virtue… To me, it’s always been one of those beautiful old-fashioned words rich with significance, an inspirational [...]
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