Perhaps I should begin with a disclaimer. None of the qualities I hope to describe below can be applied as easily as make-up and mascara. Because this kind of beauty deals with “the hidden person of the heart,” simply touching up the physical won’t cut it. We cannot live out the beauty of biblical womanhood [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections, Scripture on January 9th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In the spirit of my last post, I found this video to be quite validating to a few of the points I hoped to make. This is just a taste of the twisted tactics the world uses to define for us what beauty is. May we understand and remember that true beauty should be more [...]
Filed under: Femininity on January 8th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I awkwardly steered my overloaded shopping cart into a checkout aisle and patiently waited for the line to dissolve. Grocery shopping always exhausts me. Maybe it’s because I wait until we are scrapping the cupboards for breadcrumbs before I head to the store, forcing me to create my own mini-Everest inside a shopping cart. (New [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections on January 7th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
(This is a follow-up to my questions post from a dew days ago. I have decided to break some of the questions into individual posts for space and clarity.)
Kit (echoed by Jen and Camille) asked: “How in the world do we as women deal with our crazy up and down emotions, particularly from a Biblical [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections, Scripture on May 18th, 2009 | 12 Comments »
“Wimpy theology makes wimpy women … Wimpy theology simply does not give a woman a God that is big enough, strong enough, wise enough, and good enough to handle the realities of life in a way that magnifies the infinite worth of Jesus Christ. Wimpy theology is plagued by woman-centeredness and man-centeredness. Wimpy theology doesn’t [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Gospel, Quotes on January 28th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
While recently perusing though an old journal, I was confronted by a barrage of weeping entries declaring the overwhelming assumption that God had surely abandoned me… or at least that was how it felt. Waves of feelings were chronicled that I now realize resulted from a steady reliance on emotional footing.
I did find, and still [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections, Scripture on January 9th, 2009 | 17 Comments »
A few months ago, I received an email from a young woman asking for tips on how to stay pure. She writes:
I found your blog while googling the quote: “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man has to seek Him first to find her.” I am 20 years old and have a [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections, Scripture, Singleness on December 10th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I'm Kaysie, 22. Jesus follower. Lover of sunshine, trees, hot tea, books, music, family, the gospel, poetry and Barnes and Nobles. Has a weird obsession with paper. Over-analyzes almost everything. Adores simplicity. Lucky for you. More?
