In our previous meeting, we talked about one of the main reasons why God put us here on earth- to be lights for Him in the midst of a crooked and perverse world (Phil 2:15), and the need for young people to realise that they aren't too young to start living strong for God in their youth. Our society may not expect much of young people, but God designed us to be capable of glorifying Him from a young age (1 Tim 4:12).
This past Saturday, we talked about one of ways that we can live strong for God-by honouring and submitting to our authorities, especially our parents. Here are a few points we covered:
1. God has not placed authorities over us to stifle and restrict us, but bless and benefit us. Through our parents, we receive:
- Protection- just like an umbrella protects us from rain, our parents protect us from all kinds of dangers, be it physical or spiritual
- Provision- for our daily needs
- Training - Proverbs 23: 22-23
- Correction - Proverbs 15:5
2. Many girls and ladies want to be beautiful. Did you know that God has given us a "beauty tip" in the Bible? 1 Peter 3:3-5 says that our beauty should come from a "meek and quiet spirit"- that was what made the godly women of the Bible, like Sarah and Rebekah, truly beautiful! They were beautiful because they trusted God and were submissive to their husbands (their authority).
3. Submission is more than just obedience because it is not an outward action, but an attitude of the heart.
4. Each of us are like rough diamonds. God uses our parents to polish, cut and chisel us so that we become beautiful diamonds that reflect His light in every way.Submission isn't easy, but God promises us grace if we choose to be humble. (James 4:6)
We made a fridge magnet to help remind ourselves about true beauty that comes from submission. Everyone really enjoyed this craft (so much so that we didn't really have time for snacks! :) )
It was also great to have two more friends join us for this meeting - Jasmine and Huey Wern. Hope to see all of you again in two week's time! :)
5 comments:
what an important lesson! i really like how you sumarized it...nice pictures to (the craft is so pretty!). :o)
Thanks for the encouragement, Chelsea! We had fun with the craft. :) I miss talking to you!
This is so exciting Christine! It seems like such a long, long lifetime ago that I was sitting at the same table doing origami with Auntie Ann. :) This is a Bright Lights group I have really been praying for and it's exciting to see it coming together! Woohoo! :)
hey christine and angelyn!! i love your blog and the stuff you've been putting up! it's reallllly awesome:) haha. may GOD BLESS YOU abundantly as you serve Him through this. :) and i agree with chelsea that the craft is really pretty:) you guys in malaysia are dearly missed:)
<3 danielle from singapore:)
Hi Christine! It's really encouraging to hear about your group. Looks like a very sweet group of girls! It's neat that you have this blog so that we can keep in touch and find out what is happening. May God continue to bless you richly!
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