Virtuous Daughters

*Sorry about that, dear girls! It was just brought to my attention that somehow day 15 was never uploaded. I deeply apologize for that! Here it is!

Challenge #15

Greetings dear Girls,

  I pray you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and had a day full of giving Yahweh the glory and praise for what He has done in your life! I know I had a wonderful day and certainly had a lot to be thankful for!

  Today I would like to finish our first verse, which means including both the word “vaunteth” and “puffed up” as I believe they are pretty much the same definitions.  Or atleast, they are very similar to each other and dealing with the same problem.

But, before we go on let’s first reread our verse in 1 Corinthians 13;

1 Corinthians 13:4, “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,” 

Strong’s definition puts the word vaunteth and being puffed up this way:

 1) to boast one’s self

 2) a self display, employing rhetorical embellishments in extolling

    one’s self excessively

2) to inflate, blow up, to cause to swell up

    2a) to puff up, make proud

    2b) to be puffed up, to bear one’s self loftily, be proud

And the Webster’s dictionary puts them like this:

1)    Boast; a vain display of what one is or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity.

1)    Driven out suddenly, as air or breath; blown up; swelled with air; inflated with vanity or pride; praised.

Do you get the general idea, girls? Basically, this verse is saying that if we love each other, we will not have a prideful or vain attitude.  We will not go out of our way to draw attention to ourselves, but instead, we will have a humble spirit.  We won’t do something just to have someone praise us, but instead, we will do it just because we love that person. We won’t show off. 

Girls, have you struggled with being vain and prideful? Have you been doing things only to get the praise from another, or have you been doing things because you know it would truly bless another, even if they never know it is you? Do you only do things that others will take notice of and praise you for? Or, do you live a Godly life, even behind closed doors? What is your life truly like, when no one outside of your family sees you? Do you live a two-faced life, one when around friends, and one when around your family? What about your relationship with Yahweh? Do you serve and love Yahweh (living a life that is pleasing to Him), even behind closed doors, or do you live a life for Him, only when others will notice? What about the way you dress, girls? Do you dress in a pleasing manner to Yahweh, or are you living a life trying to attract attention to ones self and how “beautiful” you are? Are you vain, girls?

As you go about your day today and over this weekend, I want you to be thinking about these questions.  Go before Yahweh and really search out the reasons why you do everything in life.  And remember, if you truly love those around you (and this includes your parents and your God), you will live a life centered on the Messiah and pleasing Him, not the world.

May Yahweh richly bless you this preparation day and reveal to you just why you do, what you do.

Love always,

Samantha