Day 15 Lily's Purity and Future Spouse

Day 15~Lily's Purity and Future Spouse

Day 15....the last Sunday of this fast is over. We celebrated the last weekend of summer by taking the cousins and heading to Chuck e Cheese. The kids had a great time (me not so much, but that is what being a parent is about right? Self sacrifice and enjoying watching your kids be kids) and just enjoyed being kids, which leads me to the prayer topic of today....Lily's sexual purity and future spouse.

A couple months ago I read this great book called "How to keep the Little in your Little Girl" by Dannah Gresh. It talks a lot about the importance of the parental relationship and how that effects where your daughter seeks her affirmation from. This quote just really spoke it me and it comes from her research on sexual purity in teen girls:

"It turns out that across the board---more than any other factor---parent-child connectedness was the strongest risk reducer for teen sexual activity.....Parent-child connectedness can be defined as 'being closely bonded by common traditions and frequently occurring activities.' I think a good short definition would be 'intentional togetherness.'"

So this is what we are focusing on, to have a close enough relationship with our daughter that she does not feel like she has to get that physical attention from some one else. We are also focusing on modesty, as we want our daughter to respect her body and follow 1 Timothy 2:9-10 which says:

 "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God."

This is not just what God's word says but I also saw this awesome talk on you tube:

Again, it just shows me that God is not trying to kill everyone's joy ride but loves us so much that he wants what is best for us, and that is what I want for Lily. For her to be confident in herself, in who she is in Christ, so that she is not relying on dressing provocatively or sleeping around in order to fill any voids.

Ok for food today, we went to sizzler and had 11$ a plate fruit salad. Sooooo yeah, about ready to be done. But the end is in sight, and writing this blog helps so much with keeping focused on why we are doing this and how important it is. My family means the world to me and this is such a small sacrifice in the big picture that is silly to give up over something so meaningful.