Christ's Valentine Petition

Would you like to be committed to being Christ's valentine?  Well then nows your chance, because Uniquely Fashioned for His Glory has started a petition.

The main goal is to see how many signiatures Moriah can get in order to see how many young ladies are willing to remain faithful to Christ... their Valentine, until their Prince Charming comes.

For more info about this petition check out the link in the beginning of this post.

Hugs from Texas,

Ali

What is a true young man?

Lately I have had the question "What is a true young man?" run through my head. This question made me stop and think, because honestly to tell you the truth I have never really thought about this before until now. So below is my answer to this question:

A true young man loves the Lord with all of his heart, soul, mind, and strength. He is not scared to tell everyone about his Savior. He puts others before him-self. He loves being part of God's army. He is willing to lay down his life for the Lord and his wife. He saves his whole heart for the young lady the Lord has for him. He loves to make his wife laugh. He takes his role as leader seriously. He comforts his wife when she is sad and lonely. He helps out around the house. He cooks dinner for his wife when she's sick or when the baby is born.

I'm sure I'll come up with other answers to this questions as the years go by!

If you have never come up with ways that you think a true young man should be, then I encourage you to do so. I'm sure I'll be keeping this list for the future, because these are some of the qualities that I want in my husband.

Hugs from Texas,
Alisha

Prince Charming's Princess

When your mom is in the kitchen doing what ever, does she ask you to come help her? My mom does…or at least she tries to. I haven’t been into the whole cooking in the kitchen and doing all the things that we as young women are supposed to do. When your mom asks you to peel potatoes and make the meatloaf, she is preparing you for the future. Does your mom ever ask you to watch your younger sibling while she’s grocery shopping, when you’re at the park, or when it’s your parent’s anniversary? Did you know that she is preparing you that way too? She wants you to watch your siblings so you’ll be ready when you have kids of your own someday. Even if that means you play with a baby doll and pretend that it’s hungry, needs a diaper change, or needs a nap. Are you having trouble being patient, because you want to meet you Prince Charming? There is a book my mom bought a two years ago called Before You Meet Prince Charming. This book is written by Sarah Mally, a young lady all for purity and is very obedient to the LORD. It tells you what to do when you are distracted or in other words, when you are daydreaming about the boy you have a crush on. It tells you the dangers of dating and having a boyfriend. This book has been really helping me with the struggles I am going through. Like daydreaming about the day my Prince Charming will come in and sweep me off of my feet. Or letting the thought of Man, God sure is taking a long time with the man he has for me! With these struggles it has been very hard to focus on my schoolwork, prepare for my Prince Charming, minister in the way God wants me to do, and most of all, REMAIN PURE! This book is appropriate for all ages, you will learn a lot out of this book that you never knew before.

A goal worth living for

What exactly is purity? I have been asked this question so many times. The answer is this: purity isn’t just saving all of the important firsts for your wedding day. It’s also being pure in body, heart, and mind. Being pure isn’t a set of rules some Christian set up for a better world. Being pure is how God orchestrated the single and married life. To me my heart is a precious gift, that I will one day be able to give to my Prince Charming. Miss Sarah Mally explains it like this:
Pretend you’re a princess and the King calls you to His throne and tells you, "My daughter in this bag are 100 (a candy of your choice). I want you to go into town and give the candy to a special person. Now you may go." Suppose you ask Him, "But Father, who is this special person?" But He won’t tell you. So you go into town, and along the way you see your friend. So you think to your-self, He has to be that special person, I’ll just give him one piece of candy just in case. Soon your walking along and you meet another person, so you think to your-self, Oh he has to be the one, but I’ll give him one piece of candy just in case. Pretty soon you have given almost the whole bag of candy away. Then suddenly you meet someone and you just know that he is the special person your Father told you about. When you hand him the bag of candy, he counts to make sure all 100 pieces are all a counted for. All of a sudden he has a very disappointed look on his face and he asks you, "Where’s the rest of the candy?" Then you have to tell him that you gave other people his candy along the way.

I wonder what the King thought when He heard that His daughter didn’t give that special someone ALL of the candy? This story is similar to what is going on today in our society. There are young men and women today who are going on dates and thinking to themselves, well she/he has to be the one. I don’t know about you, but I’d like to be able to stand at the altar on my wedding day and be able to give the man of my dreams my entire heart with no guilt.

If you would like to ask the Lord take control of your heart then below is a prayer I found while reading a book called A life of Faith: Millie Keith: Millie’s Faithful Heart:
Jesus, please hold my heart in Your hand. Don’t let me give it or any piece of it away. I want YOU to give it away in Your time, to the right person. Please hold it tight, lock it up, and keep the key. ~Amen~

PS. If you placed your heart in the hands of the Lord, I would love to know (if of course you would feel comfortable with it). If you want you can e-mail me or you can leave a comment.

A sister in Christ and in Purity,
Alisha

I Peter 3:1-4

"In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept Good News. Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over by watching your pure, godly behavior. Don't be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God."

These verses really spoke to me when I read them, mostly because I'm all about wanting prettier clothes than the clothes I have right now, or wanting the jewelry at JC Penny that's like way out of my price range (this want is very, very, very slim, because we RARELY go to JC Penny). I am also constantly bombarded with the thoughts like: I'm not as pretty as the actresses that I see on TV or I don't know how my parents can think I'm beautiful, not to mention God!

I have also been struggling with the gentle and quiet spirit. I am really working on this and constantly praying that the Lord will help me in this area in my life.

Also the verse that says "They will be won over by watching your pure godly behavior..." I wonder what my behavior looks like in the eyes of the young men around me. This section of the passage really gets me thinking. Because I never know if my Prince Charming is watching. I'm sure I struggle in this area as well, I constantly pray that the Lord will reveal any weak areas in my life.

*Hope y'all had a blessed Labor Day*

A sister in Christ and in purity,
Alisha

A neat challenge

Meredith over at Striving to Serve at Home is hosting a challenge. The challenge is to make meals and a side dish for your family, and post about it at least every Friday. Meredith will be posting her first meal this coming Friday.

To join her challenge go to her blog and post a comment saying you'd like to join. I have her blog on my blog roll, so you can just click there or you can click on this link: http://strivingtoserveathome.blogspot.com

This challenge is a perfect opportunity to prepare to be a WONDERFUL COOK for our Prince Charming. This is a challenge you don't want to miss!

Many blessings!

A sister in Christ and in purity,
Alisha

A Prayer That Can Change Your Life

Just recently I was reading my my favorite book, Millie's Faithful Heart (it's from the Millie Keith, a life of faith series) and found a prayer that I instantly fell in love with; a prayer for purity.

Jesus, please hold my heart in your hand. Don't let me give it or any piece of it away. I want YOU to give it away in Your time, to the right person. Please hold it tight, lock it up, and keep the key.

In a previous post ~ I told you that I made a vow to purity. Well, yes I told God that I was willing to wait and save myself for my Mr. Right, but I didn't ask God to guard my heart. When I came across this prayer I immediately grabbed a pen and wrote it down and said the prayer as well. I'm holding this one close to my heart!

I'm telling you, this prayer is worth it. In the end you'll be able to tell your Prince Charming that you've saved your WHOLE heart, just for him. Purity isn't just a bed of roses, there are a lot of temptations, but that's where you need to use the self control God has placed within you.

I pray I have encouraged you girls to save your whole heart for your Prince Charming. I'll be praying for you - please pray for me too!

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Tim 4:12

In Christ,
Alisha

My Vow To Purity

Lately my dad and I have been reading a book called Before You Meet Prince Charming by Sarah Mally. She explains the dangers about dating and having a boyfriend. This book is the perfect book for all the girls who want to remain pure. It gives advice when you find yourself daydreaming about a boy you have a crush on. It has encouraged me in the choice I have made in purity.

Allow me to preface just a little...

When I was about eight-years-old I went to a wedding and saw the bride swinging her arms around, snapping her fingers, and not able to hold still, just about the time the preacher was about to say "You may now kiss the bride.". I asked my mom why the bride was so fidgety and she told me this would be the brides first kiss, and continued to tell me that purity was EXTREMELY important. It was that night I made a vow to the LORD that I would NOT kiss a boy until my wedding day. Now that I'm older I have found myself daydreaming about my night in shinning armour. I live every day trying my best to remain pure and keep to my promise I made to the LORD.

This book encourages purity and courtship. It is very appropriate with no language or word pictures. I hope you really enjoy this book as much as we have.

~Miss Alisha~