Friday, June 26, 2009

Called to be a Christian Woman

A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first, to find her.

Excerpt from John Piper's "The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission"
"A Christian woman does not put her hope in her husband, or in getting a husband. She does not put her hope in her looks. She puts her hope in the promises of God...She looks away from the troubles and miseries and obstacles of life that seem to make the future bleak, and she focuses her attention on the sovereign power and love of God who rules in heaven and does on earth whatever He pleases. She knows her Bible, and she knows her theology of the sovereignty of God, and she knows His promise that He will be with her and help her strengthen her no matter what. This is the deep, unshakeable root of Christian womanhood."

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.(Proverbs 31:30)