Candy Gibbs

<b>“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” – Colossians 3:12.</b>

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It is our own responsibility to clothe ourselves and we choose the clothes we will wear.  What we mean by that is that you can choose either to be compassionate, or you can choose to be judgmental.  You can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative.  Let’s make a choice to display the fruits of the Spirit…to be people who are good representations of our Father.
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<li>I think it is important for us to keep in mind that it is not fruitful to compare our girls to other girls.  Some of the saddest little faces I have ever seen of those of a young lady who feels as though she is in competition with other girls around her; for boys, in sports, in beauty and in academics.  It is simply not healthy.  There will always be someone prettier, smarter and more athletic.  Our girls are made exactly the way the Father intended and their only goal is to be all He has designed her to be.  The only comparison is to Christ…it is His Spirit who lives within them; it is Him we seek to imitate.  Over and over scripture describes God as compassionate.  Let’s pray that the Lord would give our daughters hearts of compassion.</li>
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Exodus 22:27; Exodus 33:19; Exodus 34:6; Psalm 51:1
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<li>Being compassionate doesn’t mean that we do not use wisdom.  As precious, godly girls enter their teenage years, too often I see them fall into unhealthy friendships and dating relationships.  Oftentimes, the motive begins as pure…they want to show love and compassion to a young man who may never have known it before.  When an innocent, naïve, compassionate young lady gets entangled with a needy, domineering, worldly young man…she usually ends up compromising and getting hurt.  Pray for wisdom and discernment for both daughters and parents.  We want our girls to be lights in their world.  But we don’t want them to be swallowed up by peer pressure.</li>
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Deut. 34:9; 2 Samuel 14:20; 1 Kings 4:29; Psalm 51:6; Psalm 90:12

Compassionate, yes.  Naïve, no.  Raising girls who know who they are in Christ, secure in the calling and focus on impacting their community for the Kingdom…YES!

Love you, Candy

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