In my bible study, we are reading this book called
The Young Lady in Waiting, and I for one love books so I enjoy reading it.... Now I am on chapter 4 "The Young Lady of Virtue" and one statement says this "To be a virtuous woman, you must let the Holy Spirit
have all of you. if you did not completely understand that, let me break it down.
To be a virtuous woman
"to be or not to be, that is the question." Some quote from Shakespeare (I think). This part of the statement means you have to want to be a virtuous woman, if you didn't you could ju
st forget that the book existed and go on your way. But To be a woman after God's own heart your have to be virtuous, (its in the fine print).
Let the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit lives in us correct, thereFORE, we have to let the Holy Spirit act in our lives. How do we do that? Whatever your God instinct is, thats the Holy Spirit. When the girls are all talking about each other (badly) and you get a feeling that says this isn't right follow through. And we are NOT God, so we cant make the Holy Spirit do something or justify something. If you want it right let GOD handle it, Himself, He doesnt need our help!!! He just wants us to try.
Have All of YouI think this one is self-explanatory, but just in case... when was the last time you tried typing one-handed, tying your shoe one-handed, digging in your purse one-handed, playing the piano one-handed??? I cant remember a time when I did, and if i did, it probably wasnt to great, because you cant to anything 1/2 way and get full credit...You do 1/2 the work you get 1/2 (if even) the return. . . So if you want to BE a woman of virtue you must let God have all of yourself!!! Surrendering yourself is a process to some, but a to others it is a blunt decision it depends on what the Holy Spirit tells YOU. If you are in the process, you're on the right track... :D and if your not, please realize it before all of you is gone.
Proverbs 31, Genesis 24. The qualities of these women are the ones we should have...
The book is by Jackie Kendall and Debbie Jones.