Daughters for His Glory

Greetings sisters who love the Lord and His truth!

For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
3 John 1:3-4

I hope your face is set like flint towards the Lord. No matter what turmoil may be around us or in our hearts and minds we can be settled in the Lord and rooted and grounded in love.

We do not want to be either of these soils...

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Matthew 13:21-22

But let us be all these, sisters...

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6-7

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:16-17

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1 Peter 5:10

Next Proverbs readings here...

I'm sharing some scriptures on quiet...

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2:1-4

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Thessalonians 4:11

Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
2 Thessalonians 3:12

But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
1 Peter 3:4

We sisters may likely have a simple life even if it isn't exactly quiet physically. But it's quiet in that we're not out running around in the world causing trouble, being feminists, chasing after careers, or being busy bodies and arguing and fighting with people. No. We live a quiet godly life in whatever that is of being servants, wives, mothers, widows, or even if you are alone and need to work out in the world to support yourself. Just doing our business, being salt and light, and ready with the gospel but keeping in our place as godly women. We cannot avoid the biblical fact that godly women will have a very different life to the godly men either.

It is pleasing to the Lord to be living such a quiet and simple life. He commanded us to do so. He commanded wives to love their husbands and children, He commanded women to be keepers at home, He gave many commands for servants to do their jobs well. Let us be thankful and content in what the Lord gave us to do! Let us no be thinking we should be doing something 'higher' as the highest thing is to please the Lord amen sisters?!

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31

One thing of the many I have been pondering is the depth of what it means to 'take wrong', to 'resist not evil', to 'turn the other cheek' to 'suffer yourself to be defrauded', to 'hold your peace', to be blessed to be reviled, to 'win without the Word', to be silent, to not get in the flesh with strife, contention, and wrath even if you think you could 'set everyone straight', to not get your reward today, to love your enemies, to pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you and such like.

It just hit me that things were different under the old covenant where indeed you were to get even with people...

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Exodus 21:23-25

But our Saviour brought in a different and better way!

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:38-39

He is going to be the just Judge at the end. God's ways are higher than man's. Not what the flesh wants always but it's right. Jesus was our perfect example in all these things and indeed they are commandments for us to obey. When you fully submit to God in all this...only then can you have true peace.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
1 Corinthians 4:12-13

This all keeps us lowly, humble, meek and poor in spirit where we are to be before the Lord. We know He knows all things and all truth and so that is a great comfort! Let us quit thinking it matters what man thinks of us or believes of us or says of us. If the whole world is against us...the truth still stands and the Lord still knows and loves His own! While it may steal God's glory and mar our witness for Him what others do or say...the truth still 'is' and Christ still stood holy and undefiled by what His accusers falsely said about Him. His kingdom was not of this world...otherwise His servants would have fought hard! It goes along with trusting the Lord and knowing He is in control and not us.

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Romans 8:33-34

I love that scripture don't you sisters? Who shall lay anything to our charge? Or who condemns? It surely isn't man is it sisters so let's only care about what the Lord thinks of us.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:27-29

Rejoice in that sisters...it says no man can pluck us out of the Father's hand! (We know our sin and unbelief can affect that though.) So do not believe lies from satan in that and do not believe the false condemnation that he can bring, if we love the truth and are walking in the light and all holy ways. Rejoice sisters and that nothing can separate us from Christ's love (except our sin and unbelief of course again which I know none of my sisters want or would have, not willful sin.) So as I have been sharing recently...there is hope! Rejoice in that hope and press on strong, believing all His promises!

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Hebrews 6:18-19