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ATTENTION!!! YOUNG WOMEN KNOW YOUR VALUE! If you have not been taught the word of God, please read it and/or attend a Bible class as soon as possible. If you’ve been in church your entire childhood, then you may want a refresher course. We all have a need to be appreciated, loved and wanted. When we look in God’s word, we find He meets all these needs through His Holy Spirit. And when we understand that truth, we learn to love ourselves. That’s when He will send a Godly man to love and respect you. This has been my experience. Even when He sends a man to fill our basic love needs, we must STILL keep that relationship with God FIRST. It all begins with knowing what God says about you. Here’s just a few.... You are the apple of his eye.... Zechariah 2:8 (kjv) For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. God LOVES you dearly.... Jeremiah 31:3 (nkjv) The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore, with lovingkindness I have drawn you.” He sent His son to die for you.... John 3:16 (nkjv) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. I can write about this because I was one who did not know her value. I suffered with self-loathing and depression as a teenager and young adult. I couldn’t see my physical beauty or my inner beauty. At a young age, I began to perform to obtain acceptance from others and was able to achieve great things later in my career and financially, but my personal choices reflected how little I thought of myself. I chose men who couldn’t hold jobs. Men who sold drugs. Men who abused me and treated me with no respect. I harbored terrible shame of my family and myself. I dated a drug dealer in high school (he had graduated) but I also had a friend whose brother worked at the Sherriff’s office. She told me the Sherriff’s office knew he was a dealer, knew my name and that I was dating him. We’d already been pulled over once by the police and had the car searched. I did not want to go to jail and didn’t want trouble, so I stopped dating him. I realized it was true... the people you associate with can build you up or tear you down so be careful who you run with. Sadly, Breonna Taylor may have suffered with this same problem. While I certainly did not know her personally, I am guessing, based on reports. Let’s learn from this horrible tragedy and teach our young ladies the importance of knowing their God-given value. We are all special because we are made in the image of God and this young lady was beautiful and professionally accomplished but she may not have made the best choices in men. The reports tell us, she dated a known drug dealer. He might have been her ex-boyfriend but that man used her address as his own, which is why the police were at her home. On the night she lost her life, she was either living with or had another young man staying overnight. This young man possibly knowingly shot at police and put everyone in danger. Now I’m not judging because I’ve made some of the same mistakes and I will not debate this but there is a witness who said the officers identified themselves and still the couple did not open the door. When they entered, the young man shot at police. There, but for the grace of God, go I. So please know I am not judging the young couple and not believing the police are as innocent as they claim, however; people judge you by the company you keep, like it or not. Please stay away from people who might commit a crime and especially if you know they ARE committing crimes. You can go to jail for JUST being in the same car. If we know who we are in Christ, we will wait and NOT live with or sleep with someone out of wedlock. I know that seems old-fashioned but God commands it for a reason. Trust me, its much better to be under the safety and spiritual covering of a man who knows, loves and serves God than sleeping with underserving men. Women need to understand their value in Christ, but can NOT think higher of ourselves than we should. Realize no one is better than you and no one is lower. We give honor where honor is due and submit to authority as God’s word instructs but treat everyone as equals. Romans 12:3 (nkjv) For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Mark 12:30-31 (nkjv) And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” I repeat, we are all EQUAL in God’s eyes. Precious in his sight and we need to treat ourselves and others that way. These women of the Bible knew their value:
Ladies set your standards high and stick to it. Don’t give in to pressure or settle for less than God’s best and serve Him while you wait! May God bless you.
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