I am in the midst of reading the book of Proverbs from the bible. After reading chapter by chapter, I got this very irritating yet exciting feeling of writing down my journey to become a woman of God. Its not about being a person of God anymore but a pure, strong, confident WOMAN of God. I emphasis on the word " Woman" because I know that we as Woman have a place to stand equally side by side with men's in this world and the Kingdom of God ( not trying to be sexist here). It took my approximately a month to think about writing this down because I think that I am not in that place to write about a Woman of God but nevermind. I never knew how powerful can a woman be until a few years back where I attended my very first woman ministry in church. To be honest, I forget what is said there but I know very clearly that that is the start.
It continues when someone showed be a video about woman and finding her soul mate. One think that I remember from that video is " a girl is the most complicated creation God has ever created" and that makes girls so special and unique and that answers every boys question on how no one could every fully understand a girl and I think that is ok because he will be always discovering something new about her and that sparks up the relationship right? If its a good discovery, that boy must be blessed but if its bad its a different story already. haha The topic about modesty then came in to the picture and all I though about being modest is about how a girl should dress. No short shorts skirts, sleeveless tops, and anything is shows things that should not be shown in the first place. That was 1 year ago and to be frank, I did not follow at all.
and then comes 2013, not long ago, the same girl send me a youtube link, a 70 minute talk from Lisa Bevere entitled " The confident woman fights like a girl " and it just opens up every part of my soul ( I have to watch it a few times to fully understand what is she trying to say, but its worth it). The video is split into 7 parts and each part, there is an important message. The messages from this preaching is "Being a confident woman is not acting like a man", "Confident woman like other woman", " Confident woman face their fears"," Confident woman know how to handle their sword", " Confident woman are guardians of the heart", and lastly "Confident woman strikes when the enemy draws near" Oh how powerful this messages can me and by just writing it down, I am smiling and feeling so grateful to be a female and it gives me this strong conviction to wanting to walk down the road that God has planned for me. Confident woman don't act like a man to solve problems, never jealous, believing that God fights for us (never afraid), know what is she doing is right, giving a man a reason to fight and face their fears and always fighting for what is right.
I want to be that woman. I want to be a Woman of God and that is how I realized how important modesty is. In marketing class, I learned that first impression is very important and it allows people to remember for life, and also people's first impression defines what they think about your company for the first time. If its a negative review, don't ever hope that you will have a business relationship with them. Never the less, if it is a positive review, there is a high chance of building a long term profitable relationship. That is my definition of being modest. No matter how good or how "godly" a person is inside, what people first see is your physical appearances. ( Business Admin is the right course for me.. haha ) It was hard at first and am still struggling in the way I dress but then I never felt more excited in finding more ways to dress modestly. Also, I do not know how to thank God more and two other girls who are walking in the same direction as me to motivate me and share fashion tips with me. I am thankful and truly blessed to have them in my life. Trust me when I say that there is so so many ways a girl can dress modestly without revealing anything unnecessary ( Try Googling modesty )
Remember that I wrote that I think that I am not in the place to write about this topic? It is because I fear of being confident but I will let this story be my first step to being confident. It takes me lots of courage to post this up. haha.
Allow me to end with a bible verse from 1 Timothy 2: 9-10 which says " likewise also that woman should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for woman who profess godliness with good works."
Modesty + Confident woman = Beautiful...Strong... WOMAN OF GOD!
p/s : I'll tell you what I think about Proverbs 31 after reading it. =) Blessed day everybody.
