for my dear daughters

allie and lauren…

Teenage girls, you have a precious opportunity—one that many women
wish they could have back again. You have it for a short time before it
will be lost forever. You have the chance, as a young woman, to invest
today in godly character and to collect the benefits for the rest of
your life.

Today’s choices will influence the direction of your
entire life. So now is the time to seek with all your heart the best
deals of the season.

“Remember, my young female friends” urged
author John Angell James, “that the seeds of woman’s life-long
excellences must be sown in the springtime of existence; and it must be
done in part by her own hand, when aided and taught by others to
prepare the soil. The flowers of womanly excellence, which she would
wish to grow in her future character, must be previously and carefully
selected…even while she is yet in youth.” 

You can squander
your youth trying to be the most popular girl in school—which probably
won’t happen, and even if it does, won’t mean anything the day after
you graduate. You can devote yourself to personal pleasures or selfish
ambitions. You might even be content to do as little as possible and
thus gain even less.

Or, you can choose to live now for what counts for tomorrow and all eternity.

It’s the springtime of your life, girls. What seeds are you sowing in this season of youth?

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but seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  Matthew 6:33