Psalm 1:3 " He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does,he prospers."
Every year my dad and the older girls go to a father/daughter retreat that our church puts together. It is always so much fun hanging out with our dad and we enjoyed doing a lot of cool stuff that young ladies could do with our dads, but most importantly making our relationships with our dads grow stronger.
In 2012 the theme was " Have You In My Heart" and the verse was Psalm 28:7 "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and my song will praise Him." We focused on how our relationship should look like with our dad. During the retreat in 2012, we learned how we as women of God should respond to our father's leadership.. We can accept it with gratitude and have our dads hearts or we can reject it. Which one do you choose?
In 2013, the theme was "Cultivating Women Of God" and the verse was Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised." That year we were being encouraged to bloom into Godly young ladies and grow towards Him.
This year's theme was "Nurturing to Full Bloom." Ephesians 5:1 "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." As daughters we need to fully bloom and must be grounded in our faith. We talked about building relationships, how we have grown and what kind of women we want to be.
Remember that you are daughters of Christ and you must keep your focus on your Heavenly Father. We must submit our lives to Jesus, fear the Lord, humble ourselves and allow God to get the glory. Are you willing to follow Christ no matter what lays ahead?
I can't wait to see what we will learn in 2015! Lets continue to grow closer to both our Heavenly and earthly father!
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