Pondering Small Flames

I absolutely love No Greater Joy Ministries. They have many wonderful resources that my family and I have really benefited from. About a year or so ago, a dear friend let me borrow a book by Debi Pearl called "Preparing to Be A Help Meet." It was phenomenal and perhaps I will do a book review on it sometime.

While viewing some of the videos on their website I came across one titled, "A Small Flame." In the video clip Kirsten and Lizzy were discussing how girls view young men who are in their late teens or early twenties. They talked about how their fathers or older men in their communities are considered "Large Flames" because they are spiritually mature and are actively serving in some form of ministry. The younger guys in the age category that I mentioned above, did not have the spiritual depth that their father's had and were therefore considered "Small Flames."

One of them made a remark about how young women tend to desire future husbands that are like their fathers or older men around them (the Large Flames) and they tend to pass by the younger guys. I believe it was Lizzy that said that what girls need to realize is that they are not as mature as their mothers or older women around them either. In essence they are "Small Flames" too. I thought that was a very wise statement. I have heard girls brag about how long their list of qualifications for their future husband is. Debi Pearl in "Preparing To Be A Help Meet" encourages girls to focus on their own spiritual life and spending time compiling a list of Must Be's for themselves.

This video encouraged me to look inward and see the areas that I need to change and grow in.

My prayer for myself and for all you young girls that read my blog is that you spend your single years striving to draw closer to your Savior, reading His Word and hiding it in your heart, and spending time sitting at the feet of the "Larger Flames" in your communities.

"Older women likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips, nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be dishonored." Titus 2:3-5

If you have the time, I would encourage you to go watch the clip!

Video: Small Flame - No Greater Joy Ministries

In Christ,

M.E.