Empowering For The Future

If you have been a reader of my blogs for awhile, you know that I did a post called " Missing Something: Filling a Void " years ago! I highly encourage you to read it now or after reading this posting. I highlighted the some of the relationship developments when you are missing a parent in your life. I concluded that fathers are the models of all relationships while mothers are the models for nurturing those relationships. In this post, we will focus on nurturing a father relationship and the dynamics that can come from not having a father present. My Thoughts One thing I've learned, including within my own father's role in my life, is that men actually do want to be better fathers than the men before them. It is a part of their nature to be the man of the house, dominate, and lead. Having the role of a father helps accomplish this sense of influence and power. Some men do not know what it looks like or means to be a father to a child because they did not have the

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There are soooo many stylish and cute outfits/trends in stores right now. From low rise, to wraps, chokers, to rocking sports bras under overalls, off the shoulders, you name it! It's in style and it's super cute!   However, is this what God wants me to wear? He said in His Word to be "in the world not of it" but am I being of the world by following fashion trends? I am having a common dilemma I assumed most young Christians are battling with also. Although these fashions and styles are cute, I've made a decision to not follow the world's trends the day I declared myself a Christian. As I get closer to God, I started to understand what He is for and against. Reading His Word about how a woman should behave and submit under her husband really had me thinking. I want to be someone's wife one day but right now, I'm just a woman. I understand why other cultures require their women to cover up in a way. Therefore, I decided to "save skin"