How to Keep Your Virtue as a Christian Girl
It can be tough being a Christian single girl in today's world. With so many mixed messages and short cuts to happiness, it takes diligence, persistence and intentionality to keep your virtue in an immoral and ever-changing society. But is there even a way for a girl to hold on to her virtue and if so, what does that even look like?
Instead of going to the world to understand our identity as women, let's go to God's word to learn about who we were created to be.
“An excellent woman [one who is spiritual, capable, intelligent, and virtuous], who is he who can find her? Her value is more precious than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls.”
Spiritual, capable, intelligent, virtuous - these are the words that our God chooses to describe his daughters and they should be the words we hold before us as a mirror of who we truly are. These are also what God gives to men as traits to look for in a Godly wife. So if you're trying to land a Godly guy, then make sure your heart is alligned with his word. Who you become is what you'll attract.
“Her husband... praises her, saying, “Many daughters have done nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness], But you excel them all.””
I think most of us, when we dream about the day we'll be married, we don't picture ourselves as easy, flirtatious and risqué women. But rather, as Christians, we hope to be the woman our husband is proud of, someone he can trust and rely on, someone other women look up to and depend on. But trust me, nothing magical happens the moment you say "I Do." The woman you are now is the woman you'll be then.
You can't live two lives. The woman you are now is the wife you're preparing to be.
Sure we're all growing. There's no doubting that! I don't think I'm the same girl I was last week let alone 8 months ago when I got married. We all grow, but we get to choose what kind of person we will grow into.
“Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.”
Physical beauty fades and is never a proper measure of your worth. The Top 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World from last year didn't make the cut this year. God measures beauty on a far more tender scale and he decided that you were worth making his own.
As we dive into the word, we can clearly see that there are some MAJOR difference between a worldly woman and a virtuous woman. People will try and tell you that you're old-fashioned, that you need to get with the program. These people are never there for you when you get your heart broken but God will always be there for you. Therefore you can trust his direction for your life.
“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.”
The decisions you make with your virtue today will affect the condition of your heart tomorrow.
Guard your heart with the same fierce conviction that you will someday guard your husband's. After all, it's for him that your saving it for. Your heart will determine the course of your life and we all choose what we will allow into our hearts and what we will not. Virtue is not so much what you do with your body as it is what you allow in your heart. If you will keep your heart alligned with God and his word, your body will follow. Nothing happens on the outside without it happening first on the inside.
Hold fast to virtue, for it's worth is far more than rubies and pearls. As a christian girl, virtue is a part of your DNA. Don't let the enemy steal what is rightfully yours. Know who you are and the value you carry, even if it means living against the crowd. You were born to stand out anyway.
xxo,
Jess