{"id":617,"date":"2012-07-10T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2013-01-01T20:41:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T01:41:39","slug":"the-resolution-for-women-pretty-in-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/10\/the-resolution-for-women-pretty-in-print\/","title":{"rendered":"The Resolution for Women: Pretty In Print"},"content":{"rendered":"

And the winner of yesterday’s giveaway is…….<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donna Slaten!!!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Congratulations on being the winner of the gorgeous T-shirt!!!\u00a0Donna, please\u00a0email us @ GirlfriendsCoffeeHour@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong> ASAP with\u00a0your address & size\u00a0(small to X-large) and\u00a0it will be mailed to you\u00a0within the next two weeks! WAY TO GO!!!!!<\/p>\n

…and now for Pretty In Print!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Memory Verse:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.<\/em><\/p>\n

Proverbs 31:30<\/p>\n

What Kind of Woman are you going to be?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

One of my she-ros\u00a0is Poet\u00a0Laureate\u00a0Maya Angelou. I would love to\u00a0sit and have a nice cup of tea with her…. wouldn’t you? I honestly think that I have read everything that she has ever published and I have read it all more than once. She is 100% woman and I admire so much about her. Have you ever read her poem “Phenomenal Woman”? If you haven’t, now is your chance….<\/em><\/p>\n

Phenomenal Woman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Maya Angelou<\/p>\n

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.<\/p>\n

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size<\/p>\n

But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies.<\/p>\n

I say, It’s in the reach of my arms The span of my hips,<\/p>\n

The stride of my step, The curl of my lips.<\/p>\n

I’m a woman Phenomenally.<\/p>\n

Phenomenal woman, That’s me.
\nI walk into a room Just as cool as you please,<\/p>\n

And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.<\/p>\n

Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees.<\/p>\n

I say, It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth,<\/p>\n

The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.<\/p>\n

Phenomenal woman, That’s me.
\nMen themselves have wondered What they see in me.<\/p>\n

They try so much But they can’t touch My inner mystery.<\/p>\n

When I try to show them They say they still can’t see.<\/p>\n

I say, It’s in the arch of my back, The sun of my smile,<\/p>\n

The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style.<\/p>\n

I’m a woman
\nPhenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.
\nNow you understand Just why my head’s not bowed.<\/p>\n

I don’t shout or jump about Or have to talk real loud.<\/p>\n

When you see me passing It ought to make you proud.<\/p>\n

I say, It’s in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand,<\/p>\n

The need of my care, ‘Cause I’m a woman Phenomenally.<\/p>\n

Phenomenal woman, That’s me.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I believe THAT is the kind of woman God calls me to be. Phenomenal!!!! I can’t imagine Him expecting anything less from me, actually. As I devour His Word and let it breath into every aspect of my heart, soul, and being…. how can I be anything less than phenomenal\u00a0for my God? He created me for it… specifically ME!!! I am the only woman on this earth who can do what He created me to do. If I don’t live each day to be intentional about my phenomenal\u00a0femininity….. who will? He has created me to be ME….. every single circumstance and situation I have been in through my whole life has molded me into the perfect creature God has meant for me to be…. phenomenally for His glory!<\/div>\n
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Yes, I have seen how feminist\u00a0ideals affect women in the way they dress, act and make decisions. I lived it for many\u00a0years of my life. Those things have made me who I am now…. for better and for worse. They have helped me to appreciate all the more why I am here and look the way I look, act the way I act and\u00a0make decisions the way I do\u00a0for God to get all the glory! It wasn’t always for Him….. He knows that and He loves me anyway… purple hair and all!<\/div>\n
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How do I see young women turning away from biblical womanhood? I see them not being taught HOW to live with BOLD courage to embrace the incredible femininity that God means for all of us as Christian women. They are bombarded all day long everywhere they turn look and be how the world wants them to look and be…. and that anything else is NOT desirable or phenomenal\u00a0and will not get them happiness, the job they want, success or a mate. As phenomenally feminine Christian women, it is OUR job to speak these biblical truths into their lives and into their influence. We cannot sit back and stay silent while we let the world influence our girls.<\/div>\n
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Personally, I do not feel stifled by any biblical principles of womanhood. I feel gloriously\u00a0FREED by them! I am important, valued and treasured in the eyes of God. The world has never felt that way about me. The world will always tell me that i am not good enough, pretty enough, tall enough, short enough, thin enough or fat enough, dumb enough or smart enough. To God, I am perfect and wonderfully made. Period. He gives me guidelines in His Word to SET ME FREE, not to stifle me or make me feel repressed.<\/div>\n
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I don’t fit a mold… THANK GOD!!! I don’t look or act the way our world expects a\u00a0God-loving, 36-year-old\u00a0non-biological mother of 5 kids ages 14-20 should look or act. THANK GOD!!! I am phenomenal to my God and that is all that matters. My husband and my kids happen to love me just the way I am, so that is a nice bonus, too. I never fit into any mold growing up and I am so happy to say that as I have “matured” I have become more comfortable in my earth suit than ever and I can’t imagine being any other way.<\/div>\n
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God created you to be unique and to fill your shoes, and dress, the only way that YOU possibly can. Embrace it, dear sister, and know that you are PHENOMENAL just the way you are! Embrace your curves, embrace your femininity, embrace every way that you are uniquely YOU and live BOLDLY how GOD created you to be….. with biblical femininity and grace by just being YOU <3<\/div>\n
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Lord, I pray that You sing the sweetest love songs over each of Your precious daughters today. Show her how she specifically can live for YOU in her own uniquely phenomenal\u00a0biblically feminine way. Help her to feel amazing in her earth suit and may You get all the glory, Lord, for the amazing way she stands for YOU in this fallen world. Renew her spirit today and help her see herself as you see her, Lord….. beautifully feminine in every way! Speak into her tender\u00a0spirit about any priorities\u00a0she might need to realign with Your Word on this issue, Father, and help guide her to be all that You have created her to be. In Your Son’s name we pray, amen <3<\/div>\n

HOMEWORK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your assignment today… comment on this blog post about how\u00a0YOU specifically can encourage women in your direct sphere of influence to turn towards biblical womanhood.<\/p>\n

Be blessed and be a blessing….. and don’t forget to go back over to our Facebook group and see what fun we have for you over there today! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<3 Megan \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

my blog: www.glorytoglorylifecoaching.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Craig’s blog: www.adversusmundi.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And the winner of yesterday’s giveaway is……. Donna Slaten!!!!! Congratulations on being the winner of the gorgeous T-shirt!!!\u00a0Donna, please\u00a0email us @ GirlfriendsCoffeeHour@gmail.com ASAP with\u00a0your address & size\u00a0(small to X-large) and\u00a0it will be mailed to you\u00a0within the next two weeks! WAY TO GO!!!!! …and now for Pretty In Print!!!!!! Memory Verse: Charm is deceptive, and beauty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[129,1164,148,218,1166,382,383,436,554,665,758,791,803,889,1171,1131,1132],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-womens","tag-beauty","tag-bible-study-2","tag-biblical","tag-christianity","tag-family-2","tag-femininity","tag-feminism","tag-god","tag-jesus","tag-maya-angelou","tag-phenominal","tag-prayer","tag-priscilla-shrier","tag-resolution","tag-resolutions-2","tag-woman","tag-womanhood","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-9X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6545,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions\/6545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}