The virtuous young woman

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The virtuous young woman Sunday Mail

The Sunday Mail

Pastor Tinashe Zinyemba
The Christian Youth

I pray that you are well this week.
May God answer your prayers and meet your desires.
This week’s topic is on what is happening among young people with regards to dating and courtship.
Courtship has become one of the biggest weapons that the devil is using to divert people from their destiny.
Problems and the solutions emanate from the individual.
One of the greatest tragedies of the 21st century is how our young girls view themselves. The media has painted women as sex objects while most of our cultural practices and beliefs portray the girl child as lesser than the boy child.
This is very unfortunate, it is not God’s view.
God made the woman to be man’s helper. Though different, Eve was an able helper to Adam, not lesser. The problem is that our young girls view themselves lowly. This then leads them to behave in unbecoming ways.
Marriage is not an achievement or a destination, it is a normal part of life, just like turning 20 years from nineteen. Naturally from twenty you move on to 21 and so on.
Marriage is very similar, it is a part of life and is not something that you should just solely live for. This has resulted in many young women losing themselves and doing whatever it takes to get married.
After the wedding day, there is life and if one does not adequately prepare for that, it could destroy them.
Many young women chose the easy way out, they wait for marriage so that the husband can take care of everything.
I want to encourage you to apply yourself, work hard, improve yourself and do not wait to find your identity in someone else. Marriage is a great covenant that must be done in God’s way for it to succeed.
There was a young girl whose life seemed to be going nowhere. Her family had been taken into captivity and both her parents were dead. She was being cared for by her uncle. Her name was Hadassah or Esther. Under the wisdom and guidance of her adoptive father Mordecai, she became the queen of the largest empire of the day.
Every young girl is a queen in waiting but becoming a queen does not just happen. You have to work on it.
Esther could not afford to be a flirt, lazy or play around with boys and hope that one of them would marry her. She was an obedient daughter to street wise and resourceful Mordecai. She was able to survive the internal palace politics to rise and become the queen of Babylon.
One of the benefits that Esther had was that she had a strong father figure in her life. He was a man of integrity, wisdom and showed her true love. That was able to mould her to become the most powerful woman during that time.
Mordecai was an example of the kind of respect and love that a man should show a woman. As a young woman, it is very important to have the correct image and understanding of how a man should treat you.
I know that some women have had negative experiences with their father figures for one reason or the other. God is your eternal father. The best example of a man is Jesus Christ. As a young lady, you need to value yourself.
Keep yourself, value your body and value your virginity. Have the correct self-image. Psalm 139 v 14 says you were, “fearfully and wonderfully made”.
Perhaps you made some wrong decisions along the way, what matters is starting on the right path today.
Ruth was in a similar situation and she had to start all over again. Her husband had died and she had nothing to her name. She rebuilt her life under the mentorship of Naomi and found herself in a relationship with the most sought after eligible bachelor of the town, Boas. In Ruth 2 v 11, Boas says to Ruth “…It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done…”
Her reputation changed and God blessed her because she did all she could to be a virtuous woman. Boas eventually became her husband.
To every young lady, make an effort to love yourself first and then look for love outside of the image of God. When you enter into a relationship or marriage, do so with honour and dignity.
To the men out there, treat the woman in your life right. Next week we will speak more about that. Till next week, God bless.
Tinashe Zinyemba is a pastor with New Life Covenant Church.Email feedback at [email protected]

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