Beautiful Girlhood compiled by Debra Maffett
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
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First of all, to be a Christian, one must be born again. Christian living is not<br />
something that people put on whenever they get ready — but it is the result<br />
of the inner change that comes into the lives of those who have given their<br />
hearts to God.<br />
A Christian girl is truthful at all times, is honest and sincere,<br />
is pure and noble, and everything that a right-living girl should be; but<br />
living that kind of upright life is not all there is to being a Christian. It is<br />
possible for a girl to be truthful, honest, sincere, pure, and noble — without<br />
being a Christian. A Christian is that and more.<br />
A Christian has taken Christ as her guide and example, and she will not<br />
refuse to confess His name wherever it will glorify Him. She is not ashamed<br />
to tell her friends and associates that she is a servant of God. Though she<br />
may feel timid, it is not from a sense of shame; for she counts it an honor to<br />
be a servant of the Lord.<br />
The Christian girl studies her Bible and seeks to make her life a reflection of<br />
its teachings. It is her guidebook, and <strong>by</strong> it she directs her path. If she finds<br />
that anything is forbidden or spoken against in that dear Book, she lets that<br />
thing go; and she is just as ready to do all it tells her to do.<br />
When a girl is a Christian, she has learned where to go for strength and<br />
courage to do right. She knows the secret power of prayer, and is often<br />
found in secret communion with God. Every girl has temptations to evil,<br />
thoughts will come that are not right, evil suggestions will present<br />
themselves; but if she has learned to go to God in prayer, she will have<br />
strength to resist them, and to keep her life clean. The more she has learned<br />
to look to God in prayer and trust — the more beautiful is her life.<br />
A Christian's life is not all sunshine and joy. The great Pattern did not pass<br />
through life without hardness to endure — and so it must come to every<br />
Christian. One of the Gospel writers has said that it is given unto us "to<br />
suffer for his sake." These sufferings must come; but who would not be<br />
willing to bear a little for one we love?<br />
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