Going Wise.

Whats up. Its been awhile. Holler to my 4 followers. :) Anyway I am selfishly going to document some important points of a book I just started. Its called "Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild" by Mary A. Kassian. I say I am documenting it selfishly because while I believe there are important points to share for all women, I am also doing it so I can go back, look through what I've read, and remember what is worth remembering. Don't deny it-- we all blog selfishly...

There are too many women blindly entering a relationship with a guy because they are desperate for "love". Too many women are blinded by the attention a guy shows them which leads them into an emotional trap that ends in disaster. This book addresses 20 characteristics of a woman and compares what a Wise Girl's characteristic looks like compared to a Wild Girl. Kassian uses Proverbs 7 as her reference to what a Wild Girl is. The First Chapter looks at the HEART of a woman...

Chapter 1-- The Heart.

Watch what a girl does, where she goes, who she hangs out with, and you will see her heart... 

WISE:

She relies on the Lord to secure each step she takes.

She makes sure her attitude, conduct, speech are pleasing to Him only, not the world. 

WILD: 

Follows her own desires.

Proverbs 14:12 "Her way will seem right to a man, but its end is the way to death.."

A wild woman can be a religious woman. (she does a lot of things right on the surface but her heart is not in it and only follows Him when it is convenient)

As women, we must be very mindful of the connection between our heart and our feet. God asks us to love him and to follow Him with our feet. We are only able to love him by following Him (His rules). We do not have a "right heart" as humans, but with God's gift of a new heart we are able to walk in His Holiness because we want to, not because we have to. But only by the help of His Spirit. The way a woman relates to a man is a good indicator of where her heart is. While we cannot judge a person's heart because only God knows what is inside someone's heart, behavior is a effective discernment tool when judging right and wrong in a relationship. When we have a new heart that the Lord has given us, which has the letter of his law written on it, we are called to a higher standard of purity. As we grow in our relationship with the Lord, we are more and more disgusted by sin and "less tolerant of any hint of evil in our thoughts, words, or action toward men". We are not able to do this on our own, right behavior in a relationship is dependent on our reliance on God (His wisdom, power, love, and self discipline). 

Once a woman's heart is seized by the Lord, the more she will want to walk in His ways. "The steps of her feet demonstrate the devotion of her heart..." This is the most important contrast between a Wise and Wild girl, what her heart loves. If she loves Jesus, her conduct will be Godly in her relationships with men. The rest of the book's chapters address behaviors that spring from the heart. We will never act right in our relationship with men if we do not first get our heart's right before God. 

"Oh Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!" Psalm 86:11