Comments on: God’s Beloved Daughters

by: Téa

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:19:12 +0000

Thanks Alison, I look forward to reading your thoughts on the declaration later.

by: Alison Moore Smith

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:29:25 +0000

Thank you for these insights. I keep the declaration on my office bulletin board, but I don’t read it enough. I’ll do that again tonight.

by: Naiah

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:31:10 +0000

I added a link to the RSD in the ‘resources’ section of the sidebar. That way, whenever any of us needs a quick reminder, it’s just a click away!
:)

by: Michelle

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:09:57 +0000

I love this review of the Declaration that you are doing!

With voices swirling around us, emphasizing the superficial and the temporal as (false) sources of identity, it’s so empowering to have the reminder of the eternal truths of who we are! And, I need to remember these truths when my own inner voices hiss that I’m not worth much. I’m convinced that the adversary will do whatever he can to make us forget who we are!

When I truly understand the doctrine that I am a beloved daughter of God, I am kept free from many traps the adversary wants to set for me. What a simple truth that can mean so much! Reading through this post makes me realize that I need to hold onto that truth even more deeply, more intensely. I also need to remember the divine parentage of those around me…to remember God’s love for them. Perhaps if I really remembered that more often, I would want to be more kind, patient and loving. (Makes me think of that C.S. Lewis quote that I’m too lazy to look up right now…the one about being in the presence of kings and queens….)

by: Naiah

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:37:05 +0000

It’s funny, I do *see* myself as a beloved daughter of God, but in my earthly imperfection and weakness, all too often I sulk myself out of *feeling* like a beloved daugher of God. This will help. As the unnamed sister said that she repeated it to herself, so will I.

I was given a copy of the RSD what feels like two liftemines ago, if you catch my drift. I’m so grateful fo rthis study that you’re doing, Téa. So, I, myself, do not have much to share in what I’ve done on this score, but I know what tastes good to me spiritually, and this does.

When I was out of the church for those years, the RSD did stick with me in a way. Every year, I drafted my “statements” for the year, worded much like this. Think of them as a cross between an affirmation and a list of resolutions. The last two years, I even typeset them nicely and made a kind of poster out of them. My statements, while mine and unique to me contained little to none of the eternal ring of truth I hear and feel in this.

We are beloved spirit daughters of God, and our lives have meaning, purpose, and direction.

That essential truth right there, if we truly grasp it, is a light that can dispel any darkness of the heart that we may feel, and I am going to work on making that so in my heart. What is it that we are so often told we lack in modern society? “meaning, purpose, and direction.” We have what we seek; we are what we seek. That’s profound truth that undercuts one of Satan’s most potent tools in the hearts of women.

That’s a lot to ponder. Thanks again.