transformed

the theme of this weekends mother daughter retreat was transformed. this was based on the scripture romans 12:2. " and do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and exceptable and perfect will of God." what a wonderful, and heart searching verse. are we allowing our minds to be transformed by the word of God or are we conforming to the world? do we seek what pleases God or do we still find pleasure in what the world finds pleasure in?
we took a look at the life of a butterfly. we went into depth the 3 phases of a butterflies life and compared them to the transformation that occurs when we let Gods word convict us. yolanda really went into depth on the things we should be teaching our daughters. what are we feeding our daughters? what example are we being for our daughters?
we took a look at the difference between being a princess and being a daughter of the King. there is a big difference! the worlds view of a princess is someone with an arrogant, selfish, entitlement attitude. we should be teaching our daughters to be daughters of the King. by doing this we teach them biblical character qualities such as patience, self control, and delayed gratification.
yolanda also taught us that we have to model these quaities if we are going to teach them to our daughters. she encouraged us to invest in our daughters things that are eternal. she also encouraged us to ask God to convict us of any area of our life that doesnt line up with scripture. i have been feeling convicted in many areas of my life lately and this weekend was a confirmation of so many things i have been praying about.
i encourage you today to ask God to stir in your heart any areas of your life that need a transformation. its not an easy thing to do, yet nothing feels better!