My Daughter's Heart

My daughter, Cee Cee and I had a great conversation today. We discussed the importance of who she trusts with her heart. We talked about the heart as the "seat of the emotions", and that giving your heart to the wrong people or at the wrong time can lead to devastating effects. Right now, Cee Cee is six years old. She doesn't really understand all of what we talked about, but she did understand a couple of pivotal teachings that will go a long way toward our family health. She learned that first and foremost, she is to give her heart to Christ. Her salvation and relationship with her creator is prerequisite to becoming a Godly woman. Second, she is to give her heart to her daddy, and help him fulfill his vision for the family. To some people, this point sounds kind of strange. But since I have an apologetic streak, I'd like to give some reasons why we teach such a thing.

First of all, as her father, it is my responsibility to raise my daughter to love her future husband and help him fulfill his vision for their family. She can begin to experience how that works by helping her daddy in his efforts to fulfill his calling. This should begin at a young age and continue until she gets married.

Some might question this. All the way until she gets married? Are you kidding me?

Tell me. Tell me how these things will help prepare her for her Biblical calling. If you are asking the above questions, you have been effected by secular feminism, and the twisting of the Biblical roles of men and women according to the Word of God. Unfortunately, many of us have. You see, moving out will take her heart away from her father and open it up to all sorts of worldliness. Think about how much evil there is in the world. Why would I shelter my daughter all these years and then just release her to "make it" all on her own? College is not all it's cracked up to be, especially in today's society. That might make a lot of people mad, but I'm not here to impress the world, I'm here to take the scriptures seriously. There are plenty of college programs that can be completed from home should that be what she decides to do. What about dating? Dating is just divorce practice. With someone today, separated tomorrow- then just start the process over again. It's sad that this has become the norm. It won't be for my family.

Secondly, giving her heart to her father strengthens the family while she is young. With her help in supporting her father, inspiring him and helping him, he will be more bold in his leadership, and successful in casting the vision given him by God.

Under the umbrella of protection and teaching of her father, little Cee Cee will have a wonderful opportunity to keep herself faithful to her husband before they ever meet, and ready herself to be the helper God created her to be. She is learning how to be truly feminine.