Together my daughter and I love to watch Girl Meets World, its kinda our thing. In the episode "Girl Meets New World." Topanga said something so profound. She looked at Riley and Lucas and said "The right kind of pressure will turn you into a diamond but the wrong type of pressure will turn you into dust." She was very emphatic and passionate about this and it resonated with me and probably every women out there.
Pressure: it makes us or breaks us. I have seen so many women crumble under that exact thing. Everything in our world blasts us on what we are supposed to wear, how we are to act, what we listen to, what we buy, and how to raise our daughter's. It is no wonder that our ladies in waiting are confused about where they are even supposed to start. We have women in the world that are sold into sex slavery,genitally mutilated, oppressed, sexualized, objectified, marginalized, and silenced over and over again. They have no voice and cry out at night "Send someone to save me."
In our country 25% of young girls are molested, by either men in their family or close to the family. Young girls are bombarded with images of sex, bi sexual tendencies and promiscuity and our society encourages this upon our daughters. Our daughters, sing songs about being worshiped as a goddess and controlling men or being controlled by men. Pornography is one of the largest income earners in the US. From books,movies, television, magazines,and commercial. It not only targets men but women. most of those women who star in those films don't want to be doing what they are doing. Our number one movie and number one book women will read or want to see is pornography. Plain and simple. The pressure of this world is turning our daughters into dust, they are crumbling and mothers and fathers are allowing them to do so in the name of "whats popular."
The United States has more freedom for women than other countries in the world. So what do we do with it? We write about clothes, jewelry, bows, make up, looking young,sex positions, parties, decor, and outward things that have no lasting legacy. It is a sad day when we are more concerned about how our kids look than what we are putting into them. It is a sad day when the next generation is hungry for change and wants to do something and we hand them distractions, put them to sleep with romance novels, magazines about the best sex positions, and how to make people look at you.
So the question is what do we do? If you are a young women reading this and you are starting on your journey I say this to you: be strong, love people, be courageous, be bold, learn, be teachable. Surround yourself with strong women who see value in you, if you can't find one, I will be one. Be willing to look in the mirror of your character and look for the flaws, the weaknesses and the strengths. Surrender to God daily and have faith that all things will work together for good. Know that no one is the same, their is no cheat sheet to life. A destiny or a purpose doesn't just "happen" but is unfolded over time. Work hard, forgive much and get in life giving relationships. These are the types of pressures that will turn you into diamonds.
God is not looking for women who want to look the part. He is looking for daughters who say "I am here, I am surrendered, Use me!" What would happen if our mothers stepped up and became warriors for their families, helpmates for their husbands, examples for their children and quit hiding behind the excuses they have. When we quit hiding behind the words of "balanced" and "submitting to my husband" Human trafficking, orphans, foster care, abuse, sickness, poverty,and widows. These are things that break Gods heart. Do they break yours? If not maybe its time that during this waiting season you start to discover who you are and what God made you for. You are leaving a legacy, what will it be? Dust or Diamonds?
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