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 I've been encouraged by so many people lately concerning Proverbs 31 Wardrobe Ministry and I cannot wait to see where God will take us! For those joining us for the first time, Proverbs 31 Wardrobe Ministry is a ministry geared towards promoting modesty, godliness, purity, and holiness in Christian women. We believe in the Word of God that states that a god-fearing woman is clothed with strength and dignity (Proverbs 31:25). In a society that emphasizes nakedness and lust, we strive to honor the Lord, not just in our personal walk with Christ, but also in our speech, our conduct, and in our fashion choices. Our ultimate goal is to glorify the Lord, be our sister's keepers, and strive to emulate the love of Christ in our day-to-day lives.  By the special grace of God we will be launching the non-profit vision of P31WM next year and expand globally. For February's P31WM feature, I am wearing a casual outfit that can be worn to young adults and singles events or out with friends. I've always wanted to wear all-white, but I love color too much therefore I decided to accent the outfit with splashes of color. Check out more pictures below and details on where the outfit pieces were bought from.

Making A Godly Choice

Have you been faced with the struggle of choosing between two or more things knowing that your future depends on that single choice?  Aside from making the decision to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal Savior many years ago, the only other time I've felt the gravity of a decision was deciding to drop out of my engineering courses to pursue a degree in pharmacy. I basically had an anxiety attack. I thought about how I was going to tell friends I was changing majors and the stigma that came with that, I thought about how the extra years in school meant I wouldn't be able to financially assist my parents sooner, I thought my own happiness and how I was going to spend almost my entire 20s in school, and I thought about the work that making this change will require. I panicked and I ran to the feet of my Father and spent an entire night crying to the Lord.  I alway say it was a good thing I lived by myself at that moment because my heart was so heavy that I lacked words to say to God so I simply cried and not those pretty cries and sobs, but the type of crying where you cannot breathe nor see due to the tears and mucus. All I managed to say to God was, "Help me, Father" over and over again. Unbeknown to me, God had brought me exactly where He wanted me, at His feet, completely selfless and seeking for His direction and Will for my life. You see, when it comes to making a godly choice, we must recognize our helplessness and likewise recognize that God is Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent. The Lord knows all concerning that decision before you, His presence is already in the future of the result of the decision, and He has all the power to guide you in your choices. The Word of the Lord says,

"Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses."- Psalm 25:12

It is important to allow the Lord to teach us in the way we should go because we tend to reason differently from the Lord. When it comes to making choices, we lean towards our past experiences, what our eyes can see, what we feel emotionally at that moment,  and towards the person or thing that we have the most history with; however, the Lord searches the inner heart of all things. The disciples of Jesus Christ knew that Scripture said "Let another take his (Judas) office" (Acts1:20) so they had the burden of finding a replacement for Judas after Judas betrayed Jesus. With this huge decision before them, the apostles began to reason how to make a godly choice. From their reasoning, they concluded that the one who will be the new 12th disciple must be someone who has been with them throughout the entire time they spent with Jesus, from the baptism of Jesus, to His death and resurrection. From this criteria, they narrow the choice down to two men, Barsabas and Matthias. Both man had history with them, both man had gone through experiences with them, and emotionally the disciples must have loved both men, but before making any decision, their final and most important step was to inquired of the Lord.

" And they prayed and said, "You, O Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen."- Acts 1:24

What Does God Want From Me?

I remember there was a movie I once watched with Mel Gibson called, "What Women Want." In the movie he accidently received the ability to hear what women were thinking around him and he used this power to his advantage. As I thought about the topic of this blog (What Does God Want From Me) that movie came to mind and that's when I realized that in order to know what God wants from me, I must know His mind. Is it possible to know the Mind of God? If so, what is the mind of God? To answer the first question, yes it is possible to know the mind of God. We are told in Amos 3:7 that, " Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets". To answer the second question, the mind of God is nothing else but His Word revealed in the Holy Scriptures. The Scripture in Proverbs 4:20-22 says, "My son give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh." By searching His Word, I've found that what God wants from me is very simple. God wants Me. Period. We forsake the grace and mercy of salvation when we assume God wants things from us. When we assume God wants things from us, we are inadvertently telling the Lord that we can earn salvation and we can earn His love. We get busy throwing gifts at God in order to earn favor from Him and to get on His good side when the Lord simply only wanted us. The only purpose of our existence is to honor the Lord.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service" -Romans 12:1 (NKJV)

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I'm so excited to be featuring the first Proverbs31 Wardrobe Ministry of 2016! I am excited because I feel closer to actualizing the full vision and purpose of Proverbs31-WM. I believe in my heart that in the next 2 years, God will be glorified fully through P31WM as we launch our outreach and non-profit aspect of this ministry. Until then, we will continue to honor God by sharing modest outfit inspirations and encouraging our sisters in Christ to continue to chase after righteousness.

Purpose vs. Time

God has an interesting way of speaking to His people. Recently the phrase "purpose driven" has been on my heart and I have this urgency to be about my Father's business. It's as though the Holy Spirit is saying, "The devil has many agents in the world actively carrying out their John 10:10 agenda. I need you and My people to be My agents to let the world know about eternal life in Me. You have a purpose! Carry it out!" To confirm His Word, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to see something hidden on my instagram page.

As I was checking a notification on phone, my eyes saw that the white spaces of the things I've recently uploaded formed a cross (I highlighted in red). In addition, the phrase "Purpose over Popularity" was directly in the middle. It may not seem like much to you, but I knew God was speaking to me and so I've spent some time trying to understand what the Lord is saying. My study brought me back to the book of Ecclesiastes 3 :1 which says,

"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven."

I've read this same Scripture countless of times; however, this time around God made me understand there's an expiration date for every purpose. We must do what God has asked us to do at the specific time God has commanded for us to act. Once that time expires, the purpose is invalid. The conclusion of the matter is that we must understand not only our purpose in life, but also the time tied to those purposes. Jesus understood this principle of purpose vs. time and demonstrated it to us all.

Is There Room For Me in Heaven?

When a semester in school ends, I pack my bags and I joyfully head to Houston to my parent's house. There is no question in my mind if there will be food for me to eat when I get home neither am I bothered about where I will sleep because I know that I have a room in my father's house. I know that there's a place in the house specifically left untouched in anticipation of my arrival. It has already been established and known by all that that's FeeFe's room and so when I arrive at home, I take my bags into my room and settle in. While I have an earthly father who has a room for me in his house, I also have a Heavenly Father who has a house. The question then remains this: Is there room for me in heaven? Is heaven preparing a space specifically in anticipation of my arrival? Is heaven even anticipating my arrival? These are the questions that the Lord has on my heart. The years we live on earth are all important, the careers we are working so hard at are good, the dreams and relationships we desire are also good things, but eternity is waiting for everyone. Where will you be spending it? In the Holy Word of God, Jesus said, 

"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also"-John 14:2-3

In the Greek translation, the word mansions is monḗ which means "dwelling place" or "room". Jesus has promised that He is going back to the Father's house to create a room for His children so that we may live with Him for all of eternity. This means we must belong to the family of God in order to live with the Father. Jesus went on to declare, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" and this declaration shows that the only way to know with full confidence that there will be room for us in Heaven is if we are walking and working with Christ Jesus. Have you done anything to deserve a room in the Father's house? Better still, are you even His child?