I can't help but wonder why we, as Christ professing young women so easily submit our minds and emotions to an industry that openly mocks the purity and righteousness of our Heavenly Prince.

True feminine beauty is not a complicated formula involving hundreds of rules to remember. It is not something that requires spending two years at finishing school or being groomed as a beauty pageant queen. It is the natural byproduct of a young woman who has emptied herself, given up her own life, and allowed God's Spirit complete access to every dimension of her inner and outer life.

Christianity has confused catching mice with the real work of the Kingdom, which is more like hunting lions.

Stop trying to fit [Christ] into your life; instead, build your life around [Him].

There is no safer place for your hopes and dreams than in the loving hands of your faithful Father.

Other 'Christian' girls may watch the same movies, listen to the same music, wear the same clothes, and have all the same pop culture addictions as the rest of the world with just slightly higher morals tacked on. But God has called us to a higher standard-the very standard of Jesus Christ. And I believe it's time we become worthy of the calling we have received.

She was far too busy living out a passionate romance with Jesus Christ to be pining after an earthly prince.