What are practical ways we can redeem the years following the completion of our formal education and prior to marriage? How can we be extremely intentional as we prepare to be “keepers at home” (Titus 2:5); young women entering marriage capable of efficiently managing the affairs of our homes so that it can be said of us: “the heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain” (Prov. 31:11))? As young women also desiring to one day be godly mothers raising our children as arrows for the Lord (Ps. 127:4-5), we have been entrusted with an eternal assignment, that of training and discipling the souls of the next generation. How can we prepare now to one day “train up a child in the way he should go” (Prov. 22:6)?

Recently, I quietly listened as a conversation took place between three teenage girls. They discussed their futures and lack of direction for what to do upon high school graduation. All three shared their desire to eventually get married and have families. Two of the girls spoke especially about their lack of a desire for spending the years following their graduation from high school pursuing a college degree that they would most likely not need. They concluded that they certainly didn’t want to just sit around waiting for their future husband to arrive, but they didn’t know the best way to spend the unknown amount of time between high school graduation and marriage. My heart went out to them, because I understand their desire and sympathize with their quandary. Continue reading “Redeeming Our Time as Daughters at Home”