Strength, Dignity and a Smile: Damsels in Distress, or Daughters in Rebellion?

I was shocked. Not at seeing someone else's depravity and sinfulness, but at seeing someone, still professing the name of Christ, behave in a way that even the world would consider 'wild' or 'inappropriate'. This young woman, who used to shudder at curse words and the name of the Lord being used in vain; was now indulging in the worlds iniquity. And the saddest part of it, is that I see the majority of the young women in my community falling into the same state of wantonness. I am not talking about the atheist that lives down the street, but the homeschooled, Church going, *Christian* girls. They exhibit immodesty, not only in their dress, but in their conduct. They love the world. They cling to feminism and our culture's ideas of true success. Their actions say they are the whore of Babylon instead of the pure Bride of Christ.

My heart is broken and my spirit grieved. I feel tormented. What happened? Why is my generation of peers straying so far from God? They claim the name of our precious Savior, without any intention of holding fast to Him. I feel a unique sense of despair when I think of 2 Peter 2:21, "For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them." 'It would have been better for them never to have known...' rings through my ears. Is there a greater condemnation for those who have known God's word, than for those who have not? "For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries." (Hebrews 10:26-27)

To read in full, please go to Strength, Dignity and a Smile: Damsels in Distress, or Daughters in Rebellion?: "(I know this post is long, but I had a lot on my heart. So please bear with me. :) I had a great deal of trouble sleeping last night...."