PRAISE FOR THE SMART GIRLS GUIDE TO MEAN GIRLS, MANICURES & GODS AMAZING PLAN FOR ME
What do you get when someone writes a book for girls that contains life-changing, maybe even life-saving, advice? Advice that is rib-cracking funny, encouraging, and written in no nonsense language? You get a book that is a survival manual, a book that I intend to give to every young girl in my family. A book every girl of school age should read. You get The Smart Girls Guide to Mean Girls, Manicures & Gods Amazing Plan for Me.
Ken Davis, Author, Speaker, Comedian, Speaking Coach, Grandfather of three young women who need this book NOW
To this day, I still have some horrible memories of how mean teen girls can be to each other. I remember finding it hard to apply Gods Word to real life and real problemsand I wish I would have had this book to help me back then! Kristin is so gifted at combining humor with biblical teaching. She is my go-to source for fun, relevance, and encouragement for teen girlsand this book is just that!
Julie Elias, Christian Recording Artist and Founder of the Aurora Conference
2016 by Susie Shellenberger and Kristin Weber
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To my sister Leah.
Thank you for suggesting I dedicate the book to you.
Kristin
1.
Learn to Wait
We dont have to wait for much in our culture.
We can communicate to anyone at any time, have popcorn in three minutes, get custom-made food without leaving our car, watch television shows downloaded on demand to any device we want, and get most information at the click of a button.
The technological advancements of our time have made life much easier, but because of them we have lost the ability to wait. We want instant satisfaction and immediate results. Patience is no longer in our vocabulary.
We even want God to give us what we want instantly. Sometimes, though, God makes us wait for things. Since the beginning of the world, God has made His people wait.
He promised a Savior in Genesis 3, but He didnt send Jesus for thousands of years.
He made Abraham and Sarah wait many years after promising them a child through which all nations would be blessed. (Fun fact: Jesus came from the ancestry of Abraham, and every nation in the world was blessed by what He did for us on the cross. Pretty cool, huh?)
He made Joseph sit in jail for years for crimes he didnt commit before Pharaoh honored him with the position of second-in-command.
God uses these times of waiting to shape us. To prepare us. To mold us. To strengthen our character. To give us the ability to understand and empathize with people. To keep us from becoming spoiled. To bring us closer to Him. To give us rest.
God also uses these times of waiting for His own glory. As stories unfold and God shows up in seemingly impossible circumstances, we see more of who God is and learn more about His character. We realize that we are a small part of something much bigger than immediately getting our way.
Our timing is based on what we know now. Gods timing is based on knowing everything in the entire universe: yesterday, today, and forever.
Waiting reminds us we arent the center of the universe.
Waiting reminds us that God is in control.
Waiting reminds us that a day is coming when we will no longer wait. Our faith will become sight; sin will be no more, and well dwell in a perfect world with God.
Kristin
FROM GOD:
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. (Psalm 39:7 ESV )