How Can I Be Content In a Situation That I Didn't Choose?? (Part 3)

I can focus on the work that God has called me to do and busy myself in becoming a virtuous woman today, married or not. One thing that several of us young women discussed in a study at the camp meeting this year was the verse in Proverbs 31 that states, "The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her...she will do him good and not evil ALL the days of her life." Several of us had read the book "When God Writes Your Love Story" by Eric and Leslie Ludy, in which they point out the word "ALL" in that verse. A truly virtuous woman doesn't wait to be virtuous until after she's married...she does good ALL of her life. She doesn't live in such a way that someday her husband will be ashamed to hear of her "wild teenage years". Even more important to us is that we live such a life that Jesus will not be ashamed of. When we use our gifts the way God wants, His name is glorified through this.

1 Peter 4:10,11
"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."

Another good verse that comes to mind is Colossians 3:17:
"And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him."

There is plenty of work out there to be done that will keep us busy. If we focus on doing this work for the Lord and glorifying Him by our life, this will cause us to think less and less about the things in our lives we are dissatisfied with. We won't have time to worry about chasing boys or feeling sorry for ourselves because we're lonely. We will be too busy thinking of more important things!