Set-Apart Femininity

learn to care about only one thing—the relationship between Christ and ourselves.8

tremendous freedom to get rid of all self-consideration

We are meant to let all thoughts of self become swallowed up in Him.

“deny” here literally translates: to forget one’s self, lose sight of one’s self and one’s own interests.

Christian life can be explained only in terms of Jesus Christ, and if your life as a Christian can still be explained in terms of you—your personality, your willpower, your gift, your talent, your money, your courage, your scholarship, your dedication, your sacrifice, or your anything—then although you may have the Christian life, you are not yet living it.7

The secret to becoming the radiant, beautiful, alluring, lily-white princess of childhood dreams is forgetting all about self and becoming completely consumed with only one thing—Jesus Christ.

her superhuman strength comes from God alone.

the source of her strength does not lie within herself. She relies on a power wholly not her own.

Proverbs 31 woman is a set-apart woman. She lives a miraculous, superhuman, victorious, amazing, fulfilling, poured-out life. She is stunningly beautiful, dignified, and strong; stronger than every other woman around

grace and dignity of an Audrey Hepburn blended with the poured-out devotion of an Amy Carmichael.