![]() ![]() I didn’t understand why I couldn’t hang out with the girl my mother warned me about. It took a while for me to get this: I was the girl who fought against what I thought were the irrational fears of an overprotective mother. Our Friends Will Influence UsĬhoose your friends wisely because the people we hang around with will influence our decisions and who we become. Teach your daughter the lesson that anger, like fire, makes a poor master because it destroys everything it touches if it is not kept in check. At the end of her fast, she was able to deal with Haman’s threat to her people with a cool head. ![]() Instead, she gave herself a three-day timeout and spent it fasting with her maids. When she learned that Haman wanted to destroy her people, she didn’t get angry (or if she did, she managed to keep it under control). But Haman’s anger led to his own destruction and the death of his sons. It was Haman’s anger which caused him to want to destroy Mordecai and everyone associated with him. If you’ve read the book of Esther, you saw how angry Haman got because Mordecai refused to bow down before him. Words spoken can never be regained and we may never be able to fully heal the heart of the other person we hurt with our angry words or actions. Long after we’ve said our angry words or lashed out in anger, the effects remain. But we have to remember that anger should never be in charge. Sometimes we get angry and we have to let it out. I hope one of the lessons you teach your daughter is that she has the right to fight for what she believes in-and she has the right to do so without stooping to underhanded tactics. Only after she had spent time in her Father’s presence did she try to approach the king. She didn’t try to use the king’s affection for her against his favorite prince, she took her concerns to God and fasted for three days. When Esther had to fight for the lives of her people, she didn’t set herself up as an opponent to Haman and ask the king to choose sides. We don’t have to resort to hair-pulling, name-calling or shaming people on the internet to get our point across. One of the lessons we need to learn as women is that there’s a right –and a wrong-way to fight. But invariably, there’s a scene where two young girls find themselves competing for the same thing and one-or both of them-start fighting dirty. Like Esther, we can treat everyone as we would like to be treated because it matters. It didn’t matter if they were a slave in the king’s court or her adoptive father Mordecai. Esther treated everyone she came in contact with respectfully and decently. She can learn to treat others with care and consideration, but especially with kindness. She can learn that all of us were created equal and should be treated as such. But it’s not too late, this is one of the lessons to teach your daughter. Our facial expression when we are talking to people matter-even our body language matters.īecause so many of our conversations happen behind the scenes, we are forgetting how to treat others. And so we forget that the way we speak matters. We don’t need to be physically with someone to connect with them. This inward focus is encouraged by the prevalent use of smartphones, social media, and the internet. We live in a world where everyone is focused on themselves. Sometimes we forget that the way we treat others makes a difference. Here are some of those insights gleaned from the story of Esther and the nature of her character. There are so many things we want to impart on our growing girls, and I’ve found the book of Esther offers us important life lessons we can teach our daughters. Then as you became a parent and began raising your child, that list grew longer and much more complicated. When you thought about having children–if you thought about it at all–you may have had a list of things you wanted to teach them. If you think about it, the lessons you learned as a girl had a huge impact on the person you are today. It’s a very big job and I want to make it a little easier for you by sharing six lessons to teach your daughter from the book of Esther. We have to teach them how to make good decisions and make the right choices. We are responsible for teaching our children how to survive in this world without us. Lessons to Teach Your Daughter from Queen EstherĪs moms, we have a pretty big job. ![]() I’m honored to have her on my blog to share some of her wise insights we can teach our girls from the book of Esther. I have read this amazing devotional and believe it is a valuable resource for any Christian parent raising girls. Today she is offering us some important lessons to teach your daughter, inspired by her newly released Bible study for teen girls titled: “Royal: Life Lessons from the Book of Esther”. Friends, today I’d like to introduce you to my friend Aminata Coote, who writes at and is an author of several Christian books. ![]()
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