2 Powerful Ways in Which God Loves His Daughters

 
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1. God Promises to Take Care of Us

  • Despite what you may have been told, God is actually very interested in your well-being.

  • That includes all aspects: physical, mental, emotional, financial.


  • We see this in the Bible with Scriptures such as:

    • Isaiah 46:4 (NLT): “I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.”

    • Luke 12:7 (MSG): “What’s the price of two or three pet canaries? Some loose change, right? But God never overlooks a single one. And he pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don’t be intimidated by all this bully talk. You’re worth more than a million canaries.”

    • Psalm 55:22 (NLT): “Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.”

    • Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT): “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”


  • In addition to specific verses, we see God caring for His daughters through biblical stories such as:

    • Naomi and Ruth

      • In the book of Ruth, we see God provide for Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi through the kindness and generosity of Boaz. First their physical needs are met through Ruth’s ability to gather leftover grain for food; later, Ruth ends up marrying Boaz.


    • Hannah

      • In 1 Samuel 1:2–2:21, we meet Hannah. She was married and longed for a baby. Her situation was made worse by the fact that her husband’s other wife, who did have children, tormented her because of it. In verse 9, it says that Hannah was in “deep anguish.”

      • She prayed to God, vowing that He gave her a son, she would dedicate that son to the service of God.

      • The Lord granted her request and, as promised, Hannah left Samual at the Tabernacle in Shiloh, and he grew up to be a prophet.

      • Meanwhile, God blessed Hannah with three more sons and two daughters.


  • I’ve experienced God’s provision countless times in my 20+ walk with Him. 

  • I’m currently working on a book that, once published sometime this year, will be a trove of stories.

  • But just to give you an idea of things that I have experienced, here is a recent example:

    • Towards the end of last summer, I felt God prodding me to revisit the personal financial plan that I had created for 2024.

      • Specifically, I felt led to focus the remainder of the year on placing money in savings rather than paying off debt.

      • Then, two days after going back to work at the day job in the new year, I got laid off.

      • Because God had me plan in advance, I’m not in dire financial straits.

      • And, because I had seen hints at being laid off before my two weeks of holiday PTO, I was still able to relax and focus on launching Relate Escape Place, as I knew I had money in savings.

 
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2. God Promises to Protect Us

  • As part of His promise to take care of us, God also promises to protect us.

  • And, let’s face it, as women we deal with a lot more potential harm than men do.


  • In the Bible, we read:

    • Psalm 46:1 (NLT): “God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in trouble.”

    • Psalm 32:7 (NLT): “For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory.”

    • Isaiah 41:10 (NLT): “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”

    • Hebrews 13:6 (NLT): “So we can say with confidence, The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”


  • In addition to specific verses, we see God protecting His daughters through biblical stories such as:

    • Sarah (wife of Abraham)

      • In both Genesis 12 and 20, we see God rescue her.

        • Genesis 12

          • Sarah and Abraham traveled to Egypt due to a famine in Canaan, the land where they lived. Abraham was afraid that, because Sarah was so desirable, he’d be killed by some man who wanted her for himself. 

          • So, instead of trusting God, he introduces Sarah as his sister. 

          • Pharoah ends up taking her into his household to become his wife, but then God strikes plagues upon Pharaoh's household, which alerts him to who Sarah is, and she is given back to Abraham.

        • In Genesis 20, we see Abraham do this same thing again (of having Sarah act as his sister). And once again, God intervened by communicating the truth to the other man - this time, King Abimelech - in a dream. In verse 3 it says, “But that night God came to Him in a dream and told him, ‘You are a dead man, for that woman you took is married.’”


    • Rahab

      • In the book of Joshua, we read how Rahab courageously hides the Israelite spies. In return, the spies agree to spare not just Rahab, but her entire family when the Israelites take Jericho.

      • The Israelites kept their word and, in Matthew, Rahab is listed in the genealogy of Jesus.

      • Not only did God spare her (and her family), but He grafted her into one of His biggest plans.


  • Just like with His provision, I’ve experienced God’s protection. Recently, He:

    • Protected me from being shot in my own apartment.

    • Several months ago, I was getting ready for bed when two cops knocked on my door. They informed me that a neighbor had accidentally discharged their gun, and they saw a bullet hole in the privacy wall of my balcony.

    • Fortunately, while the bullet had passed through the privacy wall and into the wall of the apartment, it hadn’t gone through the wall and into the living room.

    • Which was a good thing, being that I had been sitting right in that spot during the time the gun had gone off, watching TV.

    • Meaning, if the bullet had gone through the second wall, I very well might have been shot.

    • Upon inspecting the situation, we discovered that despite the bullet’s obvious force, it had somehow been propelled back outside, onto the balcony, and then bounced a few feet away to rest under the chair.

    • I have a very logical and smart brain; it was obvious that something interrupted the natural laws of physics.