GIRLS JUST WANT TO BE BOYS

"Your adornment must not be merely external–braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God." (1 Peter 3:3-4).

How things have changed. When I was a girl, my friends and I weren't loud and rowdy. We didn't burp out loud and yell out random things that came to mind. We didn't throw our bodies around, crash into each other and fall on the ground, just to be silly and get a laugh. Those were things that boys did. 

But today, girls act more like boys. They take no pride in being quiet or gentle. Today if a girl displays ladylike qualities, she's seen as being "prissy." Girls who act like ladies are called "girlie girls"  and they're made fun of. Today's girls want to be tough, loud, obnoxious, rowdy, ungraceful and without manners. They take pride in being more boyish than girlish. 

It's okay to be silly once in a while, but there's a price to pay when girls don't live up to the behavior that God expects from them. There's a price to pay when the goal is only to draw attention to yourself and show off. One day all that loud, silly, obnoxious behavior will come back to bite her. Someone might even end up getting hurt. And she will have only herself to blame. 

Read the blog post at the link below, written by a 20-year-old preacher's daughter. She says it better than I can. And after reading her post, I realized that I'm not the only one who has noticed this change in girls. 
http://comefillyourcup.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/a-gentle-and-quiet-spirit/