MAKE CHRIST THE CENTER OF OUR LIFE

Working extra hours this week I have been beyond bored so I looked up a website by Leslie Ludy. She has wrote many books for young women, and I recommend all of them! I was just looking around at the website and came across a blog she did a couple days ago. Ill admit I'm stealing some of her words, but it was so powerful and amazing I could not pass it up! She was talking about women that loved God so much that he was the center of their life. They put him above all else family, pleasure, riches, friends and the world. Here are some of their amazing, touching stories.

Amy Carmichael sacrificed her right to be married and chose instead to spend her life rescuing 1,000 children from being sold into temple prostitution in India.  Her romance with Jesus Christ far exceeded the most beautiful fairy tale ever written.

   

Sabina Wurmbrandt sacrificed her right to live “happily ever after” with the love of her life, Richard, when it came down to a choice between saving her husband and standing up for her first Love, Jesus Christ.  She inspired her husband to stand against those who were blaspheming Christ’s name, and as a result she and Richard were separated for ten long years.

   

Gladys Alyward spent all of her youth and beauty in a war-torn Chinese village – rather than pining after men – choosing service for the Kingdom of God over marriage, family and the comforts of this world.  And as a result, a hundred violent prisoners were subdued into quiet obedience, two hundred orphan’s lives were saved and thousands were pulled out of darkness into God’s marvelous light.

   

Catherine Booth laid down her right to a comfortable marriage and family life – not only allowing her husband to pour out his life for the destitute and dying, but serving right by his side as he did so.  She chose all-night prayer gatherings, long days trudging through slums, and attack from the modern church over a stable existence in a cute home with a white picket fence.

These women truly choose to commit everything to God. He was their number one love, and they showed that with how they lived. They sacrificed husbands and comfort for their king, nothing was more important than living for him. When we have a Christ-consumed heart, guys ( or girls) no longer dominate our thinking, our actions, and our decisions.  Rather, the Lover of our soul captivates us so completely that every guy we meet clearly sees that Jesus is, and always will be, the number one Prince of our heart. You can check out her website at http://www.setapartgirl.com/