The first date in this awesome book, Eight Great Dates for Moms and Daughters, involves going to a proper tea house to celebrate all things beautiful and fancy.
We got all dressed up and got all ready to enjoy some beautiful treats and to relax together.
We got all dressed up and got all ready to enjoy some beautiful treats and to relax together.
On the way to the date, the author has made available an mp3 audio for you both to listen to in the car on the way to the date. Since this is the first date, she describes what a secret keeper girl is, and one foundational truth that is the basis for all the dates to come: you are a masterpiece created by God.
The way the author has you illustrate this foundational truth is by using different kinds of cups.
We talked about the fine china, the silver, the linens. The beautiful music, the gorgeous surroundings.
And then we compared it to if we had gone to have this time together at Applebee's or Chick-fil-a. It still would have been great, but there is just something so special about surrounding ourselves with beautiful and delicate things, things that are not common.
As directed to in the book, I pulled out a coffee cup that I use each day, and a styrofoam cup that you can throw away.
We compared our lives, our beauty, our value to these different cups. How many people, who don't know that they are a masterpiece created by God, treat themselves or are treated like ordinary, every day cups. Some even treat themselves like styrofoam: cheap and disposable.
But we know that we are loved, valued, created, cherished by the One True God, and that changes everything!
Dates that are coming up:
Date 2 : Real Physical Beauty
Date 3 : The Source Of Beauty
Date 4 : The Power Of Beauty
Date 5 : Truth Or Bare Fashion
Date 6 : The Bod Squad
Date 7 : Internal Fashion
Date 8 : Affirmation Of Beauty
There was even an mp3 to listen to on the way home, wrapping up the date and the biblical truth. I gave Marie a beautiful tea cup to keep in her room as a way to remember our date and her worth as a child of God. Love this book and these ideas!
how special!!! thank you for sharing it!
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