Jackie's Journey "Christmas Surrender!"

Christmas is a wonderful time to put our busy lives back into Scriptural perspective.  We celebrate the coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ…the One who gives us everything we need to live a godly life. (II Peter 1: 3) This year 2022 is closing down…how did you do in your surrender to Him this year?

 Genuine Christianity is an unconditional surrender to His Lordship.

 While attending the University of Arizona, I was invited to join Kappa Alpha Theta, a national sorority.  I had a sense of acceptance and grew to love the girls and the accountability.  After a semester of pledging, we had a night of mild hazing that culminated in stepping, individually, behind a veil for the final step of becoming a Theta.  As the “pledge of loyalty” was read and the words were spoken to me…I was asked to repeat them…

 A few months earlier, over Thanksgiving holiday, I had attended a church service and heard for the first time in my life that I could know God in a personal way through His Son, Jesus Christ.  Now, standing behind that veiled curtain in the Theta House, listening to the call to Theta loyalty, I was profoundly struck and realized I had already given my total allegiance to the Savior that we celebrate next week!  When He walked into my life, everything changed…I had no more allegiance to give.

 Time has tested on life’s stage that unconditional surrender

I made to my loving Savior and Sovereign Lord, in those college days.

 What is your present commitment?

 Commitment was the turning point in my life when I seized the moment and converted it into an opportunity to alter my destiny. When we talk about total surrendering of our lives to the Lordship of Christ, we are talking about yielding all our rights and expectations! 

 What…?

 Wait a Minute!

 Don’t we run from the people and circumstances that call us into total commitment?  It is much easier to go with the flow as the secular, ungodly world dictates to us woke, relativity, independence and “I have MY rights!”  The world’s motto: “Strength only, show no weakness!”  The human struggle wants HIS POWER TO DO OUR WILL…no humility here.

 Is humility a position of strength or weakness, in your opinion?

 “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses,

so that Christ’s power may rest on me.  That is why, for Christ’s sake,

I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

 For when I am weak, then I am strong.”  (II Cor. 12: 9-10)

 Humility is me…seeing the contrast between my spiritual condition (a sinner) and HIS holiness and then receiving His grace to live Christ-like, not Jackie-like!  Grace flows in our weakness. Grace is doing HIS WILL WITH HIS POWER! (Phil. 2: 13)   It is acknowledging His presence and His power to live the Christian life.  Victory is living in that truth!

 Have you surrendered your life to His Lordship?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Hidden Sin!"

Duchess, my Ragdoll kitty, thinks she’s hiding from me…

Do you have a hidden sin? Something you don’t want anyone to know about?

 We cannot hide.  God has “placed our iniquities before Him, our secret sins in the light of His Presence.” Psalm 90: 8 “You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time; but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time!” Abraham Lincoln

 t has been said of compromise that “we are too Christian really to enjoy sinning and too fond of sinning to enjoy Christianity.  It is no mystery, most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do, our trouble is that we do not want to do it.” (Peter Marshall) “The instances are exceedingly rare of man immediately passing over a clear marked line from virtue into declared vice, addiction and corruption.  There are middle tints and shades of concealed concessions between the two extremes; there is something uncertain on the confines of the two empires which they must pass through, and which renders the change easy and imperceptible. (Edmund Burke) 

 Hidden sin is cosmic treason. (R.C. Sproul) One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a CREAM PUFF INSTEAD OF A RATTLESNAKE!  Sin is not being lost in others…the other choice is selfishness. “By nature, I was too blind to see him, too proud to trust Him, too obstinate to serve Him, too base-minded to love Him.” (John Newton)

 There are many kinds of “hidden sins”.  They will ultimately destroy the offender and those connected to him They are thought to be hidden because we think no one knows.  Our excuse…’it is not affecting anyone else’’; hence, it is acceptable. It has been rationalized, justified, marginalized and cloaked in deceit.  There is only one problem…God always knows…there is nothing hidden from Him. (Rev. 22:12) Also, we are living letters known and read by all men (II Cor. 3:3) and even the least discerning uncovers the truth, eventually.  No one can get away with sin. It is sure to find you out.

 “But we have renounced (“turned away from”) “the things hidden” “(secret sins, immoralities, drunkenness, hypocrisies, and the sins hidden deep within the darkness of one’s life) because of shame (ugly or disgraceful), not walking in craftiness (deceitfulness) or adulterating the words of God but by manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.” 2 Cor. 4: 2

 To maintain a habitual hidden sin is to announce, “I do not fear God.  He will not hold me accountable; I am the exception to the biblically stated rule; I am my own God! Satan doesn’t care what we worship, as long as we don’t worship the only true God!  Moody

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "My Shadow Princess!"

Our Kuna neighbors…Anita and her family

 As the plane left the landing strip and soared into the morning sky, I caught a glimpse of the entire village waving farewell.  There waws one girl who stood in front of the crowd, crying.  I would miss her most of all!

 That young girl was the daughter of my nearest neighbor and she quickly became my shadow.  When two-month-old Kim would cry, she would abruptly run to get her and bring her to me.  I did not understand her kind action, but I always thanked her and stopped whatever I was doing to receive Kim into my arms.

 Later I would learn what an immensely special gift I was receiving.  The Kuna’s were very accommodating and took turns caring for each other’s babies, freeing mothers to leave the village and go into the jungle to tend to their fields for hours.  When the baby cried, the first to reach the distressed child would nurse that baby!

 In our village, some of the mother’s had tuberculosis and “My Shadow” had dutifully protected Kim for those early months after entering Kuna land.  Our permission to live in Pucuro was granted by the Kuna elders, specifically to bring medicine to the women who were losing their babies during childbirth and to care for the sick.  In those early days, we were oblivious to much of their culture, yet silently, God met my “unknown need” through the loving heart of a beautiful Indian princess named Anita.

 Like Jacob of old in the ‘barren and howling waste of the desert’, “He (God) shielded us and cared for us, He guarded us as the apple of His eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them on its pinions.” (Deut. 32: 10-11)  The eye of an eagle can detect a rabbit or fish from over a mile away!  How much more is the protective eye of God on those who walk with Him.

 What is your understanding and disposition of God’s protective hand?

Did you know it comes with a condition?

 “Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask, because we obey His commands and do what pleases Him.” (I John 3: 21) Promises given in scripture are generally followed by a condition.  Living under the divine protection of the Almighty God is a promise guaranteed, if we choose to walk by His standards and not our own.

 Knowing He is invisibly working on our behalf when we are totally unaware of our need is a magnificent reality to comprehend when finally revealed in the light!  And it is a daily reminder to “walk our talk”, so our heart does not condemn us.

 “The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him;

And the Lord will cover him all day long…” (Deut. 33: 12)

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "What Merits Our Thanks?"

Does this turkey look grateful??

 It’s that time again…and it came quicker than any year in the past!  Hobby Lobby, and everyone else, has had their fall and Christmas decorations out since before Halloween!  I love seasons and fall is one of my favorites and all that it brings with it.  Thanksgiving is celebrated in the fall.   It screams change is coming.  Did you know that Thanksgiving is not a season?  It’s a posture of the heart…

  And I am giving thanks for each one of you that follow along with me each week.

 Enjoy these days of family and friend gatherings…

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Money Talks!"

Life is simply a stewardship, not an ownership; a trust, not a gift.  With a gift you may do as you please, but with a trust, you must give an account. (Eph. 2: 10) This is the beginning of the holiday season when we begin spending money on gifts and essentials that make this time of year delightful and challenging. Thanksgiving, after-all, is next week! 

 John McArthur has a tape called “Mastery of Materialism”. He said, “16 out of 38 of Christs parables deal with money.  More is said in the New Testament about money than Heaven and Hell!  Five times more is said about money than prayer.  There are 500 plus verses on prayer and faith, but there are 2,000 verses dealing with money and possessions.”  Obviously, the point is the Bible has much to say about money management!

 There are four basic biblical principles of money management in Matthew 25: 14-30.  They summarize much of what the Bible has to say regarding money and stewardship.  The first is simple…God owns it all!  Hence, He has the right to whatever He wants, whenever He wants it. It’s all His and the Owner has rights and I, a steward, have only responsibility.

 A good example of this is when my daughter started driving my car.  I’m the owner; my daughter has only privilege, while I maintain all respnsibility.  I can take it back for any reason, at any time. In the same way, every single possession that I have comes from His hand.  I possess much, but own nothing.

 Stewardship is the God-given resource for the accomplishment of God-given goals.  It is an active definition, not theoretical. It acknowledges God’s ownership over my possessions and His direction of my use of these resources. Not only is my “giving” decision a spiritual one, but “spending” decisions are also.  There is nothing more spiritual about giving than buying a car, taking a vacation, buying food, paying off a debt, paying taxes, paying for college…These are all uses of His resources. 

 The Bible reveals many specific guidelines, as to how the Owner wants His property used.  You can’t fake stewardship!  Our checkbooks reveal all that we really believe about guardianship.  A life story could be written from a checkbook.  It reflects: goals, priorities, convictions, relationships, use of time… A person can fake prayer, Bible study, evangelism…but, the checkbook reveals all!  Could that be why so many are secretive about personal finances?

 The second money management tenet is that God uses money as a tool to teach us, as a test of our trustworthiness andas a testimony to distinguish us from the world.  The third rule is not the amount we have but how we handle what God has entrusted to us and lastly, the fourth, is that stewardship requires faith and volitional action.

 My husband has always said, “You can’t take it with you, but you can send it ahead”.  “Lay not up…treasures on earth, but lay up for yourselves in heaven…for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt. 6: 19-21)   His point…invest in eternity! (Lu. 16: 1-9)

 There are five weeks before Christmas.

 Our stewardship of His resources will come to light…

 How are we living life?

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "The Fourth Quarter!"

The frantic frog fighting for his life, as is the heron!

 It’s fall and Football season is here again. In most sports, there is a “fourth” quarter which determines the outcome of the game.  Some of us are approaching, or in, that fourth quarter, in terms of our remaining productive years.  Should we continue vocationally active into our seventies and eighties, we had roughly twenty-five to thirty years to make our personal mark on what is here, and on those who pick up our life-work and values. 

 As a young person, I remember visiting my grandparents and thinking they were years away from me because I was only in the first quarter.  The fourth quarter was sooo far away that I could not even visualize what it must be like.

 Yet, here it is…

 My husband has always said, “We are going to just burn out serving, Jackie.”  He will be sharing Christ on his death bed…I just know it!  When the Beatles sang “when I’m sixty-four,” we could scarcely imagine such a thing (that was really old!), but now, it’s in sight or we have already passed it!  So…what have we done in the first three quarters?? Did we make the world a better place or life better?  The final count is out…

In spiritual terms, we will reap what we have sown. (Gal. 6: 7) We will each be held accountable for our deeds here on earth. (Rev. 22: 12) If there was ever a need for followers of Christ (especially, fourth quarter believers!) to persevere, be resolute in purpose, uncompromising for truth, persistent in faith, unyielding in hope, constant in love, and unstoppable in advancing the kingdom…it is NOW!

 Just reaching the last quarter of life is a gift…a life-span “may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures.” (Psa.90: 10) Often, there are health and financial challenges. Or failure to see the divine purpose in aging.  Many reach this milestone and sense the inevitable invisibility by the people and culture around them.  They sit back and just resolve to wait out the remaining time…while sacrificing what could be the best years of their lives!

 In reality, we are all living in the last quarter because we are not guaranteed even another day. We are told to “number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psa. 90: 13) Hence, the need to focus in and live as if every day might be our last.

 Any regrets?

 What legacy will be left?

 Is there a plan to finish the course and its God- given purpose?

 We are the “never give up” generation…

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "How Evil is Evil?"

The worlds in turmoil.

 There is a created stress producing evil and the instability

is rampant with unrest all around us.

People are struggling, looking for answers…

 And we have them!!

 Everyone has their own system of seeking truth in resolving issues and understanding circumstances around them.  There are a lot of lies out there!

 Do you want solutions?  How do you recognize the truth?

 Our universal and only true God has taught us how find answers. To level the playing field and see evil for what it is from God’s perspective, let’s look at how God defines it…“we do EVIL because we did not set our heart to seek the Lord”. (2 Chron. 12: 14)  

 To seek the Lord is a present progressive verb, meaning… an ongoing, never-ending action.  If we want answers to the mayhem and disorder around us…we connect with Him daily in His Word.    We are robbing God and ourselves by not “setting our heart to seek Him”!   We are created to fulfill what we, with Him, are commissioned to do.  Our designed purpose is “to do the will of God on earth, even as it is being done in Heaven”.  Matthew 6:10 “We are created for a life of good works that He has prepared before-hand for us to do”. Ephesians 2:10

 He wants to supply for His family, like any good father, as His family yields to His will and ways. We are to “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (and all these things will be added to us”) …”for this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or drink; nor for your body what you will put on. Are you not worth more than the birds and the lilies…”(mentioned above v. 27-32) Matthew 6:33  

 Evil is doing our own thing.  We have two choices:  Wisdom from above that comes as we seek Him or wisdom from below that is evil, Satanic, selfish, proud, and envious.  We cannot separate selfishness and pride from Satan. James 3:13-15 We are given clear understanding that setting our heart to seek Him teaches us that sacrificing our will and desires requires a surrendering to God’s will, bringing us into His will and our purpose. Romans 12:1,2

 In Matthew there was a group of people doing their version of God’s will, but doing it their own way.  Matthew 7:21,22Christ said, “depart from me, I never knew you.” They were doing, what appeared to be the same as the apostles, but it was in self-oriented, satanic power. 

 Who discerned that?  The Lord Jesus did!

 How do we know we are “setting our heart to seek Him?”

 What is His will, in general, for all believers?   Fish for men. Matt 4:19   Walk in the Spirit. Gal 5:16   Seek Him in the Scriptures daily to understand our calling.  It always involves service.  He came to serve, not to be served.  He lives in the believer to continue to do just that. If you are focused on all of the evil that is happening around you or the turmoil of circumstances that are incumbering you…set your heart to seek Him and know He has the answer and is waiting to give it to you…

 Who are you seeking today?

 He is the same today, yesterday and forever.

 (an adapted study from Ralph Johnson)

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "It's A Choice!"

We have all heard and probably repeated the old adage which is the biblical proverb, “Where there is no vision, the people languish and perish”.  (Pro. 29: 18) I have been focused on the vision God has for my life since I was in college.  It wasn’t until I understood that God has a designed vision for me that He makes available to any woman who desires to be a godly woman, wife and mom, powerful in her influence, firm in her faith. 

 “He has given us everything we need to live a godly life…” (II Peter 1:3)

(So, there are no excuses for patterns of failure!)

 There are two powers in relationships given by God that dominate the world.  The first is the power of authority.  It’s not a choice, its positional.  The second is the power of influence, which is a choice.  Which one is the greater or more powerful of the two?   The power of influence is the greater power because it is a choice and it chooses to have power over another person. Have you ever thought about it?  The man was given the power of authority and the women the power of influence. (Gen. 16:3)

 What determines our influence?

How is our power manifested?

 For good or evil, we woman are influencing ALL THE TIME.  We are a letter and “we are known and read of all men”. (II Cor. 3: 2) Others are always watching to see the REAL us through our responses to life’s situations and our attitudes which result in actions. We have been given a wonderful gift to benefit others, if we chose…

 In order to exercise the power of influence to glorify God and live-in harmony with others, we need to take a look at our attitudes.  “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important that facts.  It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.  It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.  It will make or break a company…a church…a school…a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace that day.  We cannot change the past…we cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way.  We cannot change the inevitable.  The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have, and that is our attitude.  I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.

 And so, it is with you (and I)…we are in charge of our attitudes.” (Charles Swindoll)

Have you captured His vision for you?

How are you exercising that vision ?

Your life is your message to the world…make sure its inspirational!

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "Tactics and Strategies!"

Who’s the Target??

 When you look around, what do you see?  When you listen to the news, what do you hear? When you have opportunity, what do you share? It is nearly impossible to find a person living today that is not confused, disappointed, disallutioned, and seeking a reasonable answer to all the chaos in our world today.  Everyone has a complaint, an opinion, a proposed resolution or a persuasive argument.   There are tactics and strategies galore, but most miss the mark of the core issue.

 There is a line of attack aimed at a deliberate target.  The tactics have always been the same.  It is a direct assault on our mind, body, will, heart and conscience.  The strategy is lies, suffering, accusation and pride.  Its purpose: to energize the human race toward sin and lives that are lived independent of God.  It makes us ignorant of God’s will through pride and suffering, not to forget, Satan’s pacing “to and FRO” talking to God about us with the intent of bringing an indictment.

We are the target!

 Though the Devil roars and flexes his muscle among the nations, it is encouraging to remember the truth that he is a created being, not equal with God, and that he has already been defeated by the Lord Jesus Christ!  When Jesus died on the cross, was buried, then rose again, Satan’s power over believing men was broken once and for all. “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Col. 2:15 

 Do you want victory over the devil’s strategy?  Satan’s tactics have always been the same.  Both Satan and God speak to us with soundless “thought bombs”.  We call them temptations.  Everyone gets them.  One is for destruction and one is for blessing to benefit others.  Satan will tempt us in the areas we have opened up to him. “Lust of the eye, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.”  He’s been busy! Does this look like his work, when you look around at the world today?  When you listen to world solutions to complex, upside-down problems?  When you see violation of biblical principles on every side and in every arena? Where each man’s opinion and lie are openly received by his own standard of truth?

 If we learn that each temptation can be matched with a specific person’s need and we turn it into a prayer of salvation for that person, we will kill the power of that temptation and Satan will run for fear that “the prayer given will avail much” and that person will come to faith.  Satan’s has one strategy: he has come to steal your life, kill your soul and destroy your relationships. (Jn. 8:44)  He cannot be a willing part of building your prayer life!

 We are victors in HIM!

 Let’s learn to use Satan for God’s glory!

Learn to fight or be defeated…

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights. 

Jackie's Journey "It Takes More Than Chains!"

This past June I received a letter from dear friends and missionaries that struck a chord.  As I make ill attempts to reconcile this upside down, backwards culture, I am reminded of the one true, unchanging standard by which I am to position myself to judge.  Everyone is screeching for freedom…freedom to abort their child, freedom to cross a border illegally, freedom to live however they want…on the street, in a house, on the open road in a motorhome, freedom to educate their children…freedom…freedom… No nation has ever failed to prosper when its people put God first and their country second.  Harold Lindsell  

 “The Bible records one of the most dramatic accounts of being set free imaginable! There was a demon-possessed man who could not be controlled, even with chains!  The Scriptures declare that he had been “often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him.”  Nothing could subdue this man!  But Jesus drove the evil spirits from this man, saved and set him free and made a new person out of him.  The truth of the Bible is meant not merely to inform, but also…to transform.

 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.  This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.  For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet.  No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.’ Mk. 5: 2-7NIV

 It takes more than chains to make a man what he ought to be.  Our society is filled with social programs attempting to deal with the unleashed violence, wickedness and lawlessness of our generation.  Drugs are produced to help suppress irrational behavior.  Treatment programs are prescribed the condition the addicted are to believe and that he will never be anything other than what he has always been.  Prisons and jails are constructed to restrain the violent or habitual offender.  The truth is that none of these measures can or will solve the problem.  Incarceration is a necessary part of the judicial system, but it only deals with the symptoms, not the root cause!

 Only Jesus can break the chains and deliver

the sinner from the sin that binds him.

This is true for every life.

 There is an unconverted need for the Gospel of Christ and the transforming power of salvation. Some are not bound by violent behavior, but are equally enslaved by their pride, prejudice or trust in a false religion that holds no hope…”

 What chain binds you today?

 It takes more than chains to bind us to sin, when HE came to set us free!

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom and freedom is

the knowledge of our own ignorance.  Charles Spurgeon

~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America.  Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California.  My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.