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Review by Dawn Oaks

Think on These Things: Challenging Thoughts for Teen Girls, by Jan Van Hee, addresses the greatest challenge in raising teen girls. My husband and I have spent hours contemplating how to raise our girls to be women of virtue and Godly character.

We came to the conclusion, like many who have gone before us, that external constraints such as curfews, limits on the types of television programs and movies that they are allowed to watch, guidelines for friends that they are permitted to develop close relationships with, and guidelines for modest dress are necessary; but they do not bring about personal convictions or heart transformations that are necessary to develop God-like hearts.

What resources can we make available to our girls to assist them as they travel this bridge between childhood and adulthood? Of course, our first and foremost resource is the Word of God. It has the power to transform the heart--the place where personal convictions begin. In the author's biographical sketch, it says that Jan Van Hee was saved as a teen and has always had a special burden and love for teenagers. This is very apparent in her writings and tone in addressing the teen girls that may use Think on These Things.

Each devotion presents a key Bible verse related to the topic for that day and then a discussion of the topic. The back of each devotion is a lined page for your daughter's self-reflection and meditation. Van Hee encourages the user to write her own praise, prayer, and project of the day. Examples are provided throughout for those who are just beginning on their Christian walk or are becoming more independent in their own personal study away from family devotional times.

I was so encouraged as my daughter shared with me that the Day 6 devotional on purity not only prompted her to be more grateful for her purity, but also burdened her heart to share the importance of this with her friends. She had just recently received a purity ring from my husband for her birthday. She became convicted by this particular devotion to share with each of her friends the true significance of her new ring and to ask them to make a similar commitment with her for their own purity.

Although we had already discussed some of these ideas with our daughter, her new resolve came from making the Scriptures her own through her use of Think on These Things. This is only one instance in which I witnessed her spiritual growth as a result of using this devotional guide.

This devotional guide is very appealing to the eye, with eloquent artwork and a feminine font style and size. Each Scripture reference is presented in the King James Version. The devotional is spiral-bound, which makes it easy to use and write one's reflections. Retail pricing for this guide is $7.95, making it also a very viable option for any homeschool group to use in a Christian character class for young ladies.

Van Hee does a remarkable job of exemplifying this scripture in the devotions in this book. She provides young ladies with encouragement and confidence in becoming ladies of great beauty from the inside out.

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